Ok, I was trying to convince myself of it. Think I'll go ahead and do it. Our locals broadcast primetime and sports in HD so that's no thing. I'm going to have to check the TNT race schedule and see how many more they're going to do. I don't do ANY of the movie channels, never home long enough to enjoy a whole movie. About the time I get interested, the phone rings and I got to go. Thanks I'll look into it.
Hedley, Hey, that kickback to the start feature came with whatever DVR Charter "gave" me. It's cool. Seems to adjust to whatever fast forward speed you're using. What's "reqind"?
TomNie
OK, guys, while we're wandering OT into the outside world, a new wide-screen, DLP, HD, etc is on my wish list (next?). And whether it's DLP or ???, 1080 dpi or ??? is another whole world of research and opinion I've found.
TV mfgrs definitely sell a lot sizzle with their steak - or is that BS with the bull?
Whatever. People keep raving about being able to see the blades of grass at a football game, etc. using HDTV. As much as I love nature programs, that's interesting. Also, I could see Giada a little better :).
I got SWMBO to go along with our woodturningburningcarving stuff - at about $6,000 less than it actually ended up ("This IS the end isn't it?") - by promising to sell my little old red convertible. Still got the convertible. Now I'm trying to use that as the way to get the HDTV. She no longer trusts me, I think.
So which DPI - DLP - etc is the best?
TomNie
Best thing to do is find a store that has an HD feed and look at them. None are perfect, prices are all over the map and don't necessarily relate to quality or performance. The 37 inch and 42 inch Sceptre, Benq, and Westinghouse 1920x1080 models are exceptionally good value IMO.
Also, find a store that has a good (will cost $3K+, not the ones that CompUSA and Best Buy stock) front projector--I warn you though, they'll spoil you.
Important gotcha--make sure whatever you get has an HDCP input--that's a new Hollywood paranoia scheme that has been mandated for new hardware and the lack of it may break some older sets.
I don't think there is any "right" finish. However, for kitchen woodwork, that does not get routinely immersed in water, I use shellac, then several rubbings of soyabean oil. The old saw applies:
Once a day for a week. Once a week for a month. Once a month for a year. Once a year forever.
At least I think it's something like that, I more or less follow it, and it seems to work very well.
Barry Lennox
Sorry, the "w" is right beside the "q". Of course I meant rewind.
The "An" was also supposed to be "And."
I had assumed it was a Tivo patented feature, but maybe it was licensed out to your DVR manufacturer. I know that the apartment living DVR I had with a cable company (two-tuner model) did not have this feature, and after getting used to it in my last house (DirecTV and Tivo), I missed it a lot.
Then I finally moved into this house from the apartment, got DirecTV and was really pissed that they didn't offer Tivo anymore. Luckily, the POS DVR they gave me broke about 4 months ago and after enough belly-aching to drive DirecTV crazy, they sent me a Tivo. There is now joy in the world.
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