Buying My First HD TV & Need Help

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Speaking of Blu-ray's. Can a blu-ray player also play regular DVD's?

Yes and buy your HDMI cables on-line not in the story, the difference in price is night and day.

[firstdown]

Thanks that's what I thought.

[BDBohnzie]

Comcast has amped up their HD lineup significantly, however, they cram as many channels into one thread as they can, and it tends to degrade the signal. At least they used to. I'm happy with my service from Comcast, just not happy with price. I'll be calling their customer retention line here soon to see what kind of price breaks I can get.

[firstdown]

Ok, so I bitched enough and they are going to hook me up with a new HD/DVR receiver and up grading my other receivers.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Ok, so I bitched enough and they are going to hook me up with a new HD/DVR receiver and up grading my other receivers.

Very nice. Some agents are better than others.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by saden1

Very nice. Some agents are better than others.

Yup. If you don't like what the current rep is saying, either get moved up the chain, or call back and get someone else. Someone will give you want you are looking for if you are patient enough to look for it.

[firstdown]

I knew calling back or asking for a MGR would get better results I just hate calling places like this and talking to a F^&%ing computer. Then you get ticket and yell something into the phone and computer person thinks you want something else and starts all over.

[skinsguy]

I bought a 32 inch Toshiba HD LCD about three years ago. It's just a 720p, but I am still amazed by the picture quality. I watch bluray on it all the time and play my PS3 on it as well. I would love to have a bigger TV sometime when I pay the car off, but right now, I'm more than pleased with the TV I have. In fact, it has a better HD picture than my friend's Sony 40 inch LCD he bought a few years back.

Now, I realize the higher HZ the better moving objects look, but I'm not necessarily convinced that 1080p is THAT big of a difference when it comes to broadcast TV. As far as I know, they are still shooting mainly in 720p/1080i.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

I bought a 32 inch Toshiba HD LCD about three years ago. It's just a 720p, but I am still amazed by the picture quality. I watch bluray on it all the time and play my PS3 on it as well. I would love to have a bigger TV sometime when I pay the car off, but right now, I'm more than pleased with the TV I have. In fact, it has a better HD picture than my friend's Sony 40 inch LCD he bought a few years back.

Now, I realize the higher HZ the better moving objects look, but I'm not necessarily convinced that 1080p is THAT big of a difference when it comes to broadcast TV. As far as I know, they are still shooting mainly in 720p/1080i.

Yes you are correct, only 1080p you can see is through a blu ray player.

[saden1]

If anyone is planning on buying a TV between now and x-mass holla at me. I can hook you up with the sickest deal ever for Panasonic TVs.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

If anyone is planning on buying a TV between now and x-mass holla at me. I can hook you up with the sickest deal ever for Panasonic TVs.

Thanks. I only started this thread 4 weeks ago and last week talked about still needing to buy a TV.LOL

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Thanks. I only started this thread 4 weeks ago and last week talked about still needing to buy a TV.LOL

I only found out about the deal 3 days ago.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

I only found out about the deal 3 days ago.

I'm just giving you a hard time. The 40 inch samsung was the biggest TV I could get for the space. The sides of the TV actually touch the inside of the cabinets.

[skinsguy]

So honestly, can any of you guys tell THAT much of a difference between watching a blu-ray movie on a 720p TV as opposed to watching it on an actual 1080p TV? I mean, I can definitely tell a difference between a regular DVD movie and a blu-ray, but I'm wondering if the refresh rate is really the bigger difference as opposed to the rate of the progressive scan?

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

So honestly, can any of you guys tell THAT much of a difference between watching a blu-ray movie on a 720p TV as opposed to watching it on an actual 1080p TV? I mean, I can definitely tell a difference between a regular DVD movie and a blu-ray, but I'm wondering if the refresh rate is really the bigger difference as opposed to the rate of the progressive scan?

Here is my little saying as far as HD goes for the casual viewer.


480p to 720p quantum leap; 720p to 1080p hop scotch