There's also products that can transmit HDMI wirelessly.
Bought an HD-TV: Waste of Money
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Don't think so.
I put small Youtube vids on a DVD, played it on a 42" HD TV, and it looked great. So upconverting worked well there...
Now, on can he alter the ratios etc. that appears on the TV? Is it possible to do that on an HDTV? You may end up with black bars on the sides, but would that help the picture show up more clearly. I think I did that with a friend's TV when I was watching something full-screen on a wide-screen...
Most of them, yeah. There'll usually be a command on the remote which can let you change aspect ratios. I do this all the time with 4:3 DVDs and TV shows so they don't stretch.
Really? I mean I knew it would happen eventually (it's just a digital signal), but I had no idea we had that technology for TVs yet. That's fantastic. One step closer to getting rid of wires forever.
In the U.S., most retailers of any size who want to stay in business have very liberal return policies for any recently-purchased items in good condition - your reason for return is not an issue. In many, many cases if there is some question about the policy the customer can successfully appeal to management off the sales floor and have an exception made - you just have to be a little persistent.
That's almost never necessary with a chain or major retailer here, though. Sometimes they do charge a "restocking fee" on large or expensive items which is a bite out of your refund - again, ask to speak to management.
Yes, go in the store, act like a dick, and demand that store/corporate policies be bent or broken for you. Retailers love it when people act like petulant little toddlers.
Yes, go in the store, act like a dick, and demand that store/corporate policies be bent or broken for you. Retailers love it when people act like petulant little toddlers.
Oh drop the persecuted retail worker complex, that's not what he said at all.
Fact is, shops are in the business of keeping their customers happy, as long as the pros of doing so outweigh the cons. If the cashier is not sure, it's perfectly reasonable to ask to make your point to the manager. That's not being a petulant toddler, it's negotiating with an adult.
For a 6' cable, definitely. Since we were talking about 35' cables, good luck doing much better. Incidentally, monoprice sells the 6' cable for $4, and sometimes on sale for less than thatAnd the fun comparison:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10240&cs_id=1024005&p_id=2742&seq=1&format=2
Costs $23.78
Even that's too much.
I got a 6ft cable for 5 bucks.
My friend taught me that if you bought a 60 dollar monster HDMI cable all you'd be buying is the name.
To me that sounds like a policy that's ripe for abuse. Refunds if the product is faulty or the sales associate gave misleading advice or it genuining is unsuitable sure, but when the customer buys something and dones't understand it, well tough.
Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law so why should it be an excuse when retail shopping.
Indeed. It's a lot easier to just do what the customer wants than to argue or tell them no. If you refuse to help them, you risk losing them as a customer in the future (and you might even risk them calling Corporate and getting everybody in even more trouble).
If you can make them happy, do it. It's a lot less hassle.
If you can make them happy, do it. It's a lot less hassle.
I am using the numbers I see when I look at the DVD from Handbrake. Yeah, I am possibly referring to them wrongly. That is why I did not call it 720p. From inside Handbrake it says that my newest DVDs are 720 wide. I think of 600 as the standard definition, 720 as enhanced definition, and 1080 as high definition.
If I'm using these terms wrongly, I would love to know. Thanks.
anyone know why my lcd tv can pick up the high def local channels but my mom's lcd set in another room can't? (We have no frills basic/expanded cable with no digital/HD channels, btw)
Are they both the same model (I think HD tuners are now pretty much standard but I could be wrong there).
Do you have an external antenna plugged in?
^no they are both Samsung but different models. No external antennas.
Well, all DVDs are around 720 x 576px which has an aspect ratio of 4:3 (I'm talking PAL, NTSC is a bit different, usually 704 x 480px but around about the same).
The question of quality is whether they are anamorphic or not. Some older widescreen DVDs are letterboxed within 720 x 576 and don't make full use of the vertical resolution, the picture is actually encoded with big black bars above and below it. Anamorphic DVDs are squeezed into 720 x 576 making full use of the vertical resolution, but when played back on a widescreen TV they stretch to fit the 16:9 ratio, they contain a lot more picture info than the older DVDs, even though they are the same basic resolution.
Hope that makes sense.
But when referring to 480 (NTSC, Pal is 576 as mentioned earlier) & 1080 you are referring to the vertical resolution, so if you are going to refer to DVDs in the same point then calling them 720 is confusing because people might think you are talking about the vertical resolution, therefore assuming you are talking about 720p like I did.
Hope that makes sense too
Whats the age diff? Cuz it sounds like one has a QAM tuner and one doesn't. Almost all the new Sammys have the QAM other then the most basic of basic units.
Some models have QAM (Cable hi-def signal protocol) tuners in addition to ATSC (HD Off air protocol).
Some newer ones don't have QAM as a cost reduction measure. Sneaky.
Some newer ones don't have QAM as a cost reduction measure. Sneaky.
