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> OK wrote: > Thanks to those who turned me onto HDMI audio splitters - I > bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06ZYN46VK > and it's working great! Sweet! I'm glad it working for you. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http:

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Thanks to those who turned me onto HDMI audio splitters - I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06ZYN46VK and it's working great! Glad to get to use my amp and speakers again without having to move wires around! On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 11:05 AM OK Don wrote: > Perfect - thanks. I

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Probably a third party seller, much like you see with auto parts there. The manufacturer sells the part, as does any number of third party sellers. -D > On Jan 30, 2019, at 6:42 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On January 30, 2019 at 6:25 PM Craig via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>

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> On January 30, 2019 at 6:25 PM Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > > When it wasn't quite right, I called Milton. The lady with whom I spoke > said they did not warrant things sold on Amazon. Under Amazon's rules, "unused in package, no warranty" should be listed as "used, like new". Does Milto

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On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:55:02 -0800 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > The bigger problem with amazon is that half the stuff is counterfeit. I once purchased a tire depth gauge (alledgly) made by Milton. When it wasn't quite right, I called Milton. The lady with whom I spoke said they did not

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I have the higher end Denon one and it has done maybe 10 updates. Every time it asks I say go ahead. Never had any problems with any of them. Continues to amaze me with what it us capable of. Amazon is totally unreliable for forming opinions of things. Sometimes you luck out and find a good review

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When I was about 10 years old (1967) my parents bought an old farmhouse on 5 acres for $3500.00 There was hole in the wall between the living room and dining room that had a turntable installed so you could spin the tv around to watch it in either room. A steering wheel was was mounted in the co

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19” Sears “Silvertone” B&W TV on one of those wire stands that allowed it to rotate so you could turn it in the direction you were watching from. When we moved into the “big” house in 1969 it was a 20 some inch Magnavox color set. That thing was HUGE. -D > On Jan 30, 2019, at 2:41 PM, Clay Mon

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I miss the amazing shrinking white dot clay monroe > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. > On Jan 30, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > How many people remember their parents (or maybe were the p

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What Jim said. Weren't there around 12 to 14 tubes in a color TV? High voltage electrons striking the plate released x-rays. The picture tube was made from high lead glass, and sometimes coated with lead to try to contain the x-rays. I don't know how successful it was. Also, remember when a 19" TV

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> How many people remember their parents (or maybe were the parents) saying > "Don't sit so close to the TV! The radiation is bad for your eyes!" Well, the (sometimes significant, especially on early sets) X-rays emitted by tube televisions really _was_ bad for you! (I think the worst of it was

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How many people remember their parents (or maybe were the parents) saying "Don't sit so close to the TV! The radiation is bad for your eyes!" When we were on vacation in a place with no cellular service for two weeks, I was (a) not at work looking at a computer screen all day and (b) not looking

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I have been running this one. Does streaming music and has 11 amplifiers. It is smart enough that it runs all the audio for the whole house. Plays music from amazon and I use any device with the heos app to control the it. Love it. Great value. I use 7 channels and a sub for the viewing area, run

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>From the Samsung help forum: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/tv/thread-id/43024 My tv is a UN65JU6500 and has had the problem almost the entire year. It is set to auto-update and the current loaded version is 1530. I already did a factory reset using a ke

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> > https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/smart-tvs-are-dumb/581059/ > > > RESIST! > https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/amazon-echo/3518896 >

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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/smart-tvs-are-dumb/581059/ RESIST! https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/amazon-echo/3518896 - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz

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> a $25 firestick can fix the Amazon issue and has other services Two problems I see with it: 1) Wifi-only. I have all fixed-location devices on wired ethernet. Saves the wireless bandwidth for the portables. 2) Alexa. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

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> Amazon Prime video has been available on Apple TV since 2017. Since _December_ of last year. So, for 13 months now. I will look into installing that app. We have a 4 and a 3, I wasn't sure which one we'd like better so I bought one of each. (Two active TV's.) Both models were on the marke

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I think Dan was right about being on ATV but a $25 firestick can fix the Amazon issue and has other services on it too if you want them. I think I got 2 on some special Amazon ran, maybe they were like $15 each. --R Sent from iPhone > On Jan 27, 2019, at 12:26 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > w

