Re: How many here even have Hi-Def?
- From: "ryan" <subwooferboy@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:56:53 -0400
if you're looking for size and good value, check out a DLP rear projection
set. try mitsubishi and samsung. circiut city has a nice 42" DLP on sale for
around $2200
if you're going to go rear projection, i would definately go DLP. this is
the same techology george lucas used on the last star wars movie (in digital
theaters that is).
some HDTV tips. this is a common oversite but go into your dvd players menu
and make sure you tell your dvd player that your tv is a 16x9 or widesreen
if you have one. you will get a much better picture from dvd's that have
been "enhanced" for widescreen or some call it "anamophic". look on the dvd
movie sleve to see, most have been enhanced for widscreen or anamophic (same
thing, just different wording).
for projection sets keep the room as dark as possible, this is true for all
tv's by the way. then, go into your tv's menu and turn the contrast or
"picture" setting down. most sets come with this setting turned up to 100%
to make them look good under the bright lights of your tv retail showroom.
with this setting left all the way up, it will burn out your set faster and
it will also "wash out" the picture. you can do it by eye but i recommend
getting a set up dvd called "video essentials" to set up all your tv
controls the correct way. and if you want to go all out, have it done
professionaly by a certified ISF technician. he can not only take care of
the user settings but with special equiptment, go inside the service manual
and set color temperature and tweek everything up the correct way to
industry standards.
when a tv has been set up properly, you will not believe the results but
like i saidk, you have to keep the lighting as low as possible in the room
or the picture will look too dark. it will look dark at first even with the
lights off but you will also notice that colors are richer looking and other
improvments. once you get used to the new "accurate" picture, anything else
will seem sub-standard.
"Howard Roseman" <hroseman@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:cT2Me.222152$5V4.14906@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I have a Mitsubishi rear-projection hi-def box purchased in 1999. I
> saved
>> > money, just like with cars, by buying the 1998 model while the new ones
>> > were
>> > coming out.
>
>
>>
>> Rear projection is something I will never, ever have. While the HDs are
>> light years form what the standard TVs were, the contrast is never right.
>> There are still some myths floating around about plasma screens, but they
>> are much improved, and probably do represent the future.
>>
>
> There are much fewer RPTVs made now, but they were big at the end of the
> century!
>
> My TV has a few more years left yet, and then it will be plasma, LCD,
> LCOS,
> or some variant of those. This will coincide with an explosion in the
> amount
> of HD programming available.
>
>
>
>
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