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James_F
08-07-02, 04:21 PM
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6554
catman
08-09-02, 07:38 AM
When a HD tv is $850 then I will get a HD tv . They are way too expensive . I am on a fixed income .
Nick
08-09-02, 08:41 AM
I agree.

Coughing up $2-3-4 Grand or more for a tv plus another grand for the STB is insane, pretty picture or not. After all, it's only TV, and there's still not much to watch!

"...the SAT-HD200 set-top box will be available in September for about $900."
James_F
08-09-02, 08:58 AM
Maybe it mixes drinks also??? :goodjob:
dmodemd
08-09-02, 02:05 PM
Look at it this way:

How long do you keep your average TV 10-15 years?

You can pay $20/yr for a $300 27" analog TV
or
You can pay $130/yr for a $2000 46" HDTV + rcvr?

You pay $360+/yr for Sat Svc.

and you dont want to pay an additional 36% for the best television environment you can get that you can enjoy for a decade plus?

Seems crazy to me not to :)
Nick
08-09-02, 03:20 PM
Your math is so fuzzy it's beginning to purr. :rolleyes:
James_F
08-09-02, 03:29 PM
Housed in a stylish brushed silver chassis to complement Sony's latest line of FD TrinitronŽ WEGAŽ flat-screen direct view and rear projection television sets

See it is pretty! Isn't that worth $400? :rolleyes:
DarrellP
08-14-02, 07:22 PM
, and there's still not much to watch!
Depends where you live. I have access to 6 local digital channels and 4 of them broadcast HD. Of the other 2, one is strictly SD digital and the other is FAUX Widescreen and off Dish I get HBOHD and DIscovery HD (for 1 more day anyway:( ). There are many evenings now when I have more than 1 choice of which HD content to watch.
PRP
08-19-02, 10:39 AM
On Saturday 8/17 there were multiple HDTV Choices in the Twin Cities:

NBC - Loving You
ABC - Speed 2
HBO - Don't Say A Word
SHO - Enemy At the Gates


I didn't even have a chance to check out what HDNET had on. There were way too many choices. Hard to explain why people keep saying there is no content. I just am lucky enough to have all of our local stations broadcasting OTA in Digital.
PeterB
09-03-02, 09:51 AM
Originally posted by PRP
On Saturday 8/17 there were multiple HDTV Choices in the Twin Cities:

ABC - Speed 2


Does it make the movie any better?

Probably not.