Search results

It may matter to you that the new Samsungs aren't actually out yet, and may not be out until June. Samsung originally planned to have them out in March, but there is some talk now -- and this directly from Samsung Customer Service -- that they may not be available until June.

Indeed, 16:9 sets. I'll keep that info in mind when I've got the set here and am getting acquainted with it! Thanks again.

Gotcha, Michael. I'll first try my luck with the upconverting, and if it's bad (as you report), then I'll use s-video. Many thanks!

So will I have to manually switch something in the TV when I change from a HD to a non-HD channel (or vice-versa)?

I'm about to purchase my first HDTV. I've already received the Scientific Atlanta 3100HD box from Time Warner. I'm going to run the video straight from the STB to the TV, bypassing my receiver. Someone told me that in addition to connecting the STB to the TV via component cables, I should also...

I've been wondering about this too. Well, I knew there was nothing screwey about my TV or feed, since I've noticed it in multiple people's houses, but I did wonder why it was like that. Now I know!

New Samsungs (at least some of their 2003s) should be out any day.

I'm actually going to add a question, Scottie. Two, actually. I hope that doing so doesn't prevent you from getting a clear and helpful answer to your question. How often should one replace a power strip? My understanding is that they can reach an absorptive limit. And how big a difference...

What is "punch through"?

Thanks for the replies. Another set-up dawned on me, and it seems pretty natural. What about... --Component video from STB straight to TV. (I'll still have the second set of component inputs for the DVD player -- no video, then, will be going through the receiver.) --Digital coax...

I have a new receiver (Onkyo TX-SR600) and am getting a new HDTV with 2 sets of component video inputs (as well as DVI, for what it's worth). The set-top box will be a Scientific Box (3100HD) through Time Warner. When I'm watching TV, I'd like to have the option of bringing the sound through...

Jeff, that is indeed the 2002, not the soon-to-be-appearing 2003. 2002 was TXM, 2003 will be TXN. Jack, that set is 4:3, not 16:9 (despite how it may appear in that picture, which is obviously taken from a funny angle).

The 2003 Samsungs appear to be a week or two from hitting the stores.

The new Samsungs will be released in next week or two, and they should have a DVI connection. I don't know for sure that they will, but I think it's almost certain. If you're the conservative type, wait and get one of those. If you're a bit more daring, get the old model (this year's model, the...

Beau, am I right in thinking that that set has no DVI input?

Why do you need optical in to your TV? Can't you go optical just from, e.g., your DVD player (or whatever) to your receiver?

Also, typically Dolby D and/or DTS won't kick in until you get past the DVD's main menu and into the movie itself.

Tremendously helpful, Steve (and others too, but especially Steve :wink: ) Many thanks!

Why can't you go HDTV? Samsung makes a 30" wide and a 32" 4:3 for under $1000 US. Both do 480p/1080i.

Will all progressive scan DVD players eliminate the 3:2 pulldown artifacts with the reverse process, or will only some do so? Is it more preferable for the TV to do it than it is for the DVD player to do so? Also, can anyone confirm whether I'm correct in thinking that, e.g., the Samsung...

Am I right then, Jack, that a rather obscure virtue of the 4:3 HD sets is that they'll allow a zoom on this 4:3 program -- an old Simpsons or an old I Love Lucy or whatever -- that will neither crop out nor stretch the picture, nor leave any bars (while the widescreen HDs will either have to...

Is the fact that a TV won't do 720p sufficient reason to avoid buying that TV? (I'm in the market for a lower end HDTV -- it's lower end or nothing on my budget -- and have in mind either the Samsung 3296HF or the Samsung 3297HF; do I understand correctly that neither of these models will do...

Follow me here. Suppose it's the year 2007, 5:30 pm on a weekday, and I sit down to watch some old Simpsons re-run on Fox. Fox, at that time, let's assume, is broadcasting in high definition, and I'm watching on a HDTV. (For the purposes of my question, it could be any HD channel and any old...