oh man, just spent $1300 today on HDTV stuff.

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Originally posted by: Mutilator

Originally posted by: NewSc2
Regular user settings were still there - in fact, with the ISF calibration the guy who sold me the TV said that the default user settings were toned down, so that 100 contrast in the screen now is really 50 contrast before, etc. with brightness and the others.

I guess that makes sense... I'd still buy a copy of AVIA since you're supposed to use it every couple months to double check everything and make any necessary changes. Plus the AVIA you can buy today is getting hard to find... a new professional version is about to come out but it's going to cost closer to $300 instead of $40.

I got a FOX Sample DVD with calibration tools from Best Buy about a year ago. Do you know how that would be similar to or different from AVIA?

 

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Originally posted by: Shiva112

Originally posted by: Amused
No HDTV receiver?

Samsung has two nice boxes.

One does antenna and DirecTV (SIR-TS160), and another does just antenna (SIR-T165).

I have both the Samsung TS160 and Sony HD200 and I prefer the Samsung. The Sony HD200 is basically the same unit as the Zenith HDTV receiver. The picture quality is identical with the Samsung and Sony, but the Samsung has better features, menus, and guide.

Once you see HDTV, even DVDs look a little bad

I'm still waiting on HDTV availability in my area. OTA requires a rooftop antenna in Denver...cable companies are doing nothing, and Satellite providers aren't giving anything more than 3 channels (2 of which are premium channels).

So throw up an antenna. That's what I'm about to do here since our first local station (ABC affiliate) has started broadcasting in 720P. CBS and NBC affiliates are soon to follow here. The local cable company is making noises about HDTV, but no dates are set yet.

My brothers in the LA area have antennas, and get great pictures from them.

Hell, I'm old enough to remember when everyone needed rooftop antennas

Anywho, I can stare at HDNet all freakin' day. It's so pretty. Seriously, though, they do have decent programming once in a while