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One other thing I forgot to mention. When watching 4:3 material, the sidebars are slightly concave. I have my cable box set to grey sidebars for 4:3 material(there is no option for black bars)I also have my cable box outputting all resolutions. I figured it was better to have the tv scale...

I bought the HD52Z585 model about 2 weeks ago for $2000 from Hhgregg. They had just dropped the price down from $2400 since they have the newer model now(which I think is $2600). It's a beautiful looking tv even when it's off with its all black frame. I'm not an expert so my observations will be...

Actually I already have the Avia disc from when I bought my RPTV a couple years ago. I'll dial it up in the next couple days. I need to inhale the new tv smell for a little while first I'm watching the ESPNHD game right now and it's unbelievable. For $2000 this tv is heads above anything else...

I just got my JVC today. I will post my impressions in a few days. My cable company gave me a box with DVI on it instead of HDMI so I have to switch the box from my other tv. I did watch the Finding Nemo dvd for a bit and it looked really good. My gut reaction is that the quality is noticably...

Thanks for all the feedback. I went back up there today to get a final look before buying but I'm going to have to go to a different Hhgregg. They had this very nice $2000 tv on the very end front display, basically in a very brightly lit corner. They had a bunch of pallets stacked in front of...

I went up to my local HHgregg today and was torn between the 52" Toshiba DLP, the JVC D-ILA 52"(HD52Z585), and the various LCD projection sets. After reading some posts here about the JVC it sounds like a nice set but I'm a little overwhelmed with information. I'm a little worried about JVC...

Thanks for the help. I pretty much already decided to try a different brand. It would take a pretty stellar deal to get me spending big $$$ at BB

I'm shopping for a second widescreen tv and I'm trying to spend under $2000. I have a Hitachi 57" rptv in the basement and need something less bulky for the living room. I see Best Buy has a 50" RCA DLP for $1900(HD50LPW164) but I haven't heard much about RCA DLP's. Do they have a new model...

Cool, thanks for the info. Too bad ABC doesn't want people to know about it. I can't understand running a network like that but I guess they have their priorities elsewhere. I wonder if they even know they show hockey games...

I've been searching EVERYWHERE on Google for a week trying to find out if ABC is showing any games in HD this year. I've been to ABC's site, ESPN, NHL.com and several program guide sites and there is nothing about it. Why do I have to search everywhere to find this stuff out? Does ABC even care...

Thanks for the replies. The light is there all the time, though obviously it's most visible when the entire screen is black- like during a transition or something. It's definitely not caused by other light on the screen, like credits or text. I can see it even when there is a full image on the...

I have a Hitachi 57twx20b RPTV and there is an obvious "halo" of light at the top of the screen that shows up whenever the screen goes to black or there are black bars for a 2.35:1 movie. There is nothing at the bottom of the screen like this. It's not really visible when there is a full image...

Thanks for the ideas. Unfortunately, I just got the indoor antenna I ordered and I get pretty bad reception on the regular UHF channels. My balcony faces the wrong way for my own dish so I'm out of luck. It's a good thing there isn't much being broadcast in HD right now or I would be pretty pissed.

I bought a 57" Hitachi HD set about a month ago and football season is coming up quick so I am looking into receivers/decoders. I live in an apartment and I get DirecTv through a big central satellite dish so I'm not going to be getting HD programming through DirecTv in the near future(unless I...

I've had my 57" Hitachi(57twx20b) for about 2 weeks now and I finally bought a dvi cable to hook my pc up to it. The 3d card I have in my pc is a Geforce ti4400 and it has both an analog vga output and a digital DVI output on it. When I got into windows on my Hitachi I looked at my display...

Awesome! I can't wait to call these jerks. I don't know if I'm more mad that I got sold a pirated dvd or that half.com makes a concerted effort to keep anyone from contacting them. I rarely ever make a stink about something but these people are going to get blasted

I bought like 8 dvd's of half.com and the problems are already starting. I just got "Road to Perdition" and it's a pirated copy with cheap printed out covers. I bought "About a Boy" and was sent the full-screen version instead of widescreen. I contacted the seller for "About a Boy" and he...

Great, thanks for the explanation. I think what I'll do is wait until football season is about to start before getting an antenna and receiver. There isn't anything I'm dying to watch right now so I'll save my $ and get a decent receiver and an amp for the antenna. Thanks again

Thanks for the tip. Do my local stations have to be broadcasting their HD signals on uhf/vhf in order to use that antenna you have? It's hard for me to tell on the antennaweb site whether they are using uhf/vhf or not. I'm not really familiar enough with HD to know if there is such a thing as...

Thanks for the suggestions. I did check out the antennaweb site and found that I need a medium directional "red" coded antenna. Is this something that is available in an indoor antenna? I'll make a trip up to Radio Shack if this is something I can have inside. It looks like the local stations...

I just bought a new Hitachi HD-ready tv(57TWX20b) and the only antenna that is an option for me is this indoor model I found at Crutchfield- http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=0&cc=01&avf=N I live in an apartment so I can't get a rooftop antenna but does it matter which direction the...

Thanks for all the responses. That answers my question completely. Now if that pesky sun would just go away so I could watch movies earlier...

I love this tv for dvd's and most of the xbox games I've tried so far. I just got it on Monday so I haven't watched a whole dvd yet, just parts of several movies to see which ones looked best. My biggest question is concerning the interlacing when watching DirecTv. It happens everytime there...

Sorry if this is veering towards the "Reseller Feedback" arena again. I really meant to get people's feedback on whether they had heard the same thing about next year's model.

I don't think that's what the situation was at all. He was a really nice guy and I'm far more distrusting of salesman than most people. He didn't tell me about the change in next year's model in order to persuade me one way or another. I phrased the question in a general way- applying the...

I tried posting this last night and it was moved to the "Retail vendor's feedback" section because I mentioned the store I am buying this tv from. So I've omitted the references to the store and salesman so some people in this section can actually see it. I went to hhegregg and talked to a...

That's the tv I'm looking at right now. I'll probably get a Hitachi but I'm not sure which model. That one is a little more expensive than I would like($2500 is my range) but I'll have to see what I can get the salesman down too. One question, is this model the 2004 model or the 2003? I'm having...

Thanks for the info. I had a feeling there was a legitimate reason for having to use their equipment other than them wanting to make money off me. There are a few people who have dishes out on their balcony but I was told by the apartment leasing agent that they did this before there was...

I'm moving in 2 weeks to an apartment complex where I will be getting DirecTv through the cable company that serves the complex. It's a weird setup. I pay the regular programming fees to DirecTv, not to the cable company but I have to use the cable company's equipment. They have a big satellite...

I'm going to be buying a new widescreen in the next month or so but if the new models are coming out soon I may wait. Do all manufacturers release their new models at around the same time? Is there likely to be features on the new models that are worth waiting for?