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There is a way to filter reviews on Amazon to show only the pertinent ones. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 7:17 PM To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - TV

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Uh, Amazon Prime video has been available on Apple TV since 2017. You have to have a later Apple TV (4) that can install apps to get it, however. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/12/amazon-prime-video-arrives-on-apple-tv-in-over-100-countries/ I am replacing an LG 60” plasma TV that was actin

[MBZ] OT: TV

We've been a plasma household since 2010, and are ecstatic with the functionality and picture quality of our three (now) Panasonics. (There was one power supply failure, in 2013, which cost me about $90 to replace.) Nothing but an OLED is remotely good enough to replace one of these, and those

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Agreed - they can be very misleading and confusing when you can't sort out what product the review is addressing. On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 9:18 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is what I dislike about Amazon and their “reviews” for items that > have multiple instan

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Perfect - thanks. I should have known to look for a work-around. On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 11:53 PM fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > OK wrote: > > > Laptop can't seem to send audio anywhere else while the HDMI > > wire is in the socket (grumble grumble . . .). > > Get an HDMI audio extractor (or de-

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That’s interesting. Never seen anything like that. --FT Sent from iPhone On Jan 27, 2019, at 12:51 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: >> OK wrote: > >> Laptop can't seem to send audio anywhere else while the HDMI >> wire is in the socket (grumble grumble . . .). > > Get an HDMI audio extractor (

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> OK wrote: > Laptop can't seem to send audio anywhere else while the HDMI > wire is in the socket (grumble grumble . . .). Get an HDMI audio extractor (or de-embedder). Something like this for $20 https://www.amazon.com/Musou-Extractor-Optical-Splitter-Converter/dp/B06XDNJ6RM/ No experience w

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This is what I dislike about Amazon and their “reviews” for items that have multiple instances. That is, there are 3-4 different models of this receiver in the product line, and they lump all of the reviews for all of the different models into one “bucket”. You’re reading reviews about the high

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I would presume it would depend on the age of the laptop and the HDMI standard it supports. Earlier HDMI standards did not support audio signals, I believe, nor did they support the “sensing” that now allows the AV receivers to know when a device is turned on so it can switch the output to that

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With all the complaints about blowing up the Denon with the firmware updates, perhaps this would be a better choice? What box does it not tick? https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-RX-V385-5-1-Channel-Receiver-Bluetooth/dp/B07BNXXJKB/ref=pd_cp_23_1?pd_rd_w=oOcR3&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198e

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So, with one of those Denon boxes, I could plug the HDMI Out from the laptop into it, with the TV as the monitor, and be able to play music from the laptop into speakers, without the TV monitor being on? The only way I can get audio out of the laptop to the Sony TA-1150 amp is by un-plugging the HD

[MBZ] OT - TV

Bought one on Thursday from Costco. 65” Samsung LED TV. Got it hung and fired up yesterday. Downloaded firmware updates and uploaded them to the TV via USB stick. No connectivity for this bad boy, it’s going to be sandboxed for life. It bitched a bit about not being connected to the interweb, bu

Re: [MBZ] OT :TV converters

God forbid you miss one minute of Survivor... -Curt Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:14:14 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" Subject: Re: [MBZ] TV converters To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <49aad076.9080...@striplin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I think ever

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

I was at Lowes this afternoon and saw a toner for $40 -- it was in the AV and network area, by the electrical aisle. > I'll look for a tone generator in the local Lowes and Home Depot if he > doesn't get the cable company to locate the cable inside the wall. Thanks, > Gerry -- OK Don, KD5NR

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Hi Russ, Not sure which cable company my son has in Orlando. I live near a small town on the west coast of Florida. We have Bright House in this subdivision and there seems to be competing companies since they have ads in the paper from time to time. I'll look for a tone generator in the local Lo

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Gerry, If his cable company is like Cox here they charge 70 bucks an hour to find the cable for you and he may have to wait 2 weeks for them to do it. Lowes & Home Depot used to have a inexpensive Network Tone Generator. Around 30 bucks. I tried to find it on their online catalog but it wasn't sh

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Good to know that, Jim. If the cable company won't find it and the TV doesn't find it, we can get a tracer there pretty quick. Thanks, Gerry .. From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I bought a wire tracer at Home Depot, or Lowes, a couple years ago for > $30

