Re: Further HDTV Considerations


"Citizen Bob" <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK, you got that HDTV you wanted. Now what are you gonna do with it?

If you are like my household, we watch 90% of our TV from DVDR
recordings the night before. That way we can watch what we want when
we want in the late afternoon before supper. Also, we can skip thru
the commercials.

So if we got a HDTV, we would need a HD DVDR. It would have to have
the digital signal input and at least 720p. There are not many DVDRs
out that have been on the market long enough to have passed thru
adolescent growing pains. That means more Early Adopter Syndrome.

Never mind that the cost has now gotten close to a grand. And for
what? A wider picture? Slightly higher resolution? I do not have a
resolution problem on my old 19" SDTV.

The only thing I am missing is full-screen wide screen. But then I sit
so close (6') that the smaller width of the WS picture is no big deal.
I don't even notice it. I realize it would look nicer if WS were
native to the set. But for a grand I can wait for the industry to put
out a decent product at a decent price.

If a DVDR has an HDMI output, does that automatically imply that it
provides 720p/1080i?

Guess you haven't figured out that cable and satellite provide HDVR's for
about $6 per month.


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