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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I finally got around to looking at the manuals for a TV set and DVD player
we have, and noticed there was a "new" way to hook them up together, with
an "HDMI" cable. The cable is supposed to provide the highest possible
video quality from a DVD to the TV set, and it also carries audio signals.

$100+ for the manufacturer's branded cable, same price for a "Monster"
cable. Unbelievable. The fittings on the cable sort of resemble the flat
ones on a USB cable, but they are not the same.

$100, for what I am sure is a perfectly ordinary cable. I had no idea SONY
had been taken over by the boating industry.

Anyway, I shopped around for a while, and found a no-name supplier who has
the cable for *only* $35. Sheesh. For a 6' cable with two 50-cent ends on
it.


I just purchased (yesterday) a Sony DVD player with the HDMI "up conversion"
feature It is advertised to play a DVD in "near HD" quality. The 6 foot
cable cost more than the DVD unit.

My son recently goaded me into this High Def TV thing. I've passed on it
for years because I simply don't watch that much television. But, off we
went to buy a Samsung HD plasma TV and called the cable company to pick up
the new HD cable box. Spent a few hours mounting the TV and hooking
everything up and .....

WOW! I am converted. The one bad thing is that after watching a program
in HD, it is difficult to go back and watch a regular cable channel.

BTW - even though DVDs are not HD, the HDMI cable and Sony's "up conversion"
feature seems to work. I can detect a very small but noticeable improvement
over the three cable component connections.

Eisboch

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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:17:16 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I finally got around to looking at the manuals for a TV set and DVD player
we have, and noticed there was a "new" way to hook them up together, with
an "HDMI" cable. The cable is supposed to provide the highest possible
video quality from a DVD to the TV set, and it also carries audio signals.

$100+ for the manufacturer's branded cable, same price for a "Monster"
cable. Unbelievable. The fittings on the cable sort of resemble the flat
ones on a USB cable, but they are not the same.

$100, for what I am sure is a perfectly ordinary cable. I had no idea SONY
had been taken over by the boating industry.

Anyway, I shopped around for a while, and found a no-name supplier who has
the cable for *only* $35. Sheesh. For a 6' cable with two 50-cent ends on
it.


I just purchased (yesterday) a Sony DVD player with the HDMI "up conversion"
feature It is advertised to play a DVD in "near HD" quality. The 6 foot
cable cost more than the DVD unit.

My son recently goaded me into this High Def TV thing. I've passed on it
for years because I simply don't watch that much television. But, off we
went to buy a Samsung HD plasma TV and called the cable company to pick up
the new HD cable box. Spent a few hours mounting the TV and hooking
everything up and .....

WOW! I am converted. The one bad thing is that after watching a program
in HD, it is difficult to go back and watch a regular cable channel.

BTW - even though DVDs are not HD, the HDMI cable and Sony's "up conversion"
feature seems to work. I can detect a very small but noticeable improvement
over the three cable component connections.

Eisboch


I love HDTV. Luckily, all the major media broadcast both regular and HD signals. That
makes it easy to show the difference between the two.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

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Harry Krause wrote:

Eisboch wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

I finally got around to looking at the manuals for a TV set and DVD
player we have, and noticed there was a "new" way to hook them up
together, with an "HDMI" cable. The cable is supposed to provide the
highest possible video quality from a DVD to the TV set, and it also
carries audio signals.

$100+ for the manufacturer's branded cable, same price for a
"Monster" cable. Unbelievable. The fittings on the cable sort of
resemble the flat ones on a USB cable, but they are not the same.

$100, for what I am sure is a perfectly ordinary cable. I had no idea
SONY had been taken over by the boating industry.

Anyway, I shopped around for a while, and found a no-name supplier
who has the cable for *only* $35. Sheesh. For a 6' cable with two
50-cent ends on it.


I just purchased (yesterday) a Sony DVD player with the HDMI "up
conversion" feature It is advertised to play a DVD in "near HD"
quality. The 6 foot cable cost more than the DVD unit.

My son recently goaded me into this High Def TV thing. I've passed on
it for years because I simply don't watch that much television. But,
off we went to buy a Samsung HD plasma TV and called the cable company
to pick up the new HD cable box. Spent a few hours mounting the TV
and hooking everything up and .....

WOW! I am converted. The one bad thing is that after watching a
program in HD, it is difficult to go back and watch a regular cable
channel.

BTW - even though DVDs are not HD, the HDMI cable and Sony's "up
conversion" feature seems to work. I can detect a very small but
noticeable improvement over the three cable component connections.

Eisboch

Yeah, I have a SONY HD and a SONY DVD with the up conversion, too. But I
didn't read the manual, so I used the "component" method of hookup. My
HDMI cable is on the way.

Sony has a factory in the US? I thought you would be a Curtis Mathes fan.

Dan

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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:00:40 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

The best stuff is on the "InHD" Channels, especially the IMAX
productions. Wow!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

IMAX in the theater is great, almost as good as being there. Frankly
I can't imagine duplicating that in the home but who knows.

Does anyone make switchgear for these HDMI hookups?