Re: Sharp Aquos 42d64U

Bill's News wrote:
"John McGaw" <nobody@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mMsej.41506$_m.12781@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
kpb wrote:
I think I might buy this one.

Plasma is a little bit too tempermental for me...and I didn't see any
advantages at the store. Plus I don't want 720p (even though it's
only 42 inches)...I could see the screen door like lines from about 5
feet away.

So it's the Samsung 4266 (Best Buy's version of the 4265) which looks
nice but has kind of a shiny reflectant screen. Or the Sharp Aquos
above. That looked good and had good reviews although they did
mention "banding" plagued former sets.

The SHarp has a 4ms "reponse time" which i vaguely understand. Not
the same as 120hz...

Thanks for all your help.

I'm also going to try DirectTV. We'll see how that works.

I'd be using an antenna for local stations...right now I use one for
OTA SD TV and it works pretty well. So hopefully it will be able to
pick up the HDTV station broadcasts?
I have that model Sharp connected to a DirecTV HR20-700 PVR and find the results quite satisfactory. The only downside I've found, and it won't apply to most people, is that when I used the TV as a computer display for the new HTPC I built and use full 1080P resolution the text is too small no matter what I do. The text and graphics are razor-sharp but from eight
snip...

Don't change res to change text size, use Windows' features found in: Display Properties - Appearance - Advanced, and Internet Options - Accessibility. Don't forget also that IE has a zoom feature. For those items which fall outside these parameters, keep a magnifier handy (either on the desktop or in the primary Start list).

The display settings can be stored in profiles, which allows for quick change when moving between a large screen viewed from a lounge chair to a smaller screen used at your workspace.



Thanks for the reminder. I had already cranked up the font size under appearance but had forgotten entirely about the DPI setting. At 125% it looks better and maybe it will be more usable when I get time to fine tune it a bit. I know about the sizing options while browsing (I use Firefox rather than IE for various reasons) but browsing is something that almost never happens on that computer and display.
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com
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