Comments on: The 10 Worst HDTV Scams, Lies and Video Ripoffs

By: S Luke

S Luke — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:11:35 +0000

I just bougth a new Vizio 42″ LCD 1080p 120hz tv. We had a Samsung 60″ projections tv and the color wheel broke into tiny pieces. The part is only $160 but they want $295 to install it. The Samsung was 4 years old so I decided to buy the new TV. I hate to see the TV sent to a land fill. Is there a technical school or some other organization that wants these old tv’s for teaching or parts? Do you have any other suggestions?

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sun valley idaho — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:06:03 +0000

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By: Larry Lujack

Larry Lujack — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:08:44 +0000

I got Monster speaker wire and, oh boy, it was the best sound ever. The tones were smoother, the distortion was lower and the mid range was out of this world. As regards durability, I stepped on the cable by accident last week and would you believe it, the sound quality remained intact. Monster cables are worth every penny and they really are an example of, you get what you pay for.

My friend said I should do a double blind audio comparison test with other cables and I told him that double blind tests are ’snake oil’ I believe, these tests are only to catch people out.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:13:14 +0000

I am surprised that HD Antenna’s did not make the list.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:39:07 +0000

I take issue with statement number 5 on this list, about 1080p TVs under 42″; see my post here:

http://hdguru.com/the-ten-worst-hdtv-scams-lies-and-video-ripoffs-explained/239/

By: Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:55:22 +0000

Hi,

I have been reading about the HDTV and LCD,rather researching on the web for this.
I am a porspect buyer from India and til recently there were only HD ready TV were available.Full HD just came out. By and Large people here prefer to go for 26″ or 32″ TV.Others are too big to put up in the bedroom.
Irony is that there is no HD content in India so far and not expected for next 1 year,also Full HD does not come in those small sizes,then why to Buy LCDs?

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:36:10 +0000

I was tired of multiple salespeople contradicting each other so I went to “a one brand only store” and compared. i told the salesman “please hook up those two TV’s on display and feed them both with identical HDMI cables from the Blue Ray player. I tried several blue ray disks with multiple types of viewing at varying distances. i went first thing in the morning and found very helpful salesman who complied. i managed to compare most variations of 120-60 and 720-1080. its tough to trust salespeople because who knows where they got their info. trust your eyes. look for yourself.
:ramble over:

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:21:12 +0000

finally. someone who explains 120Hz. i have been waiting. Its not the broadcast that matters, its the way the TV handles the data.
if you ever have the opportunity to view multiple TV’s with 120Hz-60Hz-720- and 1080 you will see where the differences come into play. 60-120, watch a hockey game or a HD panning camera shot. you wont ask again. any HD movie with a relatively static seen you will never see a difference.
good luck shopping.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:40:31 +0000

On the 120Hz refresh rate: It’s slightly more complicated but basically a 3:2 pulldown (more accurately 2:3) is the process of converting a 24 fps signals (like film) into the 60 interlaced frames (TV content) needed to display on most TVs which refresh at 60Hz. The process doubles the first frame and triples the second (so of the original 24 fps: A B C D E… equals AA BBB CC DDD EE after 3:2 pulldown). Though, it may be difficult to tell at all times, the 3:2 pulldown process can certainly make slow motion pans look jerky because of the extra frames.

So we have the 24fps of film and the 60i or 30fps of TV. Obviously it would be best if one could come up with a handy dandy number at which to refresh TVs such that no “funny math” (i.e. 3:2 pulldown) needs to occur. How about, I dunno… 120!

The 120 Hz is not some gimick to make people think they are getting more frames – it’s so you can multiple 30 by 4 (I suppose called 4:1 pulldown) and 24 by 5 to get the 120 fps signal the 120 Hz TV needs. No pulldowns! Yay 120 Hz.

FYI, refreshing at either 60Hz or 72Hz like some TVs is another way to defeat the need for pulldowns.

By: peter

peter — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:43:40 +0000

hi, i bought a panasonic 26″ Tv model 26LX70…is this a good LCD TV even at 26″? thanks from peter