Entries from December 5th, 2006

EXCLUSIVE: First Review Of The Sony BDP-S1 Blu-Ray Player

December 5th, 2006 · 22 Comments · Blu-ray Players

Please Note For those of you not familiar with high definition discs and players, there are two competing formats battling for your eyes and dollars this holiday season. They are Blu-ray and HD DVD. These formats are incompatible and have overlapping studio support as well as their own respective exclusive titles. The biggest proponent of [...]

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Lechner Distance: The Number You Need to Know Before Buying an HDTV

December 4th, 2006 · 31 Comments · Reference Materials

Bernard Lechner is an award winning television engineer. At RCA he was heavily involved in the development of HDTV. Lechner researched the typical distance between a viewer and their television screen by taking measurements in many American homes. The median distance complied from all his data came out to 9 feet. This measurement is now [...]

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Will A Line Conditioner Improve Your Image?

December 1st, 2006 · 26 Comments · Reference Materials

The HD Guru’s readers have asked for the real story on power line conditioners. Are they really needed with an HDTV? Do they provide a sharper picture as some salesmen claim? How well do they protect the TV in case of a lightening strike or other electrical spike? What about surge protectors and uninterruptible power [...]

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