In Reply to: Congratulations, Victor; I was unaware that you'ld purchased an HDTV. posted by Audiophilander on December 30, 2002 at 14:07:47:
I have had the HDTV for well over two years now, but there has been nothing to watch, so I simply used it as a regular TV, to watch the tapes - imagine that! Receiving the HD signal over the air has been highly problematic at my location, with tall trees around. The picture would be there for few minutes, then fade away. So I simply boxed my HD receiver and never looked back. But at least I knew what it was like, and what to look forward to.Some time ago my cable company started transmitting the HD signals, and we got their service. There are now three HDTV channels included in the "somewhat-basic" service. I don't pay for premium services, as you might know (No Money For Hollywood!).
We used to have the Toshiba 34" direct view HDTV up to now, and I loved it, but it was way toooooooo bulky for my wife's taste. So recently we got the 50" Pioneer 5030 plasma that I hung on the wall, just to keep her happy.
If you are a real stickler, you can always see some misconvergence on the best CRT screen. And of course plasma doesn't have it, making it even more enjoyable. Both the Toshiba and the plasma present beautiful HD pictures, I really don't know which flavor I would keep if I lived in an ideal world. To me plasma always "beautifies" the images, but I don't mind that all that much.
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Follow Ups
- Well, kind of - Victor Khomenko 14:33:33 12/30/02 (1)
- I know exactly what you mean. - Audiophilander 15:38:32 12/30/02 (0)