I have never been much of a TV watcher, aside from Rocket Games of course, and I don't even watch movies that often. Recently I purchased a MONSTER television. 67 Inch Mitsubishi Projection with a new form of Projection in which there is only one tube, not three with some refraction device and a chip in it that gives it an absolutely amazing picture. It is of course High Definition Ready as well. So I go through Time Warner, and get Digital Cable and the HD Descrambler and now get like 8 channels in High Definition. There is one channel, that is meant just to promote HD tv, its a mix of beautiful images ranging from flowers and insects to villages on the mountain tops of Italy all accompanied by an orchestral melody. Beautiful, just beautiful. Anyone have HD through a Satelite service, and can compare it to Time Warner HD??
I have the 73905 Mitsu. I get the HD channels via DirecTV and its just BAD ASSS! Of course there arent that many things on HD. THe promo channel never gets boring, but I want to see some live events. CBS was good, but now they suck. The only other thing worth anything is HBO in HD. A while back, I think ABC played Saving Private Ryan on HD and it was absolutely one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
That Promo Channel is just beautiful, I swear I sit there for an hour and just feel like i'm there. I don't have HBO yet and am still using the DVD Player I bought last year, It is pretty high quality but i'm not sure if its Progressive Scan. What are the benefits of a PS DVD player?
If you are not sure whether its a progressive scan, then it probably isnt. Check out this site for everything you have ever wanted to know about home entertainment system(hse). They have a review section near the top, where consumers rate all types of tvs, dvd players, cd players, speakers etc. http://www.audioreview.com/ A good progressive scan dvd player is almost like HD programming. Meaning when you watch a movie on this type of a dvd player, its like watching a movie on HD. I have a Toshiba SD5109. Many so called experts consider Toshiba the leading company in progressive scan dvd players. But I (and I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination) think Pioneer Elite dvd players are the best. I wish I had one of those instead.
Rockets03, OK, you're right. The porgressive scan DVD is much better (but still a far cry from HD, IMHO). FD Khan, The HD Channel is very good now (have you seen the British Columbia shots yet - ) . They used to have a demo loop that sucked, but this channel belongs to Cuban. I even saw a tape-delayed Mavs game the other day, and some of the Olympics will be on it also. Enjoy you new TV. HD is an awesome experience.
Does anybody know where I can get a replacement reel motor belt for a Sanyo VTC-5000 Betamax player? Thanks in advance.
Khan you bought a DLP TV those are cool very bright and will never incur any burn-ins. One thing you will have to watch out for is leaving your TV on for long periods of time because the bulbs on those don't last that long, most DLP's only last 1000 hours but some do 2000. Those bulbs will set you back about $600-1000 depending on where you get them. My suggestion is getting the 5 year extended warranty with any TV/Projector you get, that way when you do something that messes it up they will fix it for you. As far as a DVD player the best ones right now that are cheap are the Phillips Q50 and the Panasonic RP91 which does DVD-audio or the lower RP-56 which doesn't do DVD-audio. Or you can hook up a computer to your TV which is the hottest thing right now in the home-theater world. You can get the best picture quality with your PC if you get the right parts. AVSForum Thats the place I go for to find whats going on in the Home-theater world.
Thanks, Behad...I guess when it comes to a sense of humor, I'm walking around in the Mohave Desert...(get it? dry sense of humor?? Ahh, screw it...) Anyways, I was suprised at how many websites there are that have information on Betamax...There's even a website where you can order blank Betamax tapes!
Cohen, YES! I love that channel. Its 308 through Time-Warner Digital Cable and it is beautiful. The flower and insect scenes are so pure it looks like i'm there myself. Scarface, Yes, that is what it is. A mitsubishi DLP, and they told us 2000 hours till a bulb was needed, but with the silicon screen, it would never fade (whatever never means). It also has the one projection tube and a device that splices the colors instead of the normal three prong projection Tv. Do you have any other info on this unit, I was just told it was the best. I didn't get the extended warranty, but the bulbs are not included in there anyway to the best of my knowledge. I am going to try to hook my computer up to it soon.
Do you like digital cable? I had it prior to my HDTV and I thought that it sucked. Digital is great IF you have the bandwidth. Maybe its better now, but I was dissappointed then (about 2 years ago). I love DSS. I keep some standard cable service for flexibility, my cable modem, guest bedrooms, and when storms move in, but I prefer DSS in my entertainment center.
Sorry for my ignorance with some of these questions: Scarface, aren't bulbs usually never part of extended warrenty? F.D. Khan, may I ask how much is your HDTV (what you paid for or the going rate is fine)? I thought the best resolution you can get from hooking up a PC to these TV are 1024x768 and usually it's not very sharp. People have claimed that you should never hook up a video game machine to a large screen TV, because it will burn them out much quicker, is this no longer something to worry about? TIA
Hopefully thats not true. I have all of my video game systems hooked up to the 52" Sony I have in the room. The tv is nothing to brag about, but it hasnt messed up and I play more video games then anyone I know. I do ocassionally take one of the video game systems to my HDTV to show off to my friends. The guy who connected my home entertainment system said that as long as there are no "still" scenes the tv should be fine.
It only hurts them if the same image is on it for a prolonged period of time. Without screensavers on our computers, the image of a desktop would get "burned" onto your screen if you left it alone for too long.
Does anybody remember the old Pac Man video games? When they were turned off, you could still see the lines from the mazes...
Have you played All-Star Baseball on any system? Well when you are batting, the background is pretty "still". Nothing is moving. Well if this scene stays for a prolonged period of time, it would burn into your screen. Something like Halo or MG3 or action games would be okay. Sports and slow moving games are a no no.
MoonBus, The Mitsubishi DLP, 67" set me back about 10 grand. That price is not indicative of what a 67" HD TV will cost though. I paid a considerable amount more for the DLP technology. I've seen other standard projection at the same size and HD ready for like 3 or 4 grand. But its really no comparison to my set, and no the bulbs are not under warranty, but the lasting power of this set is much more than most, so buying a new bulb is like putting more years back into your TV.
A DLP set will never incur burn-ins. Same is true for LCD and the new D'ahila's (or DILA if you prefer). The sets you want to worry about are the kind that most of you already own which are CRT's and Plasmas. Plasmas will burn in REAL quick and with the prices some of these people pay for them thats a shame. Khan you can play video games till your eyes pop out on that TV and it will never mess up. As far as computers are concerned if you hook up a computer with an ATI Radeon video card and set it up properly(the right resolution and scan rate) you get a better image than you do on any other DVD player this includes the $12,000 Meridian 800 player. The reason is because the computer keeps the image in the digital realm all the way until you try to output the image to your TV. They even have a way to keep it totally digital with the new SDI cards and DVI, but thats mostly for front projection systems. I myself haven't tried to hookup my computer to any video sources because my theater room hasn't been completed but when it is I am going to do so.
