Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on May 10, 2004 at 17:40:43

In Reply to: Re: suggestion posted by Emil Capozzi on May 10, 2004 at 16:58:10:

Many of the channels offered in the cable companies' digital tier are actually analog signals (just like their analog cable) that have been digitized. However, there are some channels in their digital offering that are delivered to them as digital signals. Unfortunately, just like satellite TV, the picture quality depends on the provider and how much compression is used. There are some very nice digital channels and there are some very poor digital channels.

See if you can find some reviews of this model in the forums that I recommended. If a 50" display is more fitting to your needs, at your price-point, I'd suggest a DLP display. Just be sure to bring some DVDs that you are familiar with when you demo the display. DLP displays are known to produce an artifact called "rainbows" in some viewers. Along with seeing the "rainbows", some viewers even get headaches and suffer from motion sickness-like nausea. It's best to get other family members in on the demo (if others besides you will be watching the display) to be sure that no one is susceptible to this phenomenon. If anyone has a problem, it usually starts in the 50" and up DLP display category.

I am not familiar with Plasma Depot.