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I personally don't watch regular t.v that much, but I do like to watch movies. The tv's are still out of my price range though. I have a normal 19 inch standard def tv. You?
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We went with a 42" Sony Vega. Purchased it back in 2005.
Here is the catch. If you have Tivo be careful with your HD cable package. We got the HD cable box. I was having a blast watching YES in HD and NFL games. Then the wife started nagging me to hook up the Tivo after our move from Trumbull to Southbury. It turns out that our Series II Tivo will not work with an HD cable box. We would have to upgrade to a Series III Tivo. At the time they cost around $800. Since we paid for the iIvo service for the products lifetime I need to abuse this Tivo for the next 1 - 1.5 years before I consider upgrading. So we have an awesome HD TV but can't get use an HD cable box due to our Tivo. In the battle between HD and Tivo, Tivo won hands down. If there was a greater offering of HD channels it would have been a tougher battle.
It may not be the greatest, but I don't think it's too bad...maybe having a digital signal helps?SD on an HDTV is shit, especially with the wide-screen distortion and all that. I can't wait until HD is the norm.
Evil television...the bane of society. Big brother's way of controlling the masses and watching us too.
A little paranoid? When it comes to TV, yes I am.
My boss got new internet service here at work...4 cable boxes came with the deal. Sort of like free cocaine when you buy a bag of heroin.
Now there's a TV in the lunch room. And instead of the lively chatter we used to have in there, now I get to see a bunch of drooling zombies watching the intelligence sucking box.
Evil I tell you.
It may not be the greatest, but I don't think it's too bad...maybe having a digital signal helps?
Thanks...now I'm going to be thinking about making a call to Dish to upgrade my subscription... :roll: :wink:Well, no, it's not that bad, but when watch something in HD, it's a bit shocking when you go back to SD.
I've turned the corner on HD... I have problems watching anything that isn't...
Evil television...the bane of society. Big brother's way of controlling the masses and watching us too.
A little paranoid? When it comes to TV, yes I am.
My boss got new internet service here at work...4 cable boxes came with the deal. Sort of like free cocaine when you buy a bag of heroin.
Now there's a TV in the lunch room. And instead of the lively chatter we used to have in there, now I get to see a bunch of drooling zombies watching the intelligence sucking box.
Evil I tell you.
Evil television...the bane of society. Big brother's way of controlling the masses and watching us too.
A little paranoid? When it comes to TV, yes I am.
My boss got new internet service here at work...4 cable boxes came with the deal. Sort of like free cocaine when you buy a bag of heroin.
Now there's a TV in the lunch room. And instead of the lively chatter we used to have in there, now I get to see a bunch of drooling zombies watching the intelligence sucking box.
Evil I tell you.
Until then, the HD channels are great and it's nice to take full advantage of the set. SD on an HDTV is shit, especially with the wide-screen distortion and all that. I can't wait until HD is the norm.
My TV has a "wide zoom" display mode that does less stretching...I usually don't notice the loss of picture on the top and bottom.You should be able to change it so that SD pictures don't take up the whole screen. You'll have black bars on the sides, but it's still better than watching a distorted picture IMHO. It drives me nuts when I go over my in-laws where they always seem to be watching SD programming stretched to fit their widescreen TV...
You should be able to change it so that SD pictures don't take up the whole screen. You'll have black bars on the sides, but it's still better than watching a distorted picture IMHO. It drives me nuts when I go over my in-laws where they always seem to be watching SD programming stretched to fit their widescreen TV...
My TV has a "wide zoom" display mode that does less stretching...I usually don't notice the loss of picture on the top and bottom.
You should be able to change it so that SD pictures don't take up the whole screen. You'll have black bars on the sides, but it's still better than watching a distorted picture IMHO. It drives me nuts when I go over my in-laws where they always seem to be watching SD programming stretched to fit their widescreen TV...