Black Friday Predictions for HDTVs (press release-gottadeal.com)&480hz may be coming-Samsung

tvpredictions.com ^ | August 26, 2009 | Phillip Swann

[this_ol_patriot]

TO ALL: The best thing you can do is properly calibrate your set. Even a cheap set can look good if it is properly calibrated. Yes you can pay several hundred dollars to have a pro do it or you can get a pretty good eyeball calibration using a calibration disk like Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics, I got mine at Best Buy for 20 bucks be it can be had cheaper.

At first you may think the picture looks wrong if you are used to an oversaturated, pumped backlight, high color temp, then you see some decent source material like HDtheatre Sunrise Earth, Science Channel HD, BBC: Planet Earth or sports with good cams like TBS and you go WOW.

Here's a rundown on calibrating: LCD TV Calibration

[Las Vegas Dave]

This may have been previously posted..
LVD
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News Digest
Black Friday: Blu-ray Players for $49?
TVPredictions.com
Washington, D.C. (October 26, 2009) — Blu-ray player prices have been falling steadily over the past year, with some now available for less than $150. But one research firm says you haven’t seen anything yet.

The NPD Group is saying that Blu-ray players might be available for as low as $49 on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that’s considered the unofficial opening of the holiday shopping season.

And the company says the discounted players will be the proverbial icing on the cake for what has been a surprisingly strong year for Blu-ray.

“We’ve seen very strong growth in Blu-ray players this year. It has been a bright spot in a very gloomy industry landscape,” says NPD’s Ross Rubin. “Nearly all other electronics device categories have been down, such as digital cameras and MP3 players.”

Rubin says that $99 Blu-ray players are a virtual certainty on Black Friday, but some retailers may drop the price to $49.

[Petronski]

Only three channels?

What about the Dumont?

[gonzo]

Thanks, Dave! I do appreciate .................... FRegards

[ProtectOurFreedom]

He’s refreshing at about one “major speech” per day now? Can we take a higher refresh rate before the engines blow?

[Mr. Jeeves]

The NPD Group is saying that Blu-ray players might be available for as low as $49 on Black Friday

What we need now is for Blu-ray discs to get down to an average price of $14.99. :)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Netbook discussion thread:

Netbook gravy train starts to slow as euphoria fades(what's your opinion?)

Do read beyond the title article....

New Smartphone thread:

Droid smartphone unveiled by Motorola, Verizon

Email and web browsing with texting capable....

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks LVD. Hey, I gandered at the LED tvs again, a nice display of three different models (all Samsung I believe) at the big box chain store. Also, before that, bought a $160 BluRay player at a warehouse club. I’ve got a cable around here to hook it to this monitor (Syncmaster 2253) but don’t know if I really want to do that tonight. :’)