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Post by texiban001 on Jan 14, 2008 16:52:09 GMT -5
That's because talking about the Texans will put you to sleep!
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Post by mikeinsa on Jan 14, 2008 17:34:21 GMT -5
best hd set is samsung- no contest. get out the big roll of dinero though as they do not come cheap.
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Post by chandler44 on Jan 14, 2008 20:20:02 GMT -5
I'm probalby going to get an HD television in the near future. Do you have any recommendations on what brand to buy. Also, tell me about your HD receiver and satellite. I have Dish Network right now. I got an Olevia 37inch LCD. It's not the biggest, but our living room isnt real big, so it fits well. I got it for going to a class one summer, but even if you had to buy it, it's inexpensive and very highly rated. I've yet to read anything bad about them. I'm through DirecTV, the same one I've been with since the 90s. I've had the TV for over a year, and finally I decided to upgrade to HD. I called DirecTV and they told me the receiver was $99, so I explained I wasn't going to do that because I could move to Dish and get the HD DVR for free as a new customer. Well, they spun their wheels for abit, but they ended up giving me the HD receiver for free, free installation, delivery, etc....plus 6 months free HD programming. There are a lot of HD channels on DirecTV..something like 70-80...almost all of the locals have HD channels (2, 11, 13, 20, 26) and Fox Sports Houston & Southwest have HD as well. I can't wait until baseball starts so I can watch the Astros in HD. Maybe I'll be able to tell who the new guys are with the clearer picture:) As far as the Cowboys, Coach has it right. I've never been a Cowboys fan, and it has nothing to do with jealousy. I don't care for Dallas or any of the teams up there. That said, I would have rather had them win than the friggin' Giants.
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Post by gracie on Jan 14, 2008 20:49:14 GMT -5
Other than the despise I have for the owner of the Cowboys I really don't care for the arrogance of a lot of the fan base. "America's Team" WTF? I don't hate them I just don't get the mentality. The only team I consider America's Team is the United States Armed Forces. Now THAT is AMERICA'S team!! Not a freaking sports team. Football, baseball, basketball or otherwise. Go TROOPS!!!
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Post by mikeinsa on Jan 14, 2008 21:07:51 GMT -5
also make sure your interior wiring is set for hd. you need 4 drops for hd versus 2 for analog or so I am told.
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Post by chandler44 on Jan 15, 2008 0:03:16 GMT -5
also make sure your interior wiring is set for hd. you need 4 drops for hd versus 2 for analog or so I am told. When they came out to upgrade me to an HD receiver with the new dish, the installer didn't change anything on the wiring on the inside. He put a new dish up on a new pole, connected it to the wires inside, and then set it up inside.
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Post by mikeinsa on Jan 15, 2008 0:15:05 GMT -5
perhaps you already were wired for hd. I would check, no sense in paying for expensive equipment only to have 50 worth of wire hold you back.
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Post by chandler44 on Jan 15, 2008 7:36:46 GMT -5
No reason I would have been, as the house wasn't wired for TV/satellite when I bought it - DirecTV put the lines in when I moved here in 06.
As far as I know, the coax cable from the dish to the receiver is the same for either set up. I have the same standard one line of coax cable going from the dish to my receiver that I had before.
Wiring is one of the things DirecTV takes care of for ya. I'm pretty sure Dish does as well.
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Post by texiban001 on Jan 15, 2008 7:43:48 GMT -5
I'm upgrading to HD as well. I bought a 42" VIZIO LCD HDTV at Christmas and I couldn't be happier. I have DIRECT TV for service and I am going to use Chandler's method and see if I can get them to up a new receiver! ;D
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Post by mikeinsa on Jan 15, 2008 10:59:42 GMT -5
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Post by chandler44 on Jan 15, 2008 13:09:26 GMT -5
That would be used if you needed to send a HD signal via composite cable over long distances. Say, for example, you had a tv monitor in the lobby of your building and the computer that 'controlled' it was in another office, then that would be what you want.
Speaking of cabling, if you're running HD, I highly recommend using HDMI if you have the inputs on your TV.
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Post by mikeinsa on Jan 15, 2008 13:57:52 GMT -5
Like I said, the wiring issue for those with a dish is not something that I am well versed in. What I was told though is to get true hd you had to have four drops versus two. That you could get something close to hd without them but not true hd whatever the hell that means.
My point though was and is if you are going to pay a couple of grand for a hd tv then perhaps double checking the wiring to make sure you get full benefit might not be a bad idea.
As far as the hd in my home that falls under the heading of jrs responsibilities. If it has to do with building stuff I am good at that, if it has to do with electronics I let the kids take over and get out my wallet.
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Post by chandler44 on Jan 15, 2008 16:31:19 GMT -5
I think you misunderstood them. Digital signal, be it either cable or satellite, is going to enter the house on one coaxial cable. That cable will carry the signal to the cable box or the satellite receiver, at which point it's changed into the signal that goes to your TV so you can watch it.
You can have coax (1 cable) or composite (red/white) outputs, but those will not do HD, only SD. S Video cable output is better, but not the greatest. For HD, you need either component which breaks the video signal up into red, green, and blue (and then you have component or digital audio out), or HDMI, which is one cable for your high def. video & audio. This is true for either satellite OR cable. The bottom line is, as long as you already have coaxial cable wiring in your home (as you likely already do for pre-existing cable/satellite), then you're able to have HD, as long as you A. have a HD ready TV and B. have a HD capable cable box/satellite receiver.
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Post by chandler44 on Jan 15, 2008 16:38:23 GMT -5
After doing some research, I found something kinda like you were talking about, though I found nothing about four drops vs 2.
If your house is older and you've never had satellite, then you likely could be wired with RG59 cable, which is all they used to use for cable TV. Satellite & HD requires RG6, so that could be a costly re-wiring job.
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