I'm in the market to buy a television & need assistance.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Good choice, IGY. My neighbors recently got the 50" version of that one. They managed to talk the sales guy into throwing in the stand for free, since there was a very similar unit at the local wholesale club that included the stand in the price.

[SunMo]

your consolation prize is an official wild bills anti squirrel bird feeder...its my last one...it electrocutes squirrels when they sit on the bar and try to eat the bird seed...because you know...birds cant have their feetsies electrocuted


you also get a years supply of rice a roni the sdanfrancisco treat...a case of turtle wax...and a set of encyclopedia britannica

thanks man.

do you think i can come over some time and watch Gilmore Girls in HD on your TV?

[Susquehanna Birder]

Oh, and do consider the HDMI/DVI cable route if you can. It might be tricky finding a DVD player or an A/V receiver with 'em, but you should be able to patch a digital cable box right to the TV for a primo picture.

[ice grillin you]

Oh, and do consider the HDMI/DVI cable route if you can. It might be tricky finding a DVD player or an A/V receiver with 'em, but you should be able to patch a digital cable box right to the TV for a primo picture.

english?


thanks man.

do you think i can come over some time and watch Gilmore Girls in HD on your TV?

die

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

thanks man.

do you think i can come over some time and watch Gilmore Girls in HD on your TV?

That's retarded.



Gilmore Girls isn't offered in HD.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Oh, and do consider the HDMI/DVI cable route if you can. It might be tricky finding a DVD player or an A/V receiver with 'em, but you should be able to patch a digital cable box right to the TV for a primo picture.

english?

You basically have 4 ways to connect your video source (cable box or DVD player) to your TV:

- A traditional video wire (the yellow connector) on an audio/video cable sends analog composite video signal. It's fine for most regular TVs, but for HD, it sucks.

- An S-video cable. It's a little bit better, because S-video splits the luminance (brightness) and chrominance (color) signals into two separate analog channels, and sends then via two different wires in the cable.

- A component video cable. This has three connectors at either end, usually red, blue, and green. This is better than S-video because the video signal is broken down into one luminance channel and two different chrominance channels. Most HD systems handle component video connections as the standard.

- DVI (also called HDMI). This is a cable that has a modular plug at either end. DVI is an all-digital transmission system, so it eliminates the digital->analog->digital conversion crap that can possibly muck up a nice HD picture. It's also nice in that it also handles digital audio signals, so if you if you use DVI to attach your cable box to your TV, you only have one cable to plug in, and it is the best of all worlds, clarity wise.

The only drawback to DVI/HDMI is that it's not a widely accepted thing, and finding a DVD player with it isn't necessarily easy. And not many low-to-midrange receivers have jacks for it.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The only drawback to DVI/HDMI is that it's not a widely accepted thing, and finding a DVD player with it isn't necessarily easy. And not many low-to-midrange receivers have jacks for it.

He'd also have to make sure Comcast gave him an HDMI-compatible HD box.

[SunMo]

does the HDMI plug look similar to the one you find on your computer for the printer?  if so, my cable box and tv have it.

how much better is that than the component cables, which is what i have now.

[ice grillin you]

this morning i scheduled with comcast to come out later this month to hook up my hdtv box to the tv

should i call back to put in a 'special' request for an hdmi box...i assume they carry them but only deliver if you specifically ask for it

im quite sure my dvd player does no thave that capability...and lets say for whatever reason i dont get the hdmi cable box...should i still get hdmi cables...will they work like regular component cables if they are hooked to a piece of non hdmi equipment....that way at a later time i can add whatever hdmi components i want


btw...comcast is giving me a hdtv/dvr box for 10 bucks a month

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

HDMI is a totally different type of plug from component.  If your cable box doesn't have the plug, you can't use it.

[SunMo]

btw...comcast is giving me a hdtv/dvr box for 10 bucks a month

DVR rules...

no, HDMI cables won't work unless your box has the plug, but mine has it, and i didn't ask for it, i think it's standard...

this is a pic of a HDMI cable...

[SunMo]

this is a HDMI/DVI cable...



FF...what's the difference between the two? other than the plug?  i think i need the HDMI/DVI from what i remember about my TV

[Susquehanna Birder]

Yeah, I think the Motorola DVR boxes that Comast uses all have the HDMI outlet. The only trick is that HDMI and DVI, while they are electrically the same, use different connectors. So if you have HDMI at one end, and DVI at the other, you'll need a special cable to connect the TV and the cable box.

[ice grillin you]

just talked to them...all comcast hdtv/dvr boxes come with a hdmi connector

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yeah, I think the Motorola DVR boxes that Comast uses all have the HDMI outlet. The only trick is that HDMI and DVI, while they are electrically the same, use different connectors. So if you have HDMI at one end, and DVI at the other, you'll need a special cable to connect the TV and the cable box.

SunMo^^^ Your question has been answered.


Hell, I use component video for both my DVD and my cable box, and use digital coax for the DVD but RCA for the cable.

I'd "upgrade", but my wife and I would probably barely notice the difference, if at all.