[cfgeeks] Permission to laugh 'at will'...

Sun Dec 10 23:36:16 EST 2006

A lot of TV's, even HD ones, do a slight overscan that makes then  
unusable as CPU monitors, FWIW.

Service plans are IMHO overpriced, you are better off in the long run  
taking the cash you would put in to a plan and start a savings  
account every time there is the opportunity to buy a service plan,  
IMHO, unless the plans pricing comes way down. Right now it typically  
hovers around 15-30% of purchase price for 3 years, when it really  
needs to be 7% or less.  Otherwise, the store is basically telling  
you they sell crap and need to sell this for their customers to be  
"protected", it's a double edged sword that no sales person has been  
able to convince me of differently since i've though about it,  
especially on electronics which depreciate greatly over time.  You  
start to talk savings account and the value of money over time and  
depreciation and the eyes glaze and they give up rather soon.

Sorry but IMHO "monster" cables and such are also overpriced.  They  
may be great quality but $150 for 4 feet of any cable = no.  If asked  
why ask the stores what they used for all their displays, guaranteed  
they didn't use 50-100K of monster cable to wire the joint and to  
display this "high quality TV" :-O!

I'd agree with two HDMI inputs, one for the DVR and one for the audio/ 
video receiver.

a 480P/1080I rear projection HD system seems to do fine for me.

On Dec 10, 2006, at 8:35 PM, Kevin P. Inscoe wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:49:40 -0500
> From: James M. Atkinson <jmatk at tscm.com>
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> This Christmas many of y'all will be purchasing large LCD and Plasma
> monitors and I would like to offer some helpful hints.
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> 1) Do not purchase 720p monitors, you will regret doing this, period.
> Instead spend the couple of extra dollar it will take to purchase a
> 1080p monitor. The difference in quality between the two format is
> totally profound, and the difference in cost is minimal.
>
> 2) May sure that the monitor you but has two *** HDMI *** inputs, and
> that any video equipment you purchase has a DVI/HDMI output.
>
> 3) When you purchase all your equipment purchase EXTRA DVI/HDMI high
> grade cables. Yeah, the cables cost $150 each, and yeah the monitors
> usually come with the cable, but that extra cable will make a
> profound difference... and keep these cables as short as humanly
> possible. A 16 foot HDMI cable can totally trash your video signal,
> but a four foot cable will look excellent.
>
> 4) A 40 or 46 inch LCD will give you your best deal, and so long as
> you can sit 15 feet or less away from the monitor you will be quite
> please with the image. The monitors over 46 inches are of best use on
> rooms where you are over 15 feet away from the monitor. If you get a
> monitor that is "too big" you will be quite unhappy as you will be
> sitting so close to something so big that the you will not do able to
> comfortably see the whole screen, and the pixels will be quite  
> evident.
>
> 5) Get a digital/HD cable box with an internal DVR functions. You
> will be very happy that you did. Make sure the cable box has an HDMI
> output, and a connection for an external high capcity SATA drive.
>
> 6) Buy an extended "in home" service plan for your new HDTV monitor,
> and make sure that the warranty include full replacement of the
> monitor, and make sure that you actually understand the warranty
> conditions before you pay any money. Also, purchase a warranty that
> gives you a solid 3 years of coverage.
>
> 7) These new HDTV monitors can also be use for computer monitors, but
> you will likely need a new 1080 x 1920 card for your computer
>
> 8) LCD monitors are best when you the viewers will be almost directly
> in front of the monitor, but the quality of the image will degrade as
> the viewer move off the sides. This is not a problems with using a
> smaller monitor in a smaller room,  but it can ruin your experience
> if your furniture is too spread out. IF you do spread out when you
> watch the monitor then your going to need a plasma monitor instead  
> of LCD.
>
> 9) Stay with the top five brand names of LCD/Plasma monitors, and
> don't belive any of the marketing hype you see. Stay with Samsung,
> Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, etc. By the way, the best bang-for-your-buck
> will come from either a Samsung or Sony 1080 HDTV system (LCD)
>
> - -jma
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