Recent content by JohnDPug

You need to check with your local cable provider to know what HD content they are providing. Content varies between cable providers. The cable provider will rent you a cable box (usually without an additional fee if you have digital cable service) which will act as a STB for their HD content...

OK...my Sony KV40XBR is a 4:3 screen with 1080i input. Hence the top and bottom bars for 1080i. The HD channels on Cablevision do not show HD content all the time. I guess they are not truly HD channels but channels reserved for when MSG or Fox Sports NY is providing HD content. The Quick...

I have a Cablevision supplied Scientific Atlanta 4200HD Explorer converter box connected to my Sony KV40XBR700's 1080i inputs. The SA4200 has a settings menu which allows you to select 480i output or 1080i output manually. I generally have it set up with standard 480i output because all but 2...

John, iO has just become available in my southern Westchester neighborhood. Do you have set top boxes for all your TVs with iO? How's the picture quality? I'm interested in it but I only want one of my TVs hooked up to it. I'd like to run the other 2 on the current analog signal but I'm not...

I've had the 40XBR700 for almost a year and my analog cable looks superb (as long as the broadcast source is better than espn2 quality). However, I've seen the 40XBR700 on a digital cable source and it doesn't look nearly as good as mine. I think that's the cable provider's fault rather than Sony's.

I chose the 40" XBR over the 36" XBR model based on the "I'm in this deep, might as well go in all the way" theory. Got a great deal on the 40 since I went in with a buddy who was getting one at the same time from a local "mom and pop" Sony dealer. Mine runs on an excellent analog cable feed and...

I'm thinking of getting AVIA to calibrate my KV40XBR700. If I do, do I have to calibrate all 4 of the settings (movie, pro, standard, vivid) or is just one enough? Thanks.

Have to take back what I said about the Sony stand being mandatory. That Boltz unit looks sweet...

Jack...my viewing room is on ground level with a patio sliding door access. My dealer delivered it and set it up. 2 delivery guys had the technique down and I only had to help to lift it out of the crate. The KV40XBR700 came in through the patio door sideways and sits on the Sony stand (which...

I love my 40XBR700. Most of my content is 4:3 with a decent analog cable signal with some DVD on my Sony progressive scan player. I wrestled with the 16:9 vs. 4:3 decision because the black bars on my old 32" Mitsu bothered me. With my 40XBR700, I don't even notice the bars since the viewing...

For all the bad press Cablevision's getting here in metro NY, you'd think they'd let their subscribers know about the HD and sell the STBs at The Wiz. Cablevision bought out TCI in our neighborhood in southern Westchester County about 4 years ago but kept the sports programming like FSNY and MSG...

Before you head off to the Shack for a coax terminator, you should know which grade of coaxial cable you have. It's not always apparent. Trace the coax back as far as you can until you see a marking on the cable jacket. It may or may not indicate the cable grade (ie RG-59, RG-6, etc.). My Belkin...

This is amazing. 30 years ago my dad put up a second antenna on the roof to receive the CBS affiliate in New Haven CT so we could watch the Giants home football games which were blacked out since they didn't sell out Yankee Stadium in those days. He rigged something up with a knifeswitch and I...

Eugene...I'm not familiar with that problem but it's either been fixed with the XBR700 or it's subtle enough that I don't notice it.