sire Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 The spouse and I were planning on purchasing our first Big Screen after the first of the year. We are taking two weeks off for Xmas so we decided to go ahead and get one and fully try it out during the time off. I have been buying superbit dvds and holding off on viewing them, 32 inch Toshiba would not have done them justice. I have been aching to start watching. Had the 5674w Samsung delivered yesterday and ordered HD from Comcast two days ago. Out of the box, I am astonished. I sit 14' away and amazed at the quality. We truly have our own theater. I put in my superbit Fifth Element DVD and watched the first 15 minutes. Completely blown away on the video quality, better than some of the movies in HD on cable. The two weeks off will be fun. Most likely next large purchase for the theater is to replace the receiver with a Sunfire Ultimate Receiver. Of course for the price of the above TV, might be a year or two. Depends on what I can get away with. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy81 Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Congrats. Isn't Home Theater a blast!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 My brother in law bought a 61 inch Samsung DLP set to replace an aging Mitsu. Wow. I'm saving my pennies. It is hard to justify plasma. No rainbows that I can see. The Discovery Channel HD is wonderful. So too are plain old DVDs from Blockbuster. There is much to say for more bandwidth more resolution, etc. Still, it is astonishing how the DVDs, with ordinary NTSC resolution show so well. Congrats. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 You dog!...I'm so jealous. Just kidding. Merry Christmas...and enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sire Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 Only watched a couple of shows this weekend. I did have to adjust the comcast dvr. The box was stretching sd 4:3 shows and this looked horrible full screen. Figured that out today. Spouse misses the PIP function. Unfortunately the tv does not have a built in hd tuner. Hopefully comcast will get that working next year. Football was outstanding Sunday. Lifesize almost. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 ---------------- On 12/13/2004 8:50:30 PM sire wrote: Football was outstanding Sunday. Lifesize almost. Mike ---------------- You call my Rams committing 7 turnovers on the way to a 20-7 loss "outstanding"? My word, man, have you no heart??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I thought the whole RPTV idea would die with the advent of plasma, lcd and projectors. I was just checking out the market myself the other day with a view to upgrading my 4:3 NEC projector. The definition on some of these RPTV's is outstanding. I like the new 57inch Hitachi C57-WD5000 at the moment. It's crt based but still delivers - especially in reproduction of blacks. and there's no globes to replace unlike lcd/dlp based models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myriadcorp Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Thats the same TV I have. BTW what is super bit dvd? The picture looks much better on that set. I notice a big difference from the 5663 model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 ---------------- On 12/14/2004 4:39:30 AM myriadcorp wrote: BTW what is super bit dvd? ---------------- Super bit, isn't that true high definition DVD. Normal DVD doesn't offer true high definition, I don't think. What do you think of the Hitachi, compared to say the Samsung, subject of this thread? Thanks for your review, Sire. Sound like you got a good buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 That's correct Ed. True HD resolution can't fit on a standard DVD - 4.7GB would give you about 45 minutes worth of full-bandwidth 1280x768 video (720p). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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