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He may have Brighthouse in Orlando; that's what we have here. If the cable company won't find it, we can try the TV pretty easily. Thanks, Gerry ... From: "LWB250" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I know that BrightHouse (TimeWarner) will come out and > do it h

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

I bought a wire tracer at Home Depot, or Lowes, a couple years ago for $30. It worked as good as the commercial tracer I had at work that cost $300 10 years ago. Jim Friesen Phoenix AZ 79 300SD, 264 K miles 98 ML 320, 155 K miles In a message dated 4/11/2008 10:09:46 P.M. US Moun

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I know that BrightHouse (TimeWarner) will come out and do it here - I suspect they look at it as an addition to their revenue stream. As for the pigtail approach, it's crude, but might work. There's a pretty good signal that radiated from an exposed cable, so I would suspect that you have a good

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

Hi Dan, Getting the cable company to find it sounds like a possible solution. I'll forward your message to my son and he can check with them first. On cutting a hole and fishing, he knows which wall the cable is in , but he's not absolutely sure which wall studs its between AFAIK. The pigtail

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Call your local cable company and see if they'll come out and find it for you. They employ both truck-mounted and handheld "sniffers" that are looking for radiated signals to both keep the system working properly as well as to catch bootleggers. You could probably use a portable TV with a RG-6 "p

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

Just happened to think that I have several old CB radios which have >> antenna jacks. Could hook the distribution box end of the cable up to >> one CB and search with the other; using 12v power supplies on both ends. Gerry > That'd probably work. They also sell in-wall wire tracers, > but it's

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

Well the fluke non-contact voltage tester is < $30 I believe. Also if you look at say http://ca.fluke.com/caen/promotions/demoEquipment/default.asp?pagestep=2&locale=caen (canada, but usa should have a site) you can sometimes nab quite a decent fluke product for *much* less. On Apr 11, 2008, at

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> Just happened to think that I have several old CB radios which have > antenna jacks. Could hook the distribution box end of the cable up to > one CB and search with the other; using 12v power supplies on both > ends. That'd probably work. They also sell in-wall wire tracers, but it's basica

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

I just checked my Stanley stud finder which only seems to signal the presence of metal. I imagine that Fluke non-contact voltage tester is fairly expensive. Might be able to do something with the nine volt current. Just happened to think that I have several old CB radios which have antenna ja

Re: [MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

Would one of those stud finders that also know about electrical lines work. Also my Fluke non-contact voltage tester also makes lots of claims about sensing things maybe if you run 9V thru the wire... Still I think the walkie-talkies make sense. On Apr 11, 2008, at 10:09 PM, archer wrote: >

[MBZ] OT...TV Broadband cable tracing question

My son has a cable distribution center that was installed when his house was built. Cables were run to all the rooms in the house but the installers forgot to put a broadband jack in one room. He had verified that the cable had been run to that room when the house was under construction, and h

Re: [MBZ] OT - TV Repair

> I am almost positive that the HV cap is open, and the filter cap (the > 47uf 250V) is leaking, so it's a good place to start. I know they seem have a lot of horizontal output transistors for sale. There must be a reason! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

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I am almost positive that the HV cap is open, and the filter cap (the 47uf 250V) is leaking, so it's a good place to start. I just dropped $17 for a service manual, so that's helping somewhat. I have never worked on a totally IC-based TV chassis before, so it's a little daunting, to say t

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> I found them both at DigiKey. Whew! Now if that's > the problem You're not sure they're bad? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe

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25 Mar 2008 15:10:39 -0700 (PDT) From: LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] OT - TV Repair To: Banned <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Okie Benz Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Well, Mouser was no help, dang it. Anyone know of a source for a 0

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I found them both at DigiKey. Whew! Now if that's the problem Thanks! Dan --- LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was a 47uf @ 250V electrolytic on the power > supply. No problems finding that one. The one > listed > below is across the flyback, hence the value and > voltage (1600V

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It seems than at Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:46:54 -0700, Douglas wrote: > Wow that is amazing I wish I could catalog this for later when > I need something, though I would forget where I stored this > bit of information! When it's later, and you need this info - ask! *grin* -- Philip

