digital cable

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.

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Topic - Question for Joe Murphy Jr - Emil 08:54:19 05/10/04 (23)

Yes, easy - Vladimir Dorta 04:09:43 05/15/04 (4)

And... - AbeCollins 12:18:05 05/15/04 (3)

Next Gen DLPs - Larry S 20:49:27 05/19/04 (2)

Re: Next Gen DLPs - AbeCollins 00:06:09 05/23/04 (1)

Re: Next Gen DLPs - Larry S 17:16:36 05/25/04 (0)

Samsung with DLP. Period - Duilawyer 07:41:09 05/11/04 (13)

Re: Samsung with DLP. Period - TomD 15:29:54 05/13/04 (0)

Great company, not so great product - Larry S 21:38:17 05/12/04 (5)

Re: Great company, not so great product - frog 05:57:28 05/29/04 (0)

This concerns me... - AbeCollins 12:26:18 05/15/04 (3)

Re: This concerns me... - Larry S 20:32:18 05/19/04 (2)

Well, its back to square one - Emil 08:08:56 05/20/04 (1)

Re: Well, its back to square one - AbeCollins 00:49:48 05/23/04 (0)

Re: Samsung with DLP. Period - Emil 08:07:53 05/11/04 (5)

Re: Samsung with DLP. Period - TomD 15:31:52 05/13/04 (0)

rainbows - Joe Murphy Jr 22:32:41 05/11/04 (3)

and I thought this was going to be easy. - Emil 09:29:03 05/12/04 (2)

relax - Joe Murphy Jr 20:07:11 05/12/04 (0)

Easy?! - Harmonia 10:59:23 05/12/04 (0)

suggestion - Joe Murphy Jr 10:40:40 05/10/04 (3)

Re: suggestion - Emil Capozzi 16:58:10 05/10/04 (2)

Digital Cable - Harmonia 14:36:57 05/11/04 (0)

digital cable - Joe Murphy Jr 17:40:43 05/10/04 (0)

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