Dan Waters
dwaters at usinternet.com
Mon Oct 19 10:39:10 CDT 2009
Hi Rocky, You do NOT necessarily need to upgrade to digital cable. When I first got my HDTV, I was just going for the 1080P movies and an improved picture for everything else. But it turned out that my local CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, and FOX broadcast stations show up in HD across analog cable. ABC and FOX are in 720P, the others are in 1080I. The cable stations will not tell you that they send HD signals across analog cable, but I suspect that they do it because US Federal law requires them too. This was a great surprise, as I watch these stations frequently. I do live in a large metropolitan area (Minneapolis) so maybe that helps. Watching the Vikings beat Baltimore yesterday (although just barely) in 1080i on CBS was great! I'd do some long screen comparisons of TV's with different specs before you put down the larger bucks. Everyone's eyes are different, and you may not be able to tell. Enjoy! Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 10:25 AM To: List Subject: [dba-Tech] FW: [dba-OT] Suze Orman Rips a Poker Player Out a New One ... Turns out not to be as simple as stopping by Fry's and snagging a TV. Gotta get the cable upgraded to digital and get the converter box. Gotta get TIVO upgraded to HD so we can see what we record in HD. Learned something really critical (I think) about HDTV - response time is more important that refresh rate. The boxes I'm looking at have response time from 8ms down to 2. I'm being told to get the 2ms and 240Hz refresh. Gotta go up to Colorado this week for the parole hearing so it looks like this may be next weekend's project. Missed a deal at Fry's for a high end 47" Samsung - they were throwing in a Blu-Ray player - 1400 bucks. But, yeah, the picture quality is as different as going to color from my B&W TV. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 7:32 AM To: Off Topic Subject: Re: [dba-OT] Suze Orman Rips a Poker Player Out a New One ... > Is it too late to cancel my HDTV project and just shoot all the f*****s? =========Jacob (my son) has a great setup and he gets a lot of quality "on-demand" programming. I can't remember if he's got HD or plasma -- I wouldn't know, but wow... it looks fantastic -- like being right there. Incredible picture. He also TIVO's stuff, so he always has something interesting to watch. I'm envious. :) Susan H _______________________________________________ dba-OT mailing list dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-OT mailing list dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com