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Posted by Kris Krieger on April 15, 2008, 12:55 am
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>>
>>>
>>> m. ..
>>>>> Don't do it.
>>>>> In 5 years it'll be gone, and you'll be left holding the bag,
>>>>> again.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article37
>>>>> 28 ...
>>>>
>>>> IBM showed a proof of concept, that's all.
>>>> Anything else you want to warn us about, maybe about the sky
>>>> falling, Chicken Little? :)~
>>>>
>>>> R
>>>
>>> Sort of like Sony showing proof of a concept 5 years ago eh?
>>> Been looking at BluRay players and reading reviews and it looks like
>>> not many people are jumping on board.
>>> Seems the diff between BR and HD isn't enough to warrant the
>>> increase in price.
>>
>> That's the kicker, th eprice. I looked at a BR system. Good grief.
>> Literally thousands of dollars. MEanwhile, I've not even decided yet
>> whether it's worthwhile to get an HD teevee. Min advantage is that
>> the falt scree plasm things are light and easy to move, also smaller
>> than ou rurrent behemoth - still using the 200 lb SOny from 1997 -
>> but the picture is still great, so...
>>
>> ((Ha, still have a curved-screen Magnavox from about 1981 - pic on it
>> is still good as well, tho' it doesn't hook into much of anything any
>> more.))
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> I've seen the converter boxes in walmart for $40 but if you have cable
> or satellite you may not need it.
THe system I looked at was the whole thing - TV, speakers, blueray
thingies, stand, etc. $5K.
SO, we're there, like, Hmmm, spend $5K on a souped-up teevee, or put $5k
into growth investments... Not much of a choice there <LOL!>
The cable does offer HD programming, tho' most is stuff I don't really
*want* to see in HD...
> Here's something I noticed while shopping for a digital TV, more than
> half of them have a glossy black frame around the screens.
> Very distracting due to reflections.
> At first I didn't notice it, but then after I did I couldn't take my
> eyes off of it.
That's one of the things I don't particularly like, that shiny plastic.
What's with that - why not *matte* black? The shiny stuff also struck me
as distractingly reflective; I also just do not like the look of it. I'd
want to put some sort of frame around it...
> The same with the plasma TVs, the screen is glossy, as opposed to the
> uh, obscured or nulled screeen surface of the LCD TV's and makes
> reflections irritating. Supposedly the plasma has a better picture but
> I just couldn't see it.
After a point, it's lost on me - even with my glasses, the astigmatism
isn't 100% corrected, so part of any purchase decision would be to not
pay for more technology than I can actually sense, so to speak, rather
than only looking at the numbers.
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