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Eisboch wrote:
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Wow. We pay under $5 for a DVR digital box.

Is that for the primary box or for a second, additional box?

Eisboch
Any box.


That's pretty cheap. Whadaya get, 3 or 4 channels?

Another subject. I am going to stay with Windows XP until the computer
industry comes out with this technology:

http://www.livescience.com/php/video...light&plugin=f

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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Wow. We pay under $5 for a DVR digital box.
Is that for the primary box or for a second, additional box?

Eisboch
Any box.


That's pretty cheap. Whadaya get, 3 or 4 channels?


That's just the price for the box. Actually, I suppose the first box's
price is embedded into the service, if you get anything more than the
non-premium channels.

On Nov 13, 11:21 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
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On Nov 13, 9:22 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
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groups.com...

One thing people forget, resolution is only as good as the signal.
Lots of times the cable signal suffers over distance, and also the
cabling in your home, connections, etc.

Only if it's an analog signal.

If it's digital, you either get it perfect or you don't get it at all.

Eisboch

Digital signal can degrade, and still work. You'll get tiling, etc.
sometimes , along with quantization noise, and incorrect color.

Agreed, but not by much before your digital tuner in the TV or cable box
will reject the signal.
If you are getting a picture and it occasionally goes screwy, it's unlikely
the problem is in your cable feed.

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My house's cable was builder grade stuff just like alot of things in a
new home. When I went to digital I had problems with just what I was
referring to above, and Comcast came out and changed just about every
end fitting there was in my house. Much better now, but things happen,
and I notice it more when everyone is home from work, and watching the
news!

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Don White wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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oups.com...
One thing people forget, resolution is only as good as the signal.
Lots of times the cable signal suffers over distance, and also the
cabling in your home, connections, etc.

Only if it's an analog signal.

If it's digital, you either get it perfect or you don't get it at
all.

Eisboch
My cable company sends "digital" signals through its wires, and what
you get on your TV set depends upon the box you have to decode them. I
think I saw a commercial that stated that when the switchover comes,
it won't matter what sort of TV set you have, because the cable
company's equipment will decode it into whatever your receiver needs.
Or something like that!
I have a couple of new LCD televisions that I bought for the boats.
When connected to cable, they get both the analog and HD digital
signals for stations broadcasting both.
I was surprised that they also received the music channels provided by
the cable company.

It's going to be an entertainment paradise for those that watch a lot
of television.

Eisboch

We have two "digital" boxes, three TV sets. The two "digital" boxes are
connected to TVs that handle HD and the music channels, too. One of the
sets is an LCD, the other is a big glass tube SONY. I have yet to see
the equal of the glass tube SONY's picture quality in any of the new
flat screen TVs. Damn thing weighs about 225 pounds, though.

Same here... can it be almost 2 years since I bought my Sony 30" HDTV
tube type?
The TV has been flawless... wish I could say the same thing for the cable
company supplied Motorola DVR cable box. (rental at $15.00 per month)





Wow. We pay under $5 for a DVR digital box.

We tend to get screwed on a lot of prices here. A regular digital Motorola
box is cheap...($5.00)
It's the HD versions that cost... a non-recording version is $10.00 per
month.
http://www.eastlink.ca/cable/dvr/index.asp

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Not exactly a boating topic, but...

What is the difference between 720 and 1080 - resolution?

Which is better - LCD or plasma?

As I understand it... the 1080i is true HD and the 720 is a poor man's
version.

And as usual you're wrong.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Not exactly a boating topic, but...

What is the difference between 720 and 1080 - resolution?

Which is better - LCD or plasma?

What size TV are you looking for?
Where will it be located?
How far away will you be watching it from?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:05:53 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Which is better - LCD or plasma?

The reviews that I have read indicate that the very best LCD sets are
almost as good as plasma. Based on that, plasma is obviously better
but uses a lot more power and is heavier.

1080 is the wave of the future although there is very little source
material presently at that resolution. 720 looks pretty darn good
compared to regular TV.

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-a...tag=prod.txt.1

When I saw the 1080 on a 50 in set and compared it to 720, it was as
drastic of a difference as analog vs 720.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:58:58 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

When I saw the 1080 on a 50 in set and compared it to 720, it was as
drastic of a difference as analog vs 720.

Was it 1080 source material?

My understanding, possibly incorrect, is that there is no broadcast or
cable 1080 at this time, and very little on DVD.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:58:58 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

When I saw the 1080 on a 50 in set and compared it to 720, it was as
drastic of a difference as analog vs 720.

Was it 1080 source material?

My understanding, possibly incorrect, is that there is no broadcast or
cable 1080 at this time, and very little on DVD.

There's plenty of 1080i (interlaced) on broadcast TV, there just isn't any
1080p (progressive) available (Other than video games, HD, and Blu-Ray
DVD's)

1080p is awesome, 720p is excellent, and 1080i sucks- there are just too
many motion related artifacts when watching 1080i high motion video. Try
watching an HD football game on FOX, ABC, or ESPN (all 720p) as compared to
NBC or CBS (1080i) and you'll see what I mean. The only advantage 1080i has
over 720p is on static, or very slow moving images.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:58:58 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

When I saw the 1080 on a 50 in set and compared it to 720, it was as
drastic of a difference as analog vs 720.

Was it 1080 source material?

My understanding, possibly incorrect, is that there is no broadcast or
cable 1080 at this time, and very little on DVD.


It was a HD DVD