[AccessD] Samsung 2 gb 5400 $80

We have charter and get the basic channel set below about channel 70 open and unencrypted.  Whatever 
is there is part of the package and comes directly into any tv, even old ones.  They look mighty 
fine on a HD tv though.

I am telling the tv to do a channel scan now to see what is out there.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 11/26/2010 10:11 AM, Dan Waters wrote:
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> 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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