Small Boat HDTV - $149 at bestbuy
 

Best Buy put up a display rack a couple of days ago with a Dynex 7" ATSC-
NTSC (digital/analog) HDTV and I didn't make it past the damned rack the
third time. For the first time since 1991, I now own a television!

The unit is:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....pe=product&id=
1210377520598

It really has a beautiful little picture on it on the digital TV channels
but works better hooked to my Philips preamp panel UHF antenna, which plugs
into the standard F cable TV connector into the side of it.

The 12V cord that comes with it will NOT charge its Lithium-Ion battery
pack, so I pulled out a 9V 12V-to-9V regulator power cord from my box full
of them and now I can charge it either off AC or DC.

ATSC digital TV in the USA really sucks because it will NOT stay sync'd
(work) while the receiver is moving over about 3-4 mph. But, once
stationary, it works amazingly well.

Well, it's the first day so I can't tell you more. $150 is a bargain if
you've been looking at monsters to watch. Oh, the tiny remote control is
perfect for your V-berth...(c;

I'm sure you can find it cheaper on the net....but not enough to make up
the difference.

Small Boat HDTV - $149 at bestbuy
 

Larry wrote:
Best Buy put up a display rack a couple of days ago with a Dynex 7" ATSC-
NTSC (digital/analog) HDTV and I didn't make it past the damned rack the
third time. For the first time since 1991, I now own a television!

The unit is:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....pe=product&id=
1210377520598


Larry, 480i is not HDTV, though I'm sure that at 7" it looks pretty crisp.


Cheers
Martin

Small Boat HDTV - $149 at bestbuy
 

That's not an HDTV set, though it des receive digital signals. It has
the same number of pixels across as a soon to be obsolete analog tv, and
only half as many vertical pixels (that's how it achieves 16:9 ratio).
True HDTV transmits in either of two flavors: 1920x1050 or 1280x768. And
picture quality wise it's pretty poor at only a 250:1 contrast ratio.

This time last year for only $100 more I bought a Best Buy branded LG,
"Insignia" 19" HDTV. Far better quality, many more features, uses
minimal power running off a cigarette pack sized inverter.

Take it back and get a real HDTV. You won't be sorry.

Small Boat HDTV - $149 at bestbuy
 

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That's not an HDTV set, though it des receive digital signals. It has
the same number of pixels across as a soon to be obsolete analog tv, and
only half as many vertical pixels (that's how it achieves 16:9 ratio).
True HDTV transmits in either of two flavors: 1920x1050 or 1280x768. And
picture quality wise it's pretty poor at only a 250:1 contrast ratio.

This time last year for only $100 more I bought a Best Buy branded LG,
"Insignia" 19" HDTV. Far better quality, many more features, uses
minimal power running off a cigarette pack sized inverter.

Take it back and get a real HDTV. You won't be sorry.



No room for a 19". This computer is on a 28" desktop monitor FAR better
than ANY TV broadcast with thousands of DivX movies to choose from.

I just found www.hulu.com that has lots of FREE movies to watch
online....cool, but the Flash doesn't look near as good as my big DivX
movies off alt.binaries.movies.divx.