Portable HDTV Set

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I'd like to believe that, but I'm afraid that the FCC has other ideas.

I know I won't be buying an HDTV receiver any time soon, they're still
WAY out of my budget. I can buy a 27" NTSC set that looks just fine for
what's being broadcast for $175, it's 10x to 12x that for the cheapest
HDTV ready (without the HDTV tuner) set. Damn if I'll pay more than a
week's wages for a TV set, there's just nothing worth that kind of
scratch to WATCH on them.

Not a widescreen, but not a bad deal for an entry level set.
No where near $1750-2100 either! Check your facts first.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2601424

Chip

 

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Not a widescreen, but not a bad deal for an entry level set.
No where near $1750-2100 either! Check your facts first.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2601424

Chip

If it's not widescreen, it's not HDTV.

 

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If it's not widescreen, it's not HDTV.

Yes, it is HD. If you are watching an HD broadcast, there will be bars on the top and bottom. It cuts down the size of the viewable screen, but it is HD.
The effective screen size would be 29.4" instead of the actual size of 32".
Chip

 

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The screen aspect ratio has nothing to do with whether a tv is HDTV or
not.

If the tv can display the lines of resolution at the appropriate scan
rate for HDTV, then it is high definition. Just because it may have
bars on the top and bottom, or on the side when displaying a different
aspect ratio has nothing to do with HDTV or not.

 

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The screen aspect ratio has nothing to do with whether a tv is HDTV or
not.

If the tv can display the lines of resolution at the appropriate scan
rate for HDTV, then it is high definition. Just because it may have
bars on the top and bottom, or on the side when displaying a different
aspect ratio has nothing to do with HDTV or not.

I guess if it shows the correct resolution but why anyone would want to
buy something that bass-ackward, I don't know. May as well just buy a
smaller TV with the correct aspect ratio.

 

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I guess if it shows the correct resolution but why anyone would want to
buy something that bass-ackward, I don't know. May as well just buy a
smaller TV with the correct aspect ratio.

True, and this is likely a piece of junk tv, but the poster I was responding to said that you couldn't get even an HD monitor for less than $1750.

Chip

 

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The screen aspect ratio has nothing to do with whether a tv is HDTV or
not.

If the tv can display the lines of resolution at the appropriate scan
rate for HDTV, then it is high definition. Just because it may have
bars on the top and bottom, or on the side when displaying a different
aspect ratio has nothing to do with HDTV or not.

True, but this is an HD television.

Chip

 

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What is the 'correct' aspect ratio then?
Most people for the next 3 or 4 years are going to have 95% or more
stuff available over cable at 4:3 aspect ratio, why would they want to
buy a tv that would have those annoying bars on the sides for 95% of
what they are going to watch for a next few years?

Seems to me that it would be bass-ackwards to buy a tv set that does
not fit most of your available viewing material.

The problem so far in being able to get enough HDTV sets and ATSC
tuners available has been the widespread penetration of cable. To use
the still standard cable, you need a standard tv set. Cable companies
have been slow to provide HDTV capable signal at reasonable cost.

 

[James Sweet]

The screen aspect ratio has nothing to do with whether a tv is HDTV or
not.

If the tv can display the lines of resolution at the appropriate scan
rate for HDTV, then it is high definition. Just because it may have
bars on the top and bottom, or on the side when displaying a different
aspect ratio has nothing to do with HDTV or not.

I believe the sets he's referring to are called EDTV, they support 480p
which is an improvement over the 480i of NTSC, but nowhere near as nice
as 720p on a HD set.

 

[Brenda Ann]

Not a widescreen, but not a bad deal for an entry level set.
No where near $1750-2100 either! Check your facts first.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2601424

How nice you can go to Wal-Mart. I can choose from either the BX/PX or
hundreds of stores on the local economy. The BX/PX are by far the cheaper,
and no such sets exist in their local inventory, nor on their website.

 

[Andy Cuffe]

I guess if it shows the correct resolution but why anyone would want to
buy something that bass-ackward, I don't know. May as well just buy a
smaller TV with the correct aspect ratio.

I actually prefer 4:3 HDTVs for now since most of what I watch is
still 4:3. Also, a 32" 4:3 set is about the same price as a 30" 16:9
set and will give you the same size 16:9 picture. Plus, you get a
bigger 4:3 picture for free if you don't mind a set that takes up a
little more space.
Andy Cuffe

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