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Re: Complete and absolute newbie to HT needs help...

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In Reply to: Complete and absolute newbie to HT needs help... posted by Mats on July 04, 2001 at 09:47:56:

Oops, I forgot to mention that I don't what television at all, so the system would be for DVD and VHS only, if that makes any difference.

Re: Complete and absolute newbie to HT needs help... - zaphod 12:09:20 07/05/01 (0)
If this is purely for movie watching I'd definitely see if you can squeeze a WEGA out of your budget, maybe last year's model on a discount will get you around $700. The reason I'd recommend a WEGA is that for DVD, Sony has what's called v-compression (or anamorphic squeeze mode) which gives you 33% more resolution on anamorphic (or enhanced for widescreen) discs. This really makes a difference when viewing dvds.
If the WEGA is out of your budget, I'd go with a Toshiba. I've found toshiba tubes to be very nice color-wise and you get a lot of features for your $$$. The toshiba however does not do the squeeze mode unfortunately.
good luck.

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