blogs.zdnet.com — Forking out a few thousand dollars or even just a few hundred is a serious investment and the last thing you want to do is buy an HDTV with lousy color rendition. Navigating the land mind of consumer electronics is a confusing proposition even for the seasoned gadget geeks so I created this survival guide to help you make a wise decision.
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nerogtrApr 1, 2007
"an"? Yay for s**tty digg headlines. Good thing they wrote "don't" in all caps or I wouldn't have gotten the point.
daffyduckApr 2, 2007
No. "An ____ __________ Television" doesn't make sense. "A ____ __________ Television" does.
Closed AccountApr 2, 2007
I read some years ago that movies where made in a wide aspect ration to make them more enjoyable to the human eye, since it has a field of view of 120º.
blumerApr 2, 2007
And now the article has been changed to say "minefield."Hi, George!::waves::
Closed AccountApr 2, 2007
I'm color blind.
fisticuffsApr 2, 2007
This is why I don't typically care for zdnet articles, they lack depth. The $2 history lesson on HD technologies and prices just barely scratches the surface of the information that one should obtain prior to spending $2-10k on an HD display.
happyscrappyApr 2, 2007
justinvt:Hmm, I dunno, maybe I use the wrong terminology. In fact, a little searching the internet shows only me using this term this way. So you're probably right.Anyway, the spots I mean are just tiny spots (usually single pixels) that are the wrong color, usually very much the wrong color. Each frame of the video will have a handful of them, but since each frame has them in different spots, they seem to jump all over the place.Given how small the pixels are in 1080p, it's actually easy to miss them, but once you see them, you can't get over it anymore.He replaced his video switch and it was fixed.
huntingbearApr 2, 2007
so have the advantages and disadvantages between plasma, lcd, and projection evened out yet because I really want a new tv that can pretty much display it all...digital cable, movies (mostly dvd), video games (console only...unless the tv can also display pc well)
seanalltogetherApr 3, 2007
ourama - thats a bit backwards, broadcast bitrates are consistent, they have a finite amount of bps to send streams in, they can choose to transmit at 720p at 60 composite frames per second, or 1080i 30 composite frames per second. With 1080i, each composite frame consisted of twice as many bits as 720p, therefore the perceived quality is better, but since 1080i is only 30 composite frames per second, motion blurring is more prominent then it is with 720p
turdiggJun 27, 2007
I'm amazed how badly the industry has botched the technology shift wrt TV's <a class="user" href="http://www.voyage-voyage.info">http://www.voyage-voyage.info</a> .They fuxxored the shift to widescreen, <a class="user" href="http://www.autorial.info">http://www.autorial.info</a> they fuxxored the shift to HD, <a class="user" href="http://www.automig.info">http://www.automig.info</a> and they're fuxxoring the shift to digital broadcast <a class="user" href="http://www.vip-tour.biz">http://www.vip-tour.biz</a> . The result is a jungle of "standards" and white lies which is completely unpenetrable to the average consumer.How many consumers are watching horizontally stretched 4:3 analog transmissions on their HD LCD widescreen TV <a class="user" href="http://www.viptraveler.info">http://www.viptraveler.info</a> ? Or wondering why movies are still displayed in letterbox when shown at 16:9 <a class="user" href="http://www.se-ua.com">http://www.se-ua.com</a> ?It's a freaking joke that you need to be a tech buff to determine which TV can display your signals with decent quality, much less actually get that TV to do so <a class="user" href="http://www.ukrtravel.org">http://www.ukrtravel.org</a> .This is *household tech*, <a class="user" href="http://www.megatourism.info">http://www.megatourism.info</a> it SHOULD be as easy to use and as standardized as a fridge!
bigmickaelAug 26, 2007
"Any model that has a resolution of 1024×768 or less is obsolete and I would stay away from them"No,The pioneer PDP 428XD and his 1024x768 resolution prove that this sentence is false and it's better than any other 1080p display on 42' tv.At 3 meter of distance,1080p is a lie below 50'tv