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h 25, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - TV Repair > It seems than at Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:39 -0700 (PDT), LWB250 > wrote: > >> Well, Mouser was no help, dang it. >> >> Anyone know of a source for a 0.012uf (12nf) 1600 >> polyester cap for a flyback power supp

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It seems than at Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:39 -0700 (PDT), LWB250 wrote: > Well, Mouser was no help, dang it. > > Anyone know of a source for a 0.012uf (12nf) 1600 > polyester cap for a flyback power supply? > > I can find them, but I have to buy 500 of them to meet > minimums. > > Poo. > > Dan

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That was a 47uf @ 250V electrolytic on the power supply. No problems finding that one. The one listed below is across the flyback, hence the value and voltage (1600V) that makes it difficult to sub. I think it's a film or polyester cap - it's one of the little phenolic blocks, for lack of a bett

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LWB250 wrote: > Well, Mouser was no help, dang it. > > Anyone know of a source for a 0.012uf (12nf) 1600 > polyester cap for a flyback power supply? > > I can find them, but I have to buy 500 of them to meet > minimums. Didn't you originally say it was an electrolytic cap? DigiKey PN: 495-2569-

[MBZ] OT - TV Repair

Well, Mouser was no help, dang it. Anyone know of a source for a 0.012uf (12nf) 1600 polyester cap for a flyback power supply? I can find them, but I have to buy 500 of them to meet minimums. Poo. Dan __

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> --- LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looks like the cap in the flyback power supply may be > > bad > Speaking of which, does anyone know of a good > electronics part house? > Dan Mouser is my favorite. No minimum order, but a "process" fee for tiny orders - I think. I seem to never have

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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:54:52 -0700 (PDT) LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looks like the cap in the flyback power supply may > > be > > bad - it's a 47uf 250V 'lytic, and it's oozing a bit > > around the base. I'm going to try and find one > > aroun

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--- LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like the cap in the flyback power supply may > be > bad - it's a 47uf 250V 'lytic, and it's oozing a bit > around the base. I'm going to try and find one > around > here to replace it. Speaking of which, does anyone know of a good electronics part ho

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--- Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any horizontal deflection going on? Also generates > the high voltage, so if the flyback is not singing > nothing much will be happening. > > -- Jim Looks like the cap in the flyback power supply may be bad - it's a 47uf 250V 'lytic, and it's oozing

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> Any other suggestions, or resources? Any horizontal deflection going on? Also generates the high voltage, so if the flyback is not singing nothing much will be happening. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://ww

[MBZ] OT - TV Repair

Just snagged a 32" CRT Philips set off of Freecycle that is dead. Powers up (the relay clicks) but no joy. Already checked the power supply rectifiers and filter cap - good. Main fuse is intact as well. Any other suggestions, or resources? I haven't found much on the Web, surprisingly enough.

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

seen DirectTV on. -Curt Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:59:58 -0500 From: Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cable gets its stuff from

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You can count the grains in a frame of film, or measure it's resolution in line pairs per mm - neither of which transfer very well to digital standards. On 10/30/07, b_gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am referring to image resolution, like type of film, 16mm, 35mm, and > the like which hol

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I am referring to image resolution, like type of film, 16mm, 35mm, and the like which hold a certain amount of information. Your statements are correct but focus on "how" the image will be displayed on a TV Craig McCluskey wrote: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:09:15 -0500 b_gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED

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Cable gets its stuff from the sats anyway, except for locals which they get off the air (and make it look lots worse in the process) just as I could. I get outages all the time on cable when there are storms in the area. I don't know if the cable get a less compressed signal, but I don't thi

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A good site for info is www.avsforum.com. One thing to take into consideration is viewing distance. If you are over 10-12 ft from the screen it is very doubtful you will be able to tell the difference between 720 and 1080. I have a 50" panasonic plasma 720P which I am very happy with. my viewin

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Can't pick a bone with your statements . somewhat what I was referring to blurs and you brought up another points which will cause it. Cable will show the best transmission of a image. Sat has to go through the thunder storms and like and image quality will suffer . Bill 1981 300 TD Ri

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> Remember to read the specs on any TV. Contrast ratio is especially > important, IIRC this is DLPs weak point and LCD's strength now that > they've gotten to 7000:1 or better. Our LCD projector claims 12,000:1. That's meaningless, in a way, as are a lot of high-contrast LCD's. They use a dyna

