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Old 10-16-2008, 10:35 AM   #1
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And i dont mean the day Obama gets elected

Not sure but these dont seem that great
best buy's tv
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Dynex 19" 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $239.99
Dynex 20" 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV/DVD Combo $299.99
Dynex 32" Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $449.99
Dynex 37" 720p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $629.99
Hitachi Ultravision 50" 1080i Flat-Panel Plasma HDTV $1799.00
HP 42" 1080p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $996.99
Insignia 24" 480i Flat-Tube Standard-Definition Digital TV $179.99
LG 22" 720p Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $349.99
LG 47" 1080p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $1499.00
Magnavox 26" 720p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV/DVD Combo $479.99
Mitsubishi 65" 1080p DLP Projection HDTV $1499.99
Panasonic 42" 720p Plasma TV $899.99
Philips 32" 720p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $599.99
Samsung 40" 1080p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $1199.99
Samsung 50" 720p Plasma HDTV $1399.99
Sanus TV Mounts 20% Off
Sharp 19" 720p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV $329.99
Westinghouse 47" 1080p LCD Flat-Panel HDTV $1299.99
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Element 19" LCD HDTV $199.99
Element 32" LCD HDTV $399.99
Olevia 47" 247TFHD LCD HDTV $1099.99
Panasonic 42" TH42PX75U Plasma HDTV $999.99
Polaroid 40" DVP3140 LCD HDTV $699.99
Samsung 50" HPT5044 Plasma HDTV $1399.99
Samsung 50" Slim DLP Projection HDTV $799.99
Sharp 19" LCD HDTV $249.99
Sharp 32" LC-32SH12U LCD HDTV $599.99
Sharp 42" AQUOS LC-42D43U LCD HDTV $799.99
Sharp Aquos 46" LC-46D64U 1080p LCD HDTV $1299.99
Sharp Aquos 52" LC-52D64U 1080p LCD HDTV $2199.99
Sony 32" Bravia M-Series LCD HDTV $699.99
Toshiba 65" 1080 DLP $1499.99
Zenith 50" Z50P3 Plasma HDTV $999.99
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Old 10-16-2008, 11:08 AM   #2
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Old 10-16-2008, 11:36 AM   #3
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those prices don't look tempting. with the economy as it is, i think prices will have to be a lot better than that to make consumer open their wallets this shopping season.

i saw this on another local board re: HDTV... hopefully we'll see some big price drops in HDTVs in the next year or so.


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If you bought an HDTV in the past two years, there’s one term you probably heard over and over again: 1080p. This term, indicating a TV with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels scanned progressively, is considered the pinnacle of modern HDTV goodness. Add in a 120Hz refresh rate, and you’ve surely reached nirvana.

Well, maybe not. Get ready to learn a new term: 4K.

So…why is this better?
A 4K display comes in at 4096 x 2160 pixels, almost four times the resolution of a 1080p display. When people first started talking about HDTV, they often used the visual of a basketball court. With a standard-definition set, you could see the basketball and the wooden court floor. An HDTV, proponents said, would allow you to see the grain of the wood and the texture on the basketball. Imagine what you’ll see on a display with four times the resolution: molecules, atoms, quarks…

OK, so maybe that’s an overstatement. For now, 4K action is largely confined to the realm of high-end digital projectors. You’ll find these used in museums and movie theaters, or in medical applications where the extra resolution can mean the difference between catching a problem and missing one.

Only a handful of companies are even manufacturing cameras capable of capturing video at that resolution, so don’t go looking for 4K broadcasts from TV networks any time soon. But there’s some evidence that TV manufacturers are already thinking about 4K in the consumer market.

Attack of the giant screens
Remember the big 150" plasma TV Panasonic showed off at the International Consumer Electronics Show back in January? That was a 4K set. On a screen that size, 1080p resolution would look as grainy as your old standard-definition set.

So what does 4K mean to you right now? Not a lot. But here's my prediction: as the HDTV market becomes saturated, TV makers are going to need something new and exciting to talk about. Pixel count on TVs is like horsepower in cars. Start looking for 4K TVs to quietly enter the consumer market in 2010.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Don’t look now, but a production technology known as 4K is emerging that puts high definition television, Blue Ray DVDs and even IMAX to shame is emerging.

An “amazing viewing experience” with “wow factor” is how Neal Page, chief executive officer of Inlet Technologies, describes it. And just when you thought that 60-inch HDTV in the den was the ultimate in video entertainment outside of a 10-story IMAX.

