I would like to hear more experiences with HD Ready TV's. Currently you have to get an HD receiver and the monthly rental is way more than 2 dollars. However in the next year or so I would like to replace my antique cabinet style TV. I find the prices coming down. I have not seriously investigated various models as by the time I am ready to buy, new ones will be out. However I am interested in Samsung (Tantus models) HDTV. I find them a good value from the price and warranty front (3 years). Anyone else have experience with Samsung HDTV. The problem here in the Toronto area is that not many large chains carry Samsung CRT HDTVs. You are more likely to find Projection/Plasma/LCD ones.
Dharmesh -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 29, 2003 11:27 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Guess what? High Definition TV really is cool. A few months ago I traded in my 10 year-old 27" Philco "Turbo Audio" monaural TV for a 32" Trintion-tubed HD TV and a full 5.1 surround sound set up. (We couldn't go top of the line, but we did Okay I think). It was nice... DVDs sounded better, PS2 sounded better, TV sounded better... and everything looked, well, a little better. Honestly I wasn't amazed at the picture quality. It was definitely better, just not "wow" better. I used progressive scan and the component inputs on the DVD and it just didn't look all that much better than the old-fashioned RCA jacks. Anyways my cable company (Comcast) recently started to deliver a few HD channels (five to be exact: HBO, ShowTime, PBS "HD Theater" and the local affiliates for NBC and ABC). We needed to get a new box to see them (the new box costs an extra two bucks a month) - that got installed a few days ago. Well, after spending a day tangling wires and creating some of the most complex multi-remote control combinations known to man we've got (some) HD TV! After being burned by everything else I wasn't expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised. It really does make a large, although largely indescribable difference. We just watched "Spiderman" and flipping between the non-HD and HD versions was like night and day. The colors were richer and the picture was plainly, obviously crisper, clearer and contained more details. If you have the option I recommend it highly (although the menu IS severely limited). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
