Geeks.com sent us in a next generation DVD player, the Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player. The model is the little brother of the HD-XA2 with fewer features, but it's the only HD player that sells at $230 while using the newer, second generation HD-DVD technology.
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Member since:2005-06-28
> You say things like people won't notice the difference in the sound and don't have the equipment, but they will have the right display and will make a difference from 720p?
That's exactly what I am saying. I could say the difference VERY SLIGHTLY, and yet I have a 55" TV. If I had a 32", like most people have, I wouldn't have. And sound, is WAY more difficult to tell apart, especially because most people don't even have a theater surround system, and the ones who do usually bought it for $50 (I bought mine for $350).
> I'm even pretty sure no 32" display are full HD, they must be 720p display.
You are wrong, again. You can ask Thom, he has a full 1080i TV, and it's only 17". At 32", it's a piece of cake.
> If you were so technically inclined towards HD displays, you'd know that the RPTV SXRD are among the best displays
I said 55" for $2600 at 1080p, not 1080i. SXRDs are not that cheap. We looked them up, just a month ago in fact with my husband. They were about $3000 for a 46" I think. That size is not something I would want to replace my 55", even if the SXRD technology is better. Not for that kind of money anyway (I bought my TV at just $1750).
I suggest you are more careful how you reply here. Your tone is not acceptable. It feels polemic, and you think you know everything about me and what I know and what I don't.
Member since:2007-06-22
For the record, at Circuit City (both online and in the store), you can get a 60" SXRD for $2299 ( http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=152039&WT.mc_n=... ).
I only point this out as you get on their case for being uppity and rude, but you quote a price from a month ago, by your own admission. Given the fact that this is a significant time in terms of consumer electronics, prices are bound to have changed.
Just my two cents.
edit: corrected time frame.
Edited 2007-06-22 19:05
Member since:2005-11-14
That's exactly what I am saying. I could say the difference VERY SLIGHTLY, and yet I have a 55" TV
OMG!
Of course you can't make the difference, I bet your source is from broadcast. That's exactly what I said elsewhere. You can't make the difference, but that's not at all because of what you think. The bandwidth allocated to the signal and the compressed interlaced signal is the reason you won't see any difference.
And sound, is WAY more difficult to tell apart, especially because most people don't even have a theater surround system, and the ones who do usually bought it for $50 (I bought mine for $350)
Nonsense! The difference is the same as between a compressed 128 bps MP3 and a CD. Even with crappy material, you will hear the difference. It won't be obvious immediately depending on the material, exactly like a HD display with HD versus SD content.
You are wrong, again. You can ask Thom, he has a full 1080i TV, and it's only 17". At 32", it's a piece of cake
Wrong again. If it's a 1080i TV like you say, that is, again, marketing material. 1080i means it's a CRT, and no CRT can display all the 1080 lines. They are compatible, but can't display them all, except very expensive labo ones used by broadcasters to verify their source, and they're bigger than 17".
I said 55" for $2600 at 1080p, not 1080i. SXRDs are not that cheap. We looked them up, just a month ago in fact with my husband. They were about $3000 for a 46" I think
When I said you were wrong, I couldn't imagine just how much. That's why I specifically told you about SXRD RPTV, which are NOT the same as the LCD ones.
These don't come in 46" size, these are 50", 55" (in Europe), 60", and I think 70". And I'm sure the 50" model is below $2000, and the 60" model must be below $2600.
you think you know everything about me and what I know and what I don't
On the matter of HD hardware, that's just because it shows. I sure enough don't know everything about you, but when you say you are all technically inclined in your family, so what you say must be absolute truth, that's just deceiving. But you're welcome to prove me wrong on all the things I responded to, about region-unlocked DVD hard to come by in the USA, about all HDTV being more expensive than $2600 at sizes above 50", about all digital HDTV not being progressive, about 1080i/p HDTV not useful below some size (40" usually), ...
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2005-11-14
What double standard nonsense!
You say things like people won't notice the difference in the sound and don't have the equipment, but they will have the right display and will make a difference from 720p?
All this while you don't even have the right display to begin with, so really, do you need that (HD-DVD, BluRay)?
And you say you are technically inclined in your home, which doesn't mean you know enough about HT devices.
If you were so technically inclined towards HD displays, you'd know that the RPTV SXRD are among the best displays (for SD AND HD) and cost less than $2600 for 55". Of course, they are not as slim as LCD or Plasma (yet they are lighter).
Besides, buying 32" 1080 TV is pure nonsense, only people not technically inclined, waved by marketing speech would do that. Because 32" just isn't enough to render the 1080 definition. I'm even pretty sure no 32" display are full HD, they must be 720p display. I'm talking displays for the living room of course, not the ones for PC, which are 16/10 and not 16/9, where you need to have your eyes inches from the screen, seeing in full scale all the defects of LCD displays (screendoor, banding, ...).