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Prices are carazy. Is there enough uses of it to justify the money?
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If you're in the market for a TV anyway, best buy one that is HDTV ready. Depending on your market, your cable provider will likely have at least half a dozen HD channels or more. Same for satellite. I get 8 HD channels FREE over the air. It's a blast watching NFL games in widescreen 16:9 HD along with various HD programs from the major networks. PBS is especially sharp in HD. Even if you don't get HD programming today, there's nearly no premium in buying a HD ready TV.
Picture quality is incredible. But there is nothing to watch over the air. Well, except for shows like Victoria Secrets :-).
My OPINION is that it is still a little early. The sets are still quite expensive. The programming is getting better, but is still limited.This is the advice that I have given several of my friends. It is close, but not time yet.
(usual caveat is if you need to buy a new TV or if you have money to burn)
Good Luck,
Charlie
Whether to buy an HDTV capable monitor? If so I would answer "YES!" because that's the direction programming is going and you don't want to get caught with your pants down 3-4-5 years from now.I'm paying $5.95 per month to lease an HDTV set-top box from my cable company and about the same monthly payment for all the programming -- digital music, local channels, HBO, and all the others such as ESPN, TNT, etc. I currently get 6 HDTV channels, which are stunning, with more almost certainly on the way.
If you're talking about buying a satellite dish or OTA (over the air) receiver, depends on what your goals and viewing habits are. Right now just Showtime and HBO (among premium channels) broadcast in HDTV, plus local channels ABC, CBS, and NBC (selected shows) as well as PBS in my area and Discovery (the best of them all with regards to programs and quality, IMO).
...RIGHT NOW. I would advise you to wait. There are very few programs available in HD yet, but as the previous poster said, more are coming. Right now, 99.9% of all programming is still in the 4x3 screen, standard definition.But if you really need to get a new set, you might go ahead and get the HD ready set.
But be warned, if you do not get a big big big set, you will have to sit really really really close in order to see the benefits of the better picture quality. You see, all HD programs are letterboxed so that if you have even a 36" screen (as I do) the LB pic will be a 32" picture and I assure you that you won't be able to enjoy it if your chair is 14 ft away (as mine is).
That's why I *didn't* purchase a 36" HDTV. I purchased a widescreen set. My DVDs look great, BTW and I don't have to be 12" from the set to tell the difference. I also LOVE the upconversion my Philips does so I nerver EVER have to look at blasted scan lines again.HD content availability varies by region, but in my middle sized midwestern city I have several HD channels available including ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, Discovery, SHowtime, HBO and soon Bravo and others via cable. These are all in 16:9. BTW, other, SD channels broadcast letterboxed films - nice to have that zoom feature on the Philips.
I love my HDTV and if I were thinkingabout a 36" or larger set, I'd definitely go WS.
Prices are crazy? For what part? HD ready TVs are very reasonable in price and more and more programing is coming every day. Sure, it's worth it. The picture is unphucking believable! Like what color did to black and white if you are old enough to remember that.
Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember. Maybe part of the cost was the thin jobs. Is any network broadcasting done that uses this technology, or do you have to go the DVD route?
1. There is an increasing amount of broadcast and cable programming in hi def.
2. Current DVD tchnology does not support HDTV but technology is on its way.
...see movies in true 480p without scan lines!!!!! Bliss!!Hey, I'm old enough to remember black and white TVs too. (Barely)
If you are in the market for a new TV, definitely go the HDTV route. I would, even if HD chanels weren't available in my market. What they do for DVDs is alone worth the extra price. More and more HD programming is becoming available.
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