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High-Def Is the Word at Electronics Show
The Associated Press ^ | Jan 7 | GARY GENTILE

Posted on 01/07/2006 8:08:19 PM PST by george76

The wraps came off high-definition DVD players at this year's annual Consumer Electronics Show, offering the final component to replicate the movie theater experience at home.

And while a fierce DVD format war likely will delay the mass adoption of such devices, digital video is here to stay - the Consumer Electronics Association trade group estimates 25 million U.S. homes will have a high-def TV set by year's end.

But big, expensive flat-panel sets aside, this year's gadget show offered plenty of smaller screens for video...

Yahoo Inc., DirecTV, Starz Entertainment Group and Sony were also among the companies getting deeper into the business of trying to make it simple to watch recorded Hollywood movies, home video and even live streaming television wherever you may be, on all manner of device.

Not to be outdone, radio was out in force as well, including palm-sized satellite receivers that hold hours of recorded music.

Digital radios, which promise a high-definition listening experience from traditional earth-bound stations, were also on display as that service begins a wider national rollout this year.

- The Inno, a portable combination XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. receiver/MP3 player with 1 gigabyte of internal memory.

- Several new handheld video options included the Gigabeat player from Toshiba, one of a series of devices running Microsoft Corp.'s portable media center software.

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To: newfreep; potlatch

" Samsung is expected to exhibit their new screen technology at CES2007 that is far superior ..."

Please let me know what you learn during CES.


61 posted on 10/10/2006 3:11:37 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

http://avsforum.com/


62 posted on 10/10/2006 3:14:07 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: razorback-bert

We have the DISH gold package, and local HD from ($10/mth) basic cable.

NOTE: basic cable has the local HD statations with zero upcharge IF you have a built-in HD tuner, simply bypass the cable box with a splitter before the box, and run a line to your 75ohm connector, program the TV to find stations, and there you go!
(My basic cable has over 352 digital signals that the SONY XBR found, most are just blank digital signals, but the locals are there in HD.
Tha cable company wanted me to pay $6/mth more for their HD box, I simply declined for the HD built-in tuner finds them.)


63 posted on 10/10/2006 3:17:41 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."-Hillary Clinton, June 2004.)
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To: devolve; george76; ntnychik; PhilDragoo

I have a 50 inch LCD Sony. Didn't get plasma because it's on so much it would have FOX NEWS imprinted on it!!

I did a lot of reading up on them on the internet.


64 posted on 10/10/2006 3:17:54 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch

Thanks,

Would you still buy a LCD Sony again today ?

Where is your favorite store ? Best Buy...others ?


65 posted on 10/10/2006 3:26:10 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: devolve; george76

If you leave your TV on many hours a day a plasma will be bad in 6 months time, the screens have a 'half life' that goes down rapidly if used a lot.

Don't know about the Sony. It's highly touted but has had a few minor quirks. I need closed caption because of some hearing loss in my 30's and it doesn't work on CNN!

Bought it at a REX store, don't know if that's a nation wide store or not.

I have not read through the thread but have heard that DLP might be something to check into.


66 posted on 10/10/2006 3:39:51 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch




67 posted on 10/10/2006 4:01:01 PM PDT by devolve (now:_CLINTON CONFESSION_Slick Willie Blythe--)
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To: devolve

Blue pulsar TV - shoulda put two of them there for eerie blue eyes!


68 posted on 10/10/2006 4:56:51 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: george76

I am not the right person to ask.

I am just doing research before I decide Christmas day.

For me other than wanting a quality 50 incher TV the other important points are.

In home set up service and repair in the contract.
Warrenty.
Sound without having to set up the home theater system, again.
Possible extended warrenty.

Cost, ease and part availablity effectiveness is something does need fixin.

Gadget tech fun is not one of my loves in life it is right up there with assembly out of box stuff.
I tend to pay attention to the experts and try and learn to the best of my ability.

Plasma's I read give 60,000,00 viewing hours and as I posted earlier on our home bound dayz (one of us in the team here is a quad) when resting up to get back into action in the world (school, social ect.) We have the tv on about 20 hrs a day for entertainment and news.


69 posted on 10/10/2006 6:10:07 PM PDT by Global2010 (Tagline walking the dogs.)
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To: potlatch

We have a REX store here in upstate NY. We were told they were a southern chain. Funniest thing. They never have any customers. The only other place in town to buy TV's is Wal*Mart.

Good advice about the plasmas. Our TV is on all day. I had no idea the plasmas would deteriorate.


70 posted on 10/10/2006 8:55:07 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: ntnychik

Rex is never crowded when I've been in there but we have bought a number of things from them. They have good sales.

I have urls from my research but that was a year ago, do some investigation before buying. Plasmas WILL imprint.


71 posted on 10/10/2006 8:59:59 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: george76

been hearing about HDTV, for at least 12 years at NAB.


72 posted on 10/10/2006 9:03:36 PM PDT by television is just wrong (our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: Global2010
Another issue with the DLP -- the bulb. Mine, a Samsung, is customer serviceable. The bulb is estimated to have around three years of life and will have to be replaced.
73 posted on 10/11/2006 7:26:17 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

DLP is the way to go. It mounts on the wall if you can still get one of these.

74 posted on 10/11/2006 7:32:07 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: dhs12345
Also, they set up each of the TVs to stretch the 4:3 SD stations to fit the widescreen format of the TV. This looks goofy.

I have a big-screen projection TV at home -- we set it up this way to avoid burning in the screen at different rates for normal TV vs. widescreen. You'd be amazed at how quickly your brain adjusts for it... it only took an hour or two and now everything looks "normal" at that setting.

75 posted on 10/11/2006 7:33:06 AM PDT by kevkrom (War is not about proportionality. Knitting is about proportionality. War is about winning.)
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To: FreedomNeocon
Don't forget FOX is pushing to have 24 all in HD this year (season starts on on the 15th).

24 was broadcast in HD last season.

76 posted on 10/11/2006 7:41:01 AM PDT by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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To: dhs12345
Note: you may need a stand (extra cost)

Yup, and buyer beware. Most of the "matching" stands that are sold with the sets are barely 15" deep ... which is perfect for the set itself, but useless if you've got full size AV electronics to go in it ... they require depth of at least 19" and maybe a tad more what with the 800 miles of cables in a normal hookup config.

77 posted on 10/11/2006 7:46:14 AM PDT by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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To: TheRightGuy

LOL. True. One of these days, everything will be wireless. That'll be nice.


78 posted on 10/11/2006 8:14:21 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: kevkrom

You are right. It just bugs me.

I am a bit more picky since I have done a little video production. We watch the analog/SD stations at the correct aspect ratio. No one seems to mind that there are black bands on either side. And we have a DLP monitor so we don't have to worry about burn in.


79 posted on 10/11/2006 8:31:37 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: bmwcyle

Agreed. BTW, nice console.


80 posted on 10/11/2006 8:32:52 AM PDT by dhs12345
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