Called super high definition (SHD) 4K, the technology is capturing a growing amount of attention in digital cinema production. Microspace, a Raleigh-based company owned by WRAL Local Tech Wire parent Capitol Broadcasting, recently reported an industry first: satellite transmission of a 4K production. Just last month in the Netherlands, SARA Computing and Networking Services unveiled technology for showing a 4K movie.

While 4K is several years away from broad adoption, Page is among those who is excited about what it has to offer. In fact, Page, a pioneer in technology related to digital media from the development of streaming to the complex compression applications Inlet has developed to make HDTV production much more affordable, calls 4K a “quantum leap” over HDTV.

“4K is a technology used in an emerging niche market – digital cinema – and describes a high resolution quality video,” Page explained in a recent e-mail discussion. “Digital cinema allows theaters to show fantastic digital video and receive that content in digital form rather than with traditional film. The advantages of D-cinema are substantially reduced distribution time and cost, and quality for the consumer that does not suffer with wear and tear on the film.

“With 4K, video output delivers better quality pictures since it has a resolution many times larger than HD, which is 6-10 times larger than Standard Definition video (found on traditional TV sets.) This quality comes at a price - it requires gigantic file sizes to deliver a full-length feature movie, and as a result, there is an industry that is emerging to deliver, store and playback this format to consumers in theaters. JPEG 2000 is an encoding or compression technology commonly used for this application to help reduce this file size problem.”

LTW asked Page to compare the quality of 4K to IMAX, given the latter’s intricate detail and massive scale.

“To some degree, the 4K format provides a ‘wow experience’ that is analogous to what most users experience with IMAX,” he said. “However, the consumer of video will not see the benefits of 4K in the home for at least a decade, if ever.

“They are more likely to see ‘IMAX like’ video in theaters as digital cinema is deployed. What makes 4K technology interesting is the enhanced video quality which is compelling, and will present consumers with an amazing viewing experience.”

Inlet is not focused on 4K as a priority at this point, but Page also said the company is not ignoring it, either.

“Inlet is all about enabling new media for new networks,” he explained. “We are leaders in providing advanced video encoding solutions that enhance the consumer experience and extend the reach of content. We empower content providers and distributors with the ability to deliver media to consumers where they want it, when they want it, on whatever device they have.

“Today, 4K is a technology very early in its development cycle,” he added. “It is only deployed in a limited way to the video production and digital cinema markets. As it becomes commercially viable for the mass market, Inlet will incorporate this and other formats into solutions for delivery of new media to enhance the consumer’s experience.”

There is little doubt in Page’s mind, however, that 4K is going to assume greater importance in movie and entertainment production. But given that consumers and production companies are still integrating HDTV, we shouldn’t expect wide adoption of 4K just yet.

The “format is so new and the commercial infrastructure is simply not in place to realize widespread commercial deployment in the foreseeable future,” Page said.

“Keep in mind that only one-third of households in the U.S. now have HD sets, and HD programming is still a minority of the offerings consumers can enjoy. Because the commercial infrastructure is just now being built out to deliver HD as digital video, analog NTSC [television] will be obsolete in the next three years.”

In the meantime, 4K will continue to receive attention and development because the quality is so pristine. But Page sees limited adoption. IMAX, for example, is increasingly popular but movie choices and theaters are limited.

“4K is a quantum leap beyond HD, and because of this, I believe will be limited in deployment with the exception of premium theaters,” Page said. “The movie production industry is just now moving away from film to a ‘tapeless’ process, meaning digital video, due to their relative slow adoption rate of new technologies. They too must consider the efficiencies of a production workflow and will depend on a commercial infrastructure to be in place.

“At their core, filmmakers are artists, purists, who are slow adopters, not willing to change from film to digital formats,” he added. “Because 4K is film-like in its resolution, it will gain mindshare and market share in the entertainment market in time. But the bottom line for the production industry is that they are a business that must to create fantastic quality content in a cost effective manner. 4K is a format that will be there, but not widely deployed in the foreseeable future due to technology and cost barriers for the next technology cycle or two.”

In the meantime, if you get a chance to see 4K, take advantage of the opportunity. You will be wowed.
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Old 10-16-2008, 12:51 PM   #4
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sub 800 for a 42 inch full hd lcd is what i am looking for
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Not really impressed with those prices.... Not really looking to buy a TV tho, either..
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Old 10-17-2008, 06:59 AM   #6
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The Sharp Aquos prices look good...
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