[AccessD] Samsung 2 gb 5400 $80

You can now get a Blueray disc player for < $100, and Comcast charges me an
additional $7/mo for HD channels - well worth it!

Before you start building another HTPC, you should talk with your cable
provider to see what issues you might have.  Comcast/Xfinity scrambles the
format of all but the very basic channels, so you need their box to decode
those channels.  I did get their DVR, and I use it a lot - I probably won't
be looking at an HTPC.

Dan

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
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Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 9:03 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Samsung 2 gb 5400 $80

I really don't do much HD per se (I refer to 1080p as HD), but when Tivo
came out HD did not exist 
or at least was not readily available.  As a result AFAICT all of its
electronics and programming 
conform to the old signal which was really quite low resolution.  Trying to
upconvert that to 1080p 
creates a lot of artifacts.

The 40" I just bought is a 1080p and is the first 1080P in the house.  I
don't even have a dvd 
player that will do blueray and I don't subscribe to any of the hd cable
channels.  I do want to 
build my new HTPC to be 1080p ready though.

Yea, I will be assimilated.  Heck I am more Borg that the Borg already.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 11/26/2010 1:29 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> I upgraded by TVs to flat screen HD.  So then I had to upgrade the cable
to
> get HD channels.  Then I had to upgrade TIVO to HD TIVO so the stuff I
> recorded on the HD channels would be in HD on my HD TV when I played it
back
> on my HD TIVO.
>
> You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
>
> Rocky
> .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:42 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; VBA
> Subject: [AccessD] Samsung 2 gb 5400 $80
>
> For anyone doing an HTPC - this is a well liked, huge drive for a darned
> good price.  I'm about to do this.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245
>
> I just pulled the trigger on a 40" LCD for the bedroom and now I need an
> HTPC.  I have a version 1 TIVO but that is getting long in the tooth, and
> doesn't really look very good on a high def TV.  I think it is time to
move
> on, though I am not sure whether I will convince my wife to give up the
> TIVO.  The TIVO is probably the most reliable piece of electronics I have
> *ever* encountered and dead simple to use.
>
> The HTPC will cost more than the TV by quite a bit (or the TIVO, even with
> the lifetime subscription).  OTOH I built one for the living room and it
has
> been solid as a rock since I moved it to Windows 7.  The HTPC can work
with
> my Unraid media server to display not only ripped movies but photos, home
> video and music.  My new low end cameras take stunningly good video in
> addition to photos.
>
> My daughter loves to sit and watch home videos of herself.  Quite the
little
> narcissist.
>
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