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Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Remember to read the specs on any TV. Contrast ratio is especially > important, IIRC this is DLPs weak point and LCD's strength now that > they've gotten to 7000:1 or better. We've got a Phillips LCD and the default contrast is so freaking high it hurts

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

editing. -Curt Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:20:16 -0500 From: Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed All those details are somewhat meanin

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Gahck. Caught me, I dunno why I said 486... Of course a lot of NTSC resolution is masked out by your TV... Line 21 is closed captioning for instance, you don't see that line normally... -Curt Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:31:31 -0600 From: Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: R

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y in class last week. HD is just around the corner, I wouldn't even consider buying an SD set now unless it was a real cheapo to have in the garage or basement. -Curt Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:09:15 -0500 From: b_gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again To: Merc

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's strength now that they've gotten to 7000:1 or better. -Curt Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:15:21 -0500 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; char

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All those details are somewhat meaningless if the station or cable provider or sat is choking the bandwidth of the broadcast. I have noticed this particularly on some fights on HBO or SHO HD, in which the picture pixelates like crazy when the fighters are punching fast or moving quickly. The

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

John: Looking up Plasma, I can see your point. 2006 the technology has been improved...what I do not like about 37 inch display or greater, is the quality of the picture. They take a small image and blow it up to a larger size. You have all sort of problems to overcome and quality is not tha

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

Bill, all the info I read said the Plasma was better for action sports although the LCD is catching up with faster refresh rates. I saw this demonstrated in a Big Box store showing a NASCAR race tape side by side. LCD had shadows (ghosts) behind the cars, Plasma did not. Sets were made by the same

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:09:15 -0500 b_gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The old picture quality on TV for the last 55 years has been NTSC which > has a resolution of 680 by 480. NTSC (old-fashioned TV) has 525 lines vertical, by definition. The horizontal resolution depends upon the quality o

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

The best resolution right now is the 1080i. It's has a resolution of 1920 by 1080 which is just under the resolution of 16 mm film( 1600 by 1156 ). You can adjust your monitor on your computer to see the difference. Picture quality will go down i.e. 720i is 1920 by 720. The old picture quality

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

yes, they were all hi def LarryT wrote: > Were all the sets you looked at Hi Def? I think the conversion is 2008 or > 9 - after that a converter box is needed. At least I think that's the way > it works. > > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Web

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So when looking at these if it has the 3 dlp it will probably say so, otherwise if it says nothing its probably just a 1 dlp. Did read something about this rainbow effect thing and that the 2 (or 3?) chip ones dont have that problem anymore. Jim Cathey wrote: >> also heard the DLP is better in

Re: [MBZ] OT, tv again

t.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs . - Original Message - From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mercedes Mailing List" Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 9:41 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT, tv again

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> also heard the DLP is better in the fact that when it comes time to > replace the bulb, its easier and cheaper to do. DLP, unless 3-DLP, can be prone to color fringing artifacts on moving items, due to its serialization of putting the colors on the screen. (Rotating color wheel in front of the

[MBZ] OT, tv again

I went and looked at some TV's. Went to dead sams, worst buy, and wally world. I have a few people(not working at the store, people I know) tell me that DLP is the best. What do you all think? They seem to have bigger screen and cheaper. AT walmart, they had some of the 1080P and 720P LCD

Re: [MBZ] OT - TV tuner for Mac

On Feb 27, 2006, at 8:05 PM, redghost wrote: Which mac? The old 630/6400/6500 had the MPEG/TV card upgrade that allowed one to watch cable or off the air. Record it in QT as well. No matter how you slice it, you will need the hardware, just for the receiver. ATI made an all in wonder c

Re: [MBZ] OT - TV tuner for Mac

Which mac? The old 630/6400/6500 had the MPEG/TV card upgrade that allowed one to watch cable or off the air. Record it in QT as well. No matter how you slice it, you will need the hardware, just for the receiver.ATI made an all in wonder card that may have allowed the PCI powermacs to

Re: [MBZ] OT! TV tuner for Mac

Hey Johnny, You might try this site. It's a Forum Format. Hope it helps. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=27482 Take care, Chuck I Mac Too.