Archive for March 2008

icemaster316_2001 asked: I was wondering what would happen when the hdtv runs out of hrs of life? I read the difference between the lcd and plasma and they were saying 60,000 hrs and then the bulb would have to be replaced? How long do hdtv’s actully last??
Also it is really worth getting the [...]

Posted Sun, Mar 30th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. 4 Comments.

Stevie T asked: Hey! I’m in the UK and have downloaded a few programmes that I can’t get here and would like to know how to upload British shows for friends in the States.
Would like to know how to do in HDTV which includes the sound as well as the great picture quality, does [...]

Posted Fri, Mar 28th, 2008. Listed under: Home Theater. Tagged as: . 1 Comment.

Toni E asked: We have a ps3 and I have heard that we won’t get the awesome graphics unless we have an hdtv. I’ve seen televisions at walmart that say hdtv on them that are only like two hundred dollars. Is this because it’s not actually an hdtv? No way am I [...]

Posted Sun, Mar 23rd, 2008. Listed under: TVs. 3 Comments.

Jonathan Y asked: We recently bought an HDTV and I’m going to buy an HDMI cable. Do we need to buy an upconverter for watching movies, or could we use one of our laptops instead, which both have DVD players? Will a PC have lesser quality than watching the movie through an upconverter? Are there [...]

Posted Sat, Mar 22nd, 2008. Listed under: TVs. Tagged as: . 2 Comments.

jp asked: Hey, I’m going to buy a 32″ HDTV. Does anyone know a cheap place to buy one?

Posted Tue, Mar 18th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. Tagged as: . 3 Comments.

ohboyyy asked: PC has VGA and S-Video.
HDTV has HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Composite Video Port (yellow), and the Component Port (blue, green, and red “Pr”).
Any answer is appreciated. Thank you!

Posted Tue, Mar 18th, 2008. Listed under: Monitors. 3 Comments.

dpepperdrinker asked: I get one hdtv channel (abc) even though I dont think the antennaie I bought was for hdtv. The other hdtv channels I dont get. I dont have cable just rabbit ears. I do have an hdtv television. The antennae I bought may be an hdtv one but it was very cheap 9$. [...]

Posted Fri, Mar 14th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. Tagged as: . 3 Comments.

Nick A asked: I recently bought a 37″ Vizio LCD HDTV. However, when I press info to see the show it says the show then 480i SD. But I have an HD Cable Box and everything. How do I make it so I have an HD picture instead of an SD picture?

Posted Wed, Mar 12th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. Tagged as: . 4 Comments.

FAHIM M asked: so ive got a samsung series 550 hdtv. Ive also got a dvd player, with a bunch of speakers and surround sound. I wanted to know if there was any way to connect my tv to the dvd/home theater system, so that when im watching tv, it uses the surround sound speakers? [...]

Posted Wed, Mar 12th, 2008. Listed under: Home Theater. 1 Comment.

lordstryfe1 asked: I have an Toshiba 42″ 1080p LCD HDTV REGZA, cable box and a DVD Player. I can’t figure out how to hook up my DVD player to either my TV. My cable cords use the same cords slots as my DVD player.

Posted Wed, Mar 12th, 2008. Listed under: Other - Electronics. 1 Comment.