Had a chance to check out Samsung's Smart TV over the weekend Wow!! Am hoping Santa has my gift right this time :) The Sony alternatives were a bit lacking in their finish
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, December 06, 2011 03:19:54 PM Paul Bagyenda > wrote: > > > Before buying that big *%^# TV, connected to your illegal > > content-serving media player, some perspective: > > > > http://www.economist.com/node/21540381 > > 3D and LED are all the rage now. > > I'm not so keen on 3D, because I have to wear those awful > goggles for minutes or hours on end, it's simply annoying. > That's no way to tune in. I avoid 3D movies at the cinema > like the plague, it's just uncomfortable. > > As for LCD vs. LED. Well, the majority of consumer-grade > sets that come with LED are not offering true LED. It's > merely LED backlight across an LCD display (lit from the > edge in most cases). It is better than LCD, but not as good > as pure LED. And to be honest, I don't think it really > matters that much. The processors in Tv's these days have > sufficient logic to "make up the difference", although have > a pure LED display would be ideal for the videophile. > > As for so-called Motion Interpolation (marketing names of > Motion Flow for Sony, Auto Motion Plus for Samsung, Fine > Motion Enhanced for Sharp, clearScan for Toshiba, TruMotion > for LG, e.t.c.), I don't like it. You never walk into a > cinema expecting to watch movies like that, why settle for > the same in your living room? It's unnatural, disturbing and > cheesy. I normally just turn it off altogether. > > Happy Holiday shopping :-). > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- /Daniel
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