Trevor Harrison
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- Dec 7, 2002
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Been awhile (since the Back to the Future DVD scandal). My mom is moving Monday/Tuesday and is donating her two TV's (both 21") one being a 1989 Hitachi mono with tube in perfect shape (been on Startchoice since 1999 now she will be with Shaw), and the other a 1993 Toshiba with the image going to a white haze sometimes so tabbing side fixes it.
I personally think a 10-15 year span is reassonable (esp since the cable box does all the work) for a TV to last. I think all her shows are in SD and not HD (oh wait Isn't CTV, Global going to be HD for there morning news soon or already are?). She also likes to watch BBC Canada, TLC, HGTV. I personally think she should keep the Hitachi since it's going to last along time and HDTV just isn't there yet. She said she saw a LCD@Costco for $300 CDN (uh). So what LCD should she get that's going to last the next 10 years? I think it should have bare min 2 HDMI ports (Cable box once Shaw offers a none $800 cable box with HDMI), DVD player, but I think 3 is the real min (AppleTV, video camera, etc), also a DVI for her MacBook (all Macs we are ).
Should she look for a built in tuner? She is watching DL.TV's HD Special tonight (made her download it) and I think OTA is the far better option personally (we are in Vancouver BC).
I personally think a 10-15 year span is reassonable (esp since the cable box does all the work) for a TV to last. I think all her shows are in SD and not HD (oh wait Isn't CTV, Global going to be HD for there morning news soon or already are?). She also likes to watch BBC Canada, TLC, HGTV. I personally think she should keep the Hitachi since it's going to last along time and HDTV just isn't there yet. She said she saw a LCD@Costco for $300 CDN (uh). So what LCD should she get that's going to last the next 10 years? I think it should have bare min 2 HDMI ports (Cable box once Shaw offers a none $800 cable box with HDMI), DVD player, but I think 3 is the real min (AppleTV, video camera, etc), also a DVI for her MacBook (all Macs we are ).
Should she look for a built in tuner? She is watching DL.TV's HD Special tonight (made her download it) and I think OTA is the far better option personally (we are in Vancouver BC).