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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com wrote in message
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We have analog also although digital is offered. I just refuse to pay the
extra bucks for it.


Same for me for years ... I just wasn't into watching TV that much. But, at
the constant goading by a few people (who shall remain nameless) to "get
with it before the NFL playoffs start!", I tried the HD routine. I have
to admit - it's not bad. Only problem is that now I've noticed that some of
the most beautiful women movie stars have facial hair.

Eisboch

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Eisboch wrote:
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JimH wrote:
I guess so. We do not have digital cable or HD tv sets so the S-video
works just fine for us.

Comcast hasn't gone to "digital" cable in your part of the country?

Many subscribers, me included up until a few days ago, just have a basic
cable service meaning there is no cable box. The cable is simply hooked
up to the VHF antenna input on the TV and you use the TV tuner to choose
the channels. In this case, all channels are analog.

Eisboch


Really? I had no idea you could still "do" that. No wonder I keep seeing
"PSAs" about "cable theft." I was wondering how the hell you could do that
if you had a remotely accessed cable control box on top of your TV set
that can be shut off by the cable company.


I suppose you could steal the service, assuming the cable company didn't
disconnect the cable at the pole. You can subscribe to it and it only costs
about 12.95 a month. Senior citizens can get it for about 9 bucks and they
get all the local channels plus most of the no cost cable channels.

Eisboch

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JimH wrote:

I guess so. We do not have digital cable or HD tv sets so the S-video
works just fine for us.


Comcast hasn't gone to "digital" cable in your part of the country?


Many subscribers, me included up until a few days ago, just have a basic
cable service meaning there is no cable box. The cable is simply hooked up
to the VHF antenna input on the TV and you use the TV tuner to choose the
channels. In this case, all channels are analog.

Eisboch


We updated a year ago to digital.
Getting ready for the big shift to HDTV in the near future.
(read:...saving for the TV)

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Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:

I guess so. We do not have digital cable or HD tv sets so the S-video
works just fine for us.


Comcast hasn't gone to "digital" cable in your part of the country?


Many subscribers, me included up until a few days ago, just have a basic
cable service meaning there is no cable box. The cable is simply hooked
up to the VHF antenna input on the TV and you use the TV tuner to choose
the channels. In this case, all channels are analog.

Eisboch
We updated a year ago to digital.
Getting ready for the big shift to HDTV in the near future.
(read:...saving for the TV)

When all channels in the US go digital (I believe in 2008 or 2009) there
will be no need to upgrade your TV's to HD if you have cable.

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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com wrote in message
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When all channels in the US go digital (I believe in 2008 or 2009) there
will be no need to upgrade your TV's to HD if you have cable.


How do you figure that?

Eisboch

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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com wrote in message
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When all channels in the US go digital (I believe in 2008 or 2009) there
will be no need to upgrade your TV's to HD if you have cable.


How do you figure that?

Eisboch


The same as today with digital provided by the cable company yet viewable on
an analog set because of the digital receiver/cable box provided by the
cable company. It may no be HD quality, but it is digital.

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When you are ready to buy, take a long look at the glass tube flat screen
HD TVs before you pay extra for one of the thin screens. It is still true
that the glass tube TVs produce better pictures, and without your being
able to see pixels. And, of course, the viewing angle with a glass tube TV
is still wider than that of an LCD or plasma (overpriced) screen.


Ahem ... (cough) ... aaahhh....

I agree with your statement somewhat .... assuming you are talking about a
true CRT type monitor, of which only a few are still made for HD. All of
the non-plasma, non-LCD HD monitors I looked at were rear projection
types - looks like a big ol' picture tube, but isn't. These monitors suffer
from a significant view angle limitation.

Plasma does not. You can still view it at extreme angles.

Many of the new monitors - Plasma, LCD and rear projection are using a
glossy glass panel on the front as opposed to the low reflectance panels
used in the past. Even my new HP laptop has a LCD 17" Widescreen display
that looks glassy.

I am not sure about the future of CRT based HD television.

Eisboch

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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com wrote in message
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When all channels in the US go digital (I believe in 2008 or 2009) there
will be no need to upgrade your TV's to HD if you have cable.


How do you figure that?

Eisboch


The same as today with digital provided by the cable company yet viewable
on an analog set because of the digital receiver/cable box provided by the
cable company. It may no be HD quality, but it is digital.


Ok. I thought you were intimating that somehow you would get HD on a non-HD
set.
With digital you either get the channel or you don't. Analog will come in
although it may be weak, snowy or jittery.

Eisboch

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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:05:36 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

Same for me for years ... I just wasn't into watching TV that much. But, at
the constant goading by a few people (who shall remain nameless) to "get
with it before the NFL playoffs start!", I tried the HD routine.

Sounds like you are able to get HD reception on analog cable, or did I
read that incorrectly?

Does anyone know if HD is available via satellite? One of my goals
for the year is to get satellite TV for the boat and then figure out
how to pipe it into the house when we are home, followed closely by
kissing the cable company goodbye.

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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When you are ready to buy, take a long look at the glass tube flat screen
HD TVs before you pay extra for one of the thin screens. It is still true
that the glass tube TVs produce better pictures, and without your being
able to see pixels. And, of course, the viewing angle with a glass tube
TV is still wider than that of an LCD or plasma (overpriced) screen.


Ahem ... (cough) ... aaahhh....

I agree with your statement somewhat .... assuming you are talking about a
true CRT type monitor, of which only a few are still made for HD. All of
the non-plasma, non-LCD HD monitors I looked at were rear projection
types - looks like a big ol' picture tube, but isn't. These monitors
suffer from a significant view angle limitation.

Plasma does not. You can still view it at extreme angles.

Many of the new monitors - Plasma, LCD and rear projection are using a
glossy glass panel on the front as opposed to the low reflectance panels
used in the past. Even my new HP laptop has a LCD 17" Widescreen display
that looks glassy.

I am not sure about the future of CRT based HD television.

Eisboch



And a Plasma TV, while SWMBO loves it as it does not dominate the room, uses
4 times the power of a normal TV. Big power hog.