I watch the CFL. A 19" is more tahn enough. VBG
Dave Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I applaud Graywolf's economical choice, but I disagree with Adam's > evaluation of HDTV. I have a 61 inch Pioneer plasma on the wall. > There's a lot of HD broadcast these days. Most of the time I'm > getting at least 15 HD channels over Direct TV. Today, with football > and the Superfan package, I'm getting all the NFL games in HD. I'm > watching the Bears of course. But the difference between HD and SD is > substantial. No, it's more than substantial. It's like the difference > between a 2 megapixel point and shoot and a 10 megapixel DSLR. No > comparison. I haven't gone for HD DVD in either format yet. I'll wait > until it's affordable. But like JCO said, standard DVDs upsampled to > 1080i are far better than the same played in low resolution. > Paul > On Dec 17, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> Seen HDTV, not worth the cost. A good HD set costs more than my >> laptop, >> for little benefit (unless you host several people at once and thus >> need >> a larger screen further from you). >> >> HD is mostly a scam to get you to buy new HD-DVD's or Blu-Ray DVD's to >> replace your DVD collection, while ensuring you can't record TV >> broadcasts for your archive. >> >> -Adam >> Who *may* go HD when he gets an Xbox 360, but only for the games which >> actually do benefit from more resolution. >> >> >> J. C. O'Connell wrote: >>> My God, this is the HDTV era for 8 years >>> already! Get yourself >>> a good HDTV and get free DVDS ( they look >>> way better on a progressive scan HDTV >>> than any analog 4x3 set can ) from the >>> library. You dont know what you're missing, >>> especailly if you can appreciate good >>> imaging/cinematography and being a photographer already kinda >>> proves that. >>> jco >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of >>> graywolf >>> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:16 PM >>> To: PDML >>> Subject: It's snowing in hell --OT >>> >>> >>> Graywolf got a new pet, a television. There it was sitting in the >>> thrift >>> >>> store looking all sad and abandoned, so he paid $15 + tax to >>> spring it. >>> It sulked at first shutting itself off after less than an hour, and >>> graywolf thought he was going to have to turn it out on the >>> streets. But >>> >>> a thorough cleaning, wasn't filthy but 25 years of dust on its >>> circuit >>> boards mostly came off and a night to get used to its new home, >>> and it >>> seems to be working nicely. >>> >>> Like any new pet graywolf is going to have to buy it some things, a >>> remote, and a longer cable as the one he has is not long enough to >>> tether it to the splitter and he has to change back and forth >>> between it >>> >>> and the modem in the mean time. And later a VCR so graywolf can watch >>> movies from the local public library. Maybe an upgrade in cable >>> service. >>> >>> This could be a very expensive pet. >>> >>> OH? The breed? Magnavox 27in stereo console. By its tag it was born >>> early in 1983 and cost $539.97 ($849.95 list). Does that make it an >>> antique, or just an old TV? >>> >>> One would think the thing would take up a lot of space, but actually >>> instead of taking up space it provides a table to place things >>> like the >>> DVD player and the Epson printer on. >>> >>> Anyway as the subject line implies graywolf buying a TV is a very >>> rare >>> occurrence, it has only happened twice in 63 years. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
