Archive for October 2008

OfDubiousQuality asked: I know HDTV’s are notorious for their built in speakers sound quality, so I was just wondering if there was one out there with some good, ready to go speakers.
If someone could just tell me 1 HDTV with better than average sound quality, they get best answer. I’m fully aware that a home [...]

Posted Wed, Oct 15th, 2008. Listed under: Home Theater. 3 Comments.

nurseneekee asked: I have a HDTV but I can’t watch HD channels with Dishnetwork receiver because the dish network satellite to too low on the horizon. I have trees on the south end of my house that prevents me from getting HD channels frm Dishnetwork. I tried using a HDTV antenna on top [...]

Posted Sat, Oct 11th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. 3 Comments.

efaiii asked: We are looking at buying our first HDTV for Christmas this year. What is the difference between plasma and LCD? 720 vs 1080? Also, what additional accessories are required (cables, etc). Do I need to have it installed professionally or can I do it myself? Thanks!

Posted Sat, Oct 11th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. 1 Comment.

Robert asked: I see that services to tune HDTV’s are out there because HDTV’s ship with settings at max, however if it’s tuned correctly one can get the same picture yet lower settings and save the lifespan of equipment and lower power consumption.
So I see tuners/techs out there that do this, such as techs at [...]

Posted Sat, Oct 11th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. Tagged as: . 4 Comments.

Kirk B asked: I got a Toshiba 37″ HDTV that has the digital converter built in. I have an antenna and I’ve hooked it up, played with settings, and there is still no digital signal coming in at all. There was a “digital test” on TV earlier, and I “failed” it. Is there something special [...]

Posted Thu, Oct 9th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. 4 Comments.

sean asked: i have a 42″ samsung 720p lcd hdtv. is it still worth getting a blu ray player?
is there a noticeable or big difference between using a 720p and 1080p when playing blu ray?

Posted Wed, Oct 8th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. Tagged as: . 4 Comments.

toddbinder_com asked: I want to setup a Windows Media Center PC in my living room and I want to use our HDTV as the monitor. Can I realisticly use the HDTV as a monitor for web browsing, email and word processing? What kind video card options and connection options do I need to take into [...]

Posted Tue, Oct 7th, 2008. Listed under: Uncategorized. 2 Comments.

Scott P asked: I want to replace my CRT with a flat screen. And replace my analog TV in my bedroom. Doe it make sense to replace both with a small HDTV set?

Posted Sat, Oct 4th, 2008. Listed under: Monitors. 2 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, Oct 4th, 2008. Listed under: TVs. 2 Comments.