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  Mike

  1 year ago

  Did some research when my dad got an HD television. Nice choice on the Samsung...went with that, too. Only beef is that the one we've got takes a second to turn on. You press the button, and you've got literally 2-3 seconds before it beeps and turns on. Yet, if you get impatient and press the power button again, it will turn itself off before powering on. I usually walk up to the TV, because I don't trust the remote for that.
  
  As for the HDTV channels, you can buy a stronger antenna. Used to work at Target, they've got several to choose from. We never installed any, and went with a cable box instead The cable box carries digital broadcast channels, as well as whatever's digital on cable - not much. Mostly HBO, which we don't get.
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  webomatica

  1 year ago

  Hey Mike... yeah I noticed that few second delay until the Galaxian type sound indicating it has turned on.
  
  I'll definitely have to look into the HD antenna stuff. HD digital cable I assume is rather pricey...
  
  I'm still getting used to this digital HD thing. I just now realized the picture was getting stretched out on different settings. I guess there are different modes - 4:3, 16: something or other. The digital broadcast channels are in 4:3 so the TV was stretching them out horizontally. Of course, the alternative is to do 4:3 but then there are black bars on both sides!
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  Mike

  1 year ago

  Actually, here Comcast only charges about $10 more per month, for the same channels. Again, it's probably only going to be regular cable (non-HD), along with HD broadcast channels. I don't know if you have more HD cable channels in your area, though.
  
  As long as you don't upgrade to more channels (and they'll desperately want you to...they "accidentally" gave us HBO, Showtime, etc. upon hooking up the cable box - we had to call and cancel that).
  
  You can achieve the same thing by sticking with regular cable, and using an antenna to pick up the HD broadcast channels. You'll just have to switch back and forth between cable and broadcast...I'm not sure if this involves physically removing the antenna. Might be worth the extra $10 a month.
  
  Yeah, the resolutions are confusing. I don't know what we're using at the moment (I can check in the morning). But HDTV is really nice, I've got to say. It took a lot of reading online to get the right settings, what with the 1080p, 4:3, 16:9, and all that. It looked pretty bad at first, particularly when people were moving around on TV.
  
  If you sit far enough away from the TV, it'll look better. It's actually recommended that you be a few feet from the TV for things to look right.
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  webomatica

  1 year ago

  Hmmmmmmm! Check out this link...
  
  http://www.slate.com/id/2167389/
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  Mike

  1 year ago

  Neat! I'm not sure what to make of it, but it sounds interesting.
  
  These same people could just pirate their movies, and see them from beginning to end, as many times as they want, whenever they want. No need for a $170 box for picking up these "mystery channels."
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  hdtv antenna geek

  1 year ago

  I don't think Ion is high definition ...
  
  In general, you don't need a stronger antenna to pick HDTV broadcasts. Just make sure you have the right antenna for your location and read the reviews.
  In my view, CM4228 is the best when it comes to the UHF HDTV reception ...
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  webomatica

  1 year ago

  Yeah these channels are digital now that I think about it. I really would like to snag the public television channels in my area, so any more information about antennas is welcome... thanks.
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