Look who just puchased a new HDTV-ready set...

[Joseph S]

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Still no HD receiver, but it's a start.   Everything seems to freezing over now.(including the land to build the mythical Sinclair tower)

Since the paper is too cheap to get him one, it sure was a good idea to at least use your research to get one work check.

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[Kevin Arnold]

So Tim Cuprisin finally makes the plunge! Looks like he's buying a Sony 34 inch widescreen from Flanners. A four part article no less - cliff hanger - will he get the STB tuner or not......buy Monday's Journal to see.
It's nice to see Tim finally joining up. I predict that with regular viewing of HD he will become much more friendly to the topic and the technology. As every owner here found out it has a tendancy to grow on you. We'll have to take up a collection to help pay for his HBO HD, Showtime HD, Discovery Channel HD and of course in April, ESPN HD  .

[Tom Snyder]

Way to go Tim! Welcome to the family.  

[gobble]

The guy watches tv for a living and only had a 27" tv?  Now he is settling for a 34" widescreen?  I don't get it.

[Gregg Lengling]

I think he explained that his room is narrow and long....a big screen would be too much and too close.....Fortunately I have a large Media room and the 61" set fits perfect and perfect viewing from all seating positions.  So I guess it matters on the room you have what size you should buy...maybe he should've saved the 2900 bucks and bought a bigger house....just kidding Mr. C.



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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
(Built in DTC100 w/Directv)
HiDTV Pro 2 computer reciever card
glengling@ameritech.net

[mcq]

Tim, you are going to do something noone in the history of the Earth has been able to do... You are going to get me to part with $1.50 over the next three days to purchase the "paper" so that I may follow your gripping epic. Now, admittedly, I get the Sunday paper delivered (for the wife.)

I just have a couple of comments. All in all I liked the article. I guess that it isn't that easy to convey such a difficult and technical concept to the masses. It's kinda why we decided to start this web site in the first place.

However, as you seem relatively young and without an obvious business/finance backround, you commited the most basic sin in comparitive financials--you compared hundreds of dollars in 1970's to thousands of dollars in 2002. Adjusted for inflation, HiDef TV's today are cheaper than new color TV's of yesteryear. Yeah we've been spoiled with "ever-cheaper" pricing in technology. But your analysis seems targeted at scaring people into delaying the expense or bolstering your credibility.  

Secondly, you continue to confuse Digital TV with Digital broadcasting. I will make this ever-so-clear. YOU DO NOT NEED A DIGITAL TV IN ORDER TO WATCH HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION! Period. End of story. And while you barely alluded to it and even then incorrectly,YOU DO NOT NEED A HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION IN ORDER TO WATCH DIGITAL BROADCASTS. I think that you made your purchases in reverse. I would counsel people to consider buying the receiver first and the "expensive" display later. Television with out static is paramount to higher resolutions.

And you coulda mentioned that most anybody living in the City of Milwaukee may not be able to receive Fox 6. Makes us informed people wonder what they have over you?

And I wonder if you intend to mention this organization in your review???

I changed my mind, I'll save the $1.50 and look for your series on the internet.

P.S. Welcome to the club.


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Patrick K. McHugh MBA MCSE
mcq@mc-hugh.com
Sony 61HS10 (4x3!!!!)
RCA DTC100
Pioneer VSX-D710S Receiver
Infinity 5.1 (passive) Speakers

Intel 1.8ghz P4 w/ 512mb Memory
Digital Stream HiDTV Pro
ATI Radeon 8500 Dual Monitor Video
Viewsonic (Analog!) 19" monitor
ADI 17" MicroScan Panel
SB Live Platinum
Cambridge Soundworks Desktop 5.1 Speakers

I must be a real techno-geek as I have two full HDTV setups, one acting as a DVR!

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[mcq]

 

Originally posted by lummox:
I think he explained that his room is narrow and long....a big screen would be too much and too close.....Fortunately I have a large Media room and the 61" set fits perfect and perfect viewing from all seating positions.  So I guess it matters on the room you have what size you should buy...maybe he should've saved the 2900 bucks and bought a bigger house....just kidding Mr. C.

I take issue with this. I have a 14' x 16' rec room with the Sony 61" 4x3. We generally sit within 7 feet of the front of the screen. I have had more than 20 people in the basement, and all have commented on the good picture (of a crappy FOX 6 analog Packer game...go figure!?) It's a matter of taste, I guess.

[Pat]

FYI, in a sidebar of this morning's segment, he does provide a link to the site.

I, too, believe his reasoning was faulty in purchasing the 34" Sony.  HDTV screens shrink as you become accustomed to them: because the picture is so clear you CAN sit closer, so you do.

Our media roon is long and narrow.  We built it that way  deliberately, assuming that huge screen would work best at a long distance -- it was a mistake: we should have built it the other way, but its too late now.

When you look carefully at the dimensions of large movie auditoriums, you see they are a lot wider than you would think.  Only the smallest are long and narrow.