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• Re: widescreen HD direct - Estes 06:27:38 05/28/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Help! Any inmates with knowledge of widescreen HD direct views? posted by Harmonia on May 22, 2002 at 14:21:23:

  I have seen them look OK, but always with a "fuzz" that I have thought was the result of using a cable feed with cheap wire/splitters. Given the comments from the others here I would suggest buying a 36" Toshiba or JVC "D series" tv. Not expensive and decent picture. Make sure you use decent cabling and make colour adjustments using a test disk.
  
  

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• I am not too impressed with them - Lasermeister 18:45:38 05/23/02 (1)
  In Reply to: Help! Any inmates with knowledge of widescreen HD direct views? posted by Harmonia on May 22, 2002 at 14:21:23:

  I am kind of looking around at some of these TVs, and I am extremely disappointed with the performance I've seen with regular NTSC material. I looked at a 34" Sony widescreen last week, and while the performance was quite impressive with DVD (not even progressive scan), I was very disappointed with the performance on a regular broadcast signal. The set was tuned to the local PBS channel, which shows a live shot of an eagle sitting in its nest between programs. The set's internal line doubler could not even handle this simple task; indeed the picture was far inferior to my 11 year old 30" Toshiba TV showing this scene off cable or broadcast.

  I have also heard very bad things about the 38" Loewe's internal line doubler. A friend I know from the internet has one, and while the performance with DVDs is outstanding, the picture from his Pioneer HLD-X9 laserdisc player, considered one of the best ever made, is so poor it almost makes him sick. There was some mention of this issue in the latest The Perfect Vision magazine, I think maybe at the end of the letters section.

  If you are just hellbent on getting one of these digital sets, however, don't be afraid to get a 4:3 set with a shrinkable scan raster, particularly if you are going to mostly watch 4:3 signals. You will get less screen burn in and avoid those damned vertical letterbox bars--unless you can tolerate the slight but noticeable distortion using the zoom mode watching 4:3 material on a 16:9. However, I would recommend at least a 36" set if you went the 4:3 route; otherwise the picture is going to be too small when you watch 16:9 material.

  Todd
  
  

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  • Re: Have to agree, the motion artifacts are terrible... - EdM 07:00:40 05/24/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Have to agree, the motion artifacts are terrible... posted by img on May 24, 2002 at 07:00:19:

    I also agree to go with 4:3 for now. You can pick up the Panasonic CT-36HW41 for $2000 or less and have the advantages of all formats. I have one and it is great on DVD and HDTV, but reglar tv sometimes sucks when a lot of text is in motion, then it settles down and is quite sharp.
    
    

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• Re: Help! Any inmates with knowledge of widescreen HD direct views? - tesla 15:07:23 05/22/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Help! Any inmates with knowledge of widescreen HD direct views? posted by Harmonia on May 22, 2002 at 14:21:23:

  After spending big bucks in '99 for a Sony 34" HD widescreen, I am not in the market for a while. But, let me tell you, the HD is great to watch! And, watching dvd's in widescrren is great, if you don't mind seeing how terrible the resolution is. I just wish that the HD mess we are all in would be resolved.

  Regards,

  Gene
  
  

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