Posted on 12/31/2006 4:45:17 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
Some of you may have purchased HDTV's over the Christmas break.
Please share your comments on your quest for HDTV.
What about receiving OTA broadcasts?
Since it doesn't have a built-in tuner, it doesn't have an input for coaxial cable. Does the Dish Network box act as a tuner? If so, I imagine you could attach an antenna through it before running the signal into the television. I know you can do this with some VCR's.
My cable company provides the tuner I use, so I've never tried to receive any OTA signals with it.
I looked up the specs for this model and it doesn't have enough HDMI inputs for me. I need two; one for HD DVD player and one for my blu ray player.
Plus I read reviews that LCD monitors suck.
As others it had to fit into an existing cabinet and I wanted the best for SD (standard definition) broadcasts - a lot of HDs look great in HD but the SD is terrible.
Only Sears in our area had some TVs hooked up for SD for easy comparison.
For now, BEFORE you get your TV check Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. web sites for consumer comments - they can be a real eyeopener as to actual use by real people!
More later ... ;-)
It has two DVI inputs, and if you're spending the money to get both an HD and a blu-ray player, I assume you've probably also got a sound system attached to it. You can get an HDMI to DVI adapter and get the exact same picture quality, just not the sound.
You need HDMI inputs for HD DVD and blu ray to get max resolution.
"You can get an HDMI to DVI adapter and get the exact same picture quality, just not the sound."
Won't work on a second gen HD DVD player manu by Toshiba.
We had noticeable "buzz" at higher volumes - a friend suggested disconnecting the cable itself as a start! It immediately disappeared - no new receiver necessary (rats) - apparently it can be a grounding problem.
I'm set up with a few splitters but was able to track down a bad cable to fix the problem. Try going direct from the "wall" to the TV and see if that helps the buzz at channel changes? Hope this helps. :-)
HDMI and DVI are exactly the same other than the fact that DVI doesn't include audio.
The second gen HD DVD players put out by Toshiba will not upconvert to 1080i with only a DVI input. Believe me, even though I currently own two HDTVs with only DVI inputs, I now have to purchase a newer HDTV rear projection TV that has the HDMI inputs, and I need two.
Newer technology can be a little tricky sometimes and very expensive to learn.
It appears the inability to go from HDMI to DVI was specifically placed into the player by Toshiba. That's unfortunate, because Sony didn't do the same with the PS3. HDMI to DVI works fine on that hardware.
For sound, I highly recommend buying the optical cable -- one cable (per each sound source) takes care of the sound input. They are fantastic. I use one from my Direct TV HD box to my surround sound receiver and one from my DVD to my receiver. Two cables, unbelievably clear and powerful sound. Done. It's even cheaper because you only need one cable not multiples.
"That's unfortunate, because Sony didn't do the same with the PS3."
What about with their blu ray players? And I won't buy the Samsung.
Okie dokie. You know coax and toslink are the same thingy right?
Well, I didn't before now...whatever reduces the godawful number of cables needed these days is good by me.
I don't know about their other Blu-Ray players. From the reviews I've read thus far, most have prefered the PS3 over the dedicated players.
I don't want a gaming system, just a stand alone player.
hdmi does both audio and video. You'd have to have a stereo receiver that has it though.
TWO sons home from college and the unfortunate addition of an Xbox 360. I'm stuck watching football on a 17" tube and freeping on my laptop across the house!
I can see individual hairs.
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