Digital Broadcast TV

[super32]

Made the plunge

In 01' we bought a 51 inch sony "HD READY" rear projection. It wasnt til the last year or so I finally got to use it to its potential. It looked great. Being made in 01' technology has come a ways in 5 yrs. When we moved to Chicago 2 weeks ago, we decided to sell the sony and buy a plasma or LCD when we moved. We bought a 50'plasma pioneer elite. It puts the old sony to shame, but like I said before the sony was an older model. Usally i'm a sony only fan. The one other thing that caught my attention about this particular model is the tuner is separate. For me this means there are only 2 wires going to the display itself and the rest of the wires can stay in the rack with the rest of the components.

Scott

 

[washertalk]

Wow TVs are kind of old technology.
I must admit most of my life I have only had 13" color, by choice, and was happy.
At one point in 1998 I tried 27" or something and I didn't like it got rid of it. about 3 years ago tried 19" which is fine. I go back and forth between the 19" and the 13". Of course the sound is through separate stereo.

I have seen the mombo tvs with the rediculous mega-bass sound systems. blah, blah. Its overwhelming and impersonal. I prefer having a small tv a short distance away.

Now things are downloadable anyway such as from Vongo.com. I do have Directv which is nice but Only a couple dozen channels are allowed on my receiver.

I never watch TV raw, meaning without recording first, taking out commercials and prescreening first.

The big question is when are they going to scrap lame channels like the war channel and the christian networks and put on...

THE APPLIANCE NETWORK- "All appliances, all the time".
But we have to admit it can't be just washers and dryers, it will have to be ALL home appliances. Still, that would be great.

Since Rupert Murdock seems to be complaining that his investment in Directv is declining in value and Networks are stagnating in general, due to the expansion and interest in the internet, he will get smart to specialized channels(that don't have a criminal undercurrent).

 

[neptunebob]

Here's an article that explains why all this digital TV is just a scam to get us to buy new (very expensive) televisions. Do we really need to see ABC Championship Bowling (Wow, the pins are so neat and the ball so shiny!) on a 5000 dollar digital picture?

http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/commentary/digitaltv/digitaltv.html

 

[oxydolfan1]

Actually, in a more equitable society, every TV owner would be provided with a tuner for each set, but I'm hearing two per household, forty bucks a pop....

I like my new set, but was it worth eight bills? No way.....

 

[panthera]

experience

We've had DVB-T in Munich for a while now. Somethings I've noticed. Basically, there are only two or three "tuners". But the price you pay for the same thing varies by a factor of 3 or 4...so take the time to check these things out.
I paid 65€ for my first tuner; my friends sniffed and said "cheap." Turned out to be identical with the 250€ tuner they had just bought...
Antennas seem to be a similar situation - I would not believe one word the idiot sales-clerks say. Find out exactly what you need and then buy that. Both times I bought new tuners they insisted I would have to replace everything (cables, wall outlets, etc.) along with the antenna.
Horsefeathers.
You may have to, but don't do it just 'cause they say so.
Finally, the good old: Your TV is certainly too old to work with it. Maybe, but I very very much doubt it. That is what the specifications are for. My five year old Grundig "certainly" wouldn't take advantage of it, if it worked at all.
Yeah, right - plugged it in, hit AV-In and it worked. Same with my stereo - I'd definitely need adapters, probably wouldn't work at all...
The dealers make their profit on the nickel and dime stuff. Don't buy anything until you have proved it is needed.
(Oh, and I would not hold my breath that the new "standard" is definite. If your TV is ready to go anyway, ok. Otherwise...here in Europe they were going to force 16:9 down our throats after 2000, at the latest. Still waiting...)