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HD TV, HD Service and Blu-ray
02-03-2009 | 03:02 PM
#1
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From: Stuart, FL
I'm just curious, I see tons of ads for HD cable and Satellite. I have an HD-TV, Blu-ray player, but cannot see the additional expense for directv HD being worth the money. We really don't watch that much TV anymore, we prefer movies.
With all the ads I've go to assume HD cable and sat service just isn't doing that well, but maybe i am wrong.
With all the ads I've go to assume HD cable and sat service just isn't doing that well, but maybe i am wrong.
02-03-2009 | 03:11 PM
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I've never been one to run out and buy the latest thing. I'm quite happy with a plain vanilla DVD player, digital cable, and standard resolution TV. The only way I'll buy a new HD TV is if one of the two we currently own takes a ****. And when that happens, I'm sure I'll go HD-LCD and think about upgrading my cable service to HD, or switch to dish network. I'd probably be with satellite now, but I don't have a viable alternative to cable internet, and it's cheaper to bundle the two.
02-03-2009 | 03:43 PM
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I ditched Comcrap and went to Dish. To upgrade to HD wasn't that much more, and I got a bunch of neat channels I normally wouldn't get, so I went with that. I don't have bluray, and my TV doesn't have HDMI.
02-03-2009 | 04:37 PM
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HDTV is free with cable, they give you alot of free HD channels as well.
A HD 80 GIG DVR is like $4.99 extra a month, we have one in the livingroom and the bedroom, it can record 2 things at once, easily hook up a external hardrive if you want more storage.
However, I do not have a blu-ray player, I rarely buy DVDs anymore so I did not run right out and buy one, but now that you can get them under $200 I might have to get one because I want to use HDMI connections anyhow.
my next purchase might be a Roku box so I can stream Netflix, but im waiting for them start streaming in HD before I bother.
I cant stand to watch standard broadcasts anymore, and the full screen HD programming fills the 16:9 screen up real sexy like.
A HD 80 GIG DVR is like $4.99 extra a month, we have one in the livingroom and the bedroom, it can record 2 things at once, easily hook up a external hardrive if you want more storage.
However, I do not have a blu-ray player, I rarely buy DVDs anymore so I did not run right out and buy one, but now that you can get them under $200 I might have to get one because I want to use HDMI connections anyhow.
my next purchase might be a Roku box so I can stream Netflix, but im waiting for them start streaming in HD before I bother.
I cant stand to watch standard broadcasts anymore, and the full screen HD programming fills the 16:9 screen up real sexy like.
02-03-2009 | 05:03 PM
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From: Stuart, FL
I got my blu-ray for under $200 and it's a good one.
I'm I think the Diretv HD is another $10 per month, I just don't really care, I feel like I spend enough on TV already LOL. I do have 120 gig DVR, we love the DVR and the xbox streaming netflix.
I'm I think the Diretv HD is another $10 per month, I just don't really care, I feel like I spend enough on TV already LOL. I do have 120 gig DVR, we love the DVR and the xbox streaming netflix.
02-03-2009 | 05:25 PM
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I don't watch regular tv anymore, just HD channels.
Sports and nature shows are where it's at for HD, it truly is amazing.
If I could get rid of the regular cable channels I gladly would, to cut down on the bill.
As for BluRay, I do not have a BluRay player. I sold the one that came with my TV, I have an Arcam upconverting DVD player that outputs 1080i to match the HD channels. Since BluRay discs are still expensive compared with DVD, I'll be happy without the BluRay for some time.
Sports and nature shows are where it's at for HD, it truly is amazing.
If I could get rid of the regular cable channels I gladly would, to cut down on the bill.
As for BluRay, I do not have a BluRay player. I sold the one that came with my TV, I have an Arcam upconverting DVD player that outputs 1080i to match the HD channels. Since BluRay discs are still expensive compared with DVD, I'll be happy without the BluRay for some time.
02-03-2009 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' post='915969' date='Feb 3 2009, 05:48 PM
will the xbox stream in HD when netflix starts that up?
I know the roku box is ready for HD once netflix does it.
I know the roku box is ready for HD once netflix does it.
umm. i have xbox and netflix and just so you know rob. you have to pay a yearly membership for xbox to stream it. it does an ok job BUT its pretty slow and you do not get surround sound. the surround sound is a killer for me.
i have a $1300 7.1 channel receiver so i can listen to HD lossless audio on movies. only way to do that is via bluray...
amazon regularly has blurays for $20 and netflix you can rent them now.
EVEN cable hd has dolby digital surround sound
i guess this is a rant but all the movies on netflix streaming suck *** too..... hyped way too much
02-03-2009 | 07:53 PM
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From: Stuart, FL
There's already HD movies on xbox streaming from netflix. If you don't need the xbox for anything else, then i would just get a blu-ray player that streams netflix, there are a couple of them and you can kill two birds with one stone.