[ale] Re: Widescreen TV vs Widescreen LCD

[Edward Terry]

I don't know about LCD, but I recently bought a 30" Sanyo HT30744 at 
Wal-Mart for about $600, and I've been happy with it.

http://www.sanyo.com/entertainment/televisions/digital/index.cfm?productID=904

It's a widescreen HDTV with integrated digital tuner.  A pretty good 
deal overall.

Edward

> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:26:59 -0400
> From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Widescreen TV vs Widescreen LCD
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <1118543219.5712.316.camel at merlin.localnetsolutions.com>
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> 
> On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 22:03 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
>>OK, I am behind the times when it comes to TVs. ;-)  I have a valid
>>excuse in that until this year I was rarely home long enough to turn the
>>TV on.  So, now that I am home more, it is time to upgrade the TV
>>screen.  So, what are my options for using a Widescreen computer LCD
>>instead of your run-of-the-mill HDTV?   Is there a cost savings?  Is
>>there higher resolution?  Is there any benefit at all?
>>
> 
> 
> Unless you like to watch DVD's in widescreen format the extra screen
> real estate is not worth the cost. There is _still_ nothing on TV worth
> watching. HDTV would be nice if the set had a way to automatically
> detect the (more frequent and more obnoxious) commercials and lower the
> volume automatically.
> 
> Do you REALLY want to watch 30+ reality-tv shows in widescreen HTDV?
> 
> <shudder>
>