Comments on: What Will 2008 Bring to HDTV?

By: missing_cablecard

missing_cablecard — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:34:23 +0000

what tv sells new today at 37″ or 42″ with a cable card slot? they work so well but I cannot find another now?

help !

By: mark denton

mark denton — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:41:01 +0000

Any drawbacks in hooking up either a blu ray or hd dvd player to my Pioneer 5080? ( 720)

I also have a 46″ samsung 4665 ( 1080 i), although the Pioneer is combined with a great surround sound set up and in a room set up that is better for movie watching.

NOTE: IF there is a drawback in combining the player with a 720, instead of a 1080 hdtv, I do have the option of switching the tvs

By: Mokwintsana

Mokwintsana — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:46:57 +0000

2 questions:
1 with greener televisions on the horizon.. how do you figure the new 81 series from Samsung stacks up?
2 in the maze of possibilities do you recommend getting the TV and player from a larger chain that does installation or buying it as cheaply as possible and hiring a private installation company to do the deed? pros and cons to both?
thanks.

By: SunnyBoy

SunnyBoy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:57:55 +0000

Great article! Anybody heard about the Holographic Projection Technology that is supposedly being used in the war? Apparently, a fine mist is sprayed into the air and a series of laser projectors are aimed at it. With computer sync the resulting images appear to be lifelike 3D from any angle.

An Artillery Battalion might appear on the horizon and distact the enemy just long enough for the old “bait and switch”.

How long before lifesize 3D images of our favorite VoomHD series dance before our bloodshot eyes?

Would like to hear our Guru’s comments on the subject. Thanks.

By: Ben Music

Ben Music — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:16:49 +0000

After your glowing review of the Samsung BD-UP5000 combi HD and Blu-Ray player, I decided that it was the one for me. But now I’m seeing a new model coming this summer.(BD-UP5500) Can you tell me what upgrades the new model will have over the old one?

By: John Sapienza

John Sapienza — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:43:24 +0000

I have great hopes for the laser HDTV, but we won’t see it for another 10 months. Meanwhile, plasma gives the best results, but it has a defect almost nobody talks about: Noise. Customers return sets for excessive buzzing, but reviewers don’t notice. My wife’s high frequency hearing is so acute, she won’t listen to FM radio, because the hiss annoys her. I’m not willing to spend $6,000 on a plasma set I’d might have to return to the store. Please comment on noise when you review and fall in love with new HDTVs.

By: Doug Jenkins

Doug Jenkins — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:19:07 +0000

Am I the only HDTV owner whom has not turned on his sets speakers for the past 7 years. I am ready to upgrade from my 55″ Mits rear projecdtion model. Any chance anyone will start making speaker less, 50″ or better Plasmas or LCD’s with a built in tuner for home consumer use. I have looked at the commercial monitors and they just don’t have the features I want.

By: Zen

Zen — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:24:08 +0000

Hello,

I am looking to buy a 40″ – 42″ LCD TV. This is the first time I am shopping for a LCD TV. Should I wait for sometime? Any recommendations that I should I look into?

Thanks

By: Sean Byrne

Sean Byrne — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:55:17 +0000

As for SED tech, Canon has allegedly developed its own intellectual property (”IP”) so it can finally bring it to market. The hold-up to this point centered around two issues:

1) A patent dispute with Nano-Proprietary concerning the SED IP; and
2) Ramping up production so that economies of scale can bring the tech into the price range of the average consumer sooner rather than later.

Again, I reference my post immediately above as to issues with new tech. I’m a proponent of letting the bugs work out and economies of scale kick in. I hate paying too much to be a guinea pig that gets stuck with a quickly obsolete product. Yet, I’m in Best Buy buying gadgets seemingly every week. If only I could reconcile the two…

By: Sean Byrne

Sean Byrne — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:49:50 +0000

My concern with laser TV is that, even if it comes out this year, the first couple of generations of display technology are usually buggy as all get-out. As an example, in 2000, the first plasmas had burn-in issues about two seconds after turning them on. Now, eight generations later, it’s hardly an issue.

Tech companies have R & D pipelines that would blow people’s minds. My father used to work for Panasonic and some of the stuff it had in the wings boggled the mind. The real questions for consumers (a question you still haven’t answered, HD Guru) is “will the new technology in question be reliable AND affordable?” The answer with the first 2-4 generations of a product is usually “no.” It’s really something that’s stopped me from being an early adopter of anything anymore.

Or maybe I’m just trying to make myself feel better about spending $4K+ for a plasma this holiday season. One can’t be too sure…