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My Fancy New Vizio
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nice, iv been looking for a reletivle large flat scren at a low price for my room, so the only ones i have seen have very dull color, ill have to give these a look, and bt the way, i have no idea what those movie posters are.
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Most satellite and cable companies compress there signal. Kinda of a loophole as it is an HD signal, but compressed for bandwidth. As with OTA you're getting the uncompressed glorious HD.
Haven't seen to much of Blu-ray or HDDVD, but what I have seen with my 360 and XBLM beats out anything else I've put through my TV.
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how does the hddvd stuff all work and what cables would i need for it? Kinda new to the tv stuff
1.) You need an HD DVD player. Toshiba makes them and they're about to release their 3rd gen player. So you could get a nice 2nd gen player for a relatively low price (probably $250 or so). Or, you could get a 1st gen player like I have for around $200.
2.) You need to pick up some HDMI or component cables to hook it up to your HDTV. I recommend HDMI because it is fully digital and you can upconvert your regular DVDs to near-HD quality through HDMI. Don't bother with component cables, HDMI is the future.
3.) Buy some HD DVDs. If you want to really be able to show off HD DVD system I recommend picking up King Kong, Hulk, or Batman Begins on HD DVD. I just picked up The Departed this week and it looks stunning in HD but there aren't many special effects to show off. There are also some classic movie titles that are available in HD DVD (i.e. Goodfellas, Apollo 13, The Matrix Trilogy) as well.
4.) Sit back and enjoy!
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man i really need to upgrade to a hdtv, i looked and unfortunatly the Vizio tv's arnt avalible in canada
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I'm actually watching Jay Leno every night just because of the amazing PQ of his show. He has a really colorful set and it looks incredible in HD.
I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm sure that there are people on ebay with Brand New Vizio's who are willing to ship to Canada.
man i really need to upgrade to a hdtv, i looked and unfortunatly the Vizio tv's arnt avalible in canada
I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm sure that there are people on ebay with Brand New Vizio's who are willing to ship to Canada.
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LOL, finally someone to give all of this imaginary money to!
It is actually "Scarface", but "Scareface" is close enough. "Scareface" kinda sounds like a straight-to-DVD horror movie.
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My business partner had a girl he knows buy us a 32" lcd from walmart for $500, for out studio. I have no idea what brand it is, but it's not bad for being so cheap. It runs up to 1080i and has all takes all the different compnents...
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If you want amazing picture check out the Planet Earth series on Discovery. The caves episode is my favorite. I know its out on Blu-ray, but am not sure about HDDVD. A must see
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It is available in HD DVD. I bid on it on ebay but lost. It retails for nearly $100.
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i have that exact one!
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