I'd seriously consider waiting till 120hz panels are saturated. 120hz is an
even multiple of 30fps ntsc, 60fps HD, and 24fps film. In theory, the smoothest
picture to date for any format. Samsung already is pushing their line heavily.
This is LCD of course, not sure if there are any plans to have 120hz plasmas.
The pioneer is 72hz, which makes things a bit awkward in its 3:3 pulldown.>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:05:14 -0700> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com> From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [H] HD questions> > I have found a Plasma TV that I
am willing to write a ridiculously > high check for. The Pioneer PRO-150D is
Pioneer's flagship Plasma > that supports 1080. >
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v3/pg/kuro/product/details/0,,2076_310069729_477134674,00.html>
> Oddly enough, I have been waiting these last four years for prices to > come
down, and here I am buying at the very high end. Of course, I > will wait a bit
until the newness of it settles down, and the price > drops a bit... I am
thinking after Christmas discounts.> > I currently have a Sony Wega with a Cox
Digital Cable box. Cox tells > me to get a HD box will only cost me 2 bucks
more per month... so > maybe I should do this now. Cox is my ISP, and I have to
keep basic > cable because my 87 year old father is with me, and he could never
> figure out anything like a satellite box.> > I only watch a movie once in a
blue moon, I never watch sports, and I > only follow one TV drama. I watch
news, PBS, History, Science, > Military and National Geographic channels, all
of which do a lot of > HD content now. However, I would be willing to add
Direct TV to my > Cox cable, if there was a good reason. Is there?> > I don't
have a TIVO but I do use my PCs to record programs. I have a > collection of
ATI AIW cards as well as Haupagee TV turners, but > nothing capable of HD.
However, I never record anything that matters > to me with the PC turners
because the quality is so much poorer then > capturing direct from the Cox
Digital cable box using line in. To > accomplish this I split the signal off
the Digital Cable Box and send > one off to my TV and one off to one of my AIW
cards where I can > record from the S-VIDEO feed. This gives me a very good
recording, > except for the deep blacks which should improve with HD.> > My
video card = ATI All in Wonder X800 has HD support, and Component > cable
support, and my monitor = Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP which also supports HD.> >
Will I be able to capture the same way using a COX HD box? If I got > a COX HD
box now then I would be able to record programs in HD now > using my X800? Will
I be able to split the out signal of the COX HD > box to the Line IN of my AIW
X800 like this, using component rather > then S-VIDEO?> > And if so will I be
recording HD with my AIW X800 when I do so?> > The one TV show I follow is
House MD. Sometimes I miss an episode so > I grab it with bit torrent. It is
not unusual for the file to be DIVx > and represented as HD, for example,> >
Directory: House M.D Complete Season 2 HDTV Divx Eng> > but how could that be
as the download per episode is under 600 > megs.... isn't an hour of HD 20GB?>
> I am HD confused so I need the collective to set me straight!>
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