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It has been forever since I have been on the forums, and turbosat's post was the first I read. Just to let everyone on here know, I live in Birmingham and turbosat helped me get my fta system going when I was totally clueless about it. This would suck to read about anyone having to go through...

Blue does look a bit "off" on 6500. But if you put it on "native" - blue gets extreme! -phil p.s. after I used the DVE calibration dvd (can't wait for the blu-ray version to come out!) and used the color glasses thing-a-ma-jig to get the colors set right - my blue looks how it is supposed to on...

Great article! Thanks! Some of us noobs need something nice and simplistic to help explain all of this. Isn't that EXACTLY what the article said? I don't like sitting too close to my screen anyway.

Yes, but with a satellite box, ps3, hdmi dvd player, and 360 - I ONLY use my hdtv like a computer monitor anyway. I very rarely use the over the air part/tv part of it anyway. Is there any difference other than that? -phil

Thanks! 1080p for 400$ That's a bargain! This one is probably hdcp compliant already though - but I might just get one anyway! How will ANYTHING hold up if they do that? I mean, won't EVERYTHING stop working correctly then? That is like when they start changing the encryption on dvds to make it...

Check out my post on the hdfury. http://www.satelliteguys.us/television-sets-projectors/115038-hd-fury-looks-amazing.html It makes older tv's hd compliant. I have used it on several older tv's and it works very well. I wonder if you could use the component AFTER it tells the device that the tv...

I have one that I am keeping around for the older - non 16:9 - video game systems. I still have a lot of ps2 and xbox games that look better on an sd than they do on the hdtv. Sure you can use a component cable for the first xbox and get 16:9 480p. But there are an awful lot off jaggies and it...

Hi Charles, fellow Alabamian! I have to use the "turn off the Viewsat in the back and that usually fixes everything method" a lot also! After a good reboot - it runs nicely. ONN running great here - but might not be if I don't reboot in a couple of weeks. I wonder if other fta boxes are like...

Speaking up upscaling - how come that sometimes a movie (wide-screen) is upscaled on my upscale dvd player and it looks great - everything is in proportion and fills up more of the screen. And then sometimes it just looks all stretched out like the non hd satellite channels? I watched a movie...

Ok - I finally got the thing. Then I had to spend a whole day going to comp usa's and bestbuys and circuit citys to find a female hdmi to male dvi-d adapter. But it was worth it! It does EXACTLY what it says. I have three old monitors. One lcd and 2 crts. The lcd can do up to 1920x1200 (or...

The calibrated tvs that I have seen either look "off" a little bit or COMPLETELY AMAZING. After just using the pictures off the site I mentioned earlier, my tv looks AT LEAST 60% better now. And I thought it looked great how it was to begin with! I can't wait to get a calibration dvd if that...

When I bought my tv at Circuit City - they went out of their way to warn me that "regular" digital tv, like cable or satellite, would look like crap on HDTV. The guy said that people are appalled when they spend thousands on a tv and get home and it looks terrible (as if everything was already...

Ok - I have decided to calibrate my tv because of you guys - especially after reading this article : HDTV resolution explained - HDTV World - CNET.com "According to the Imaging Science Foundation, a group that consults for home-theater manufacturers and trains professional video calibrators...

Gregg, vurbano, I agree with you BOTH! I love knowing that something of mine that I really like is maxed out and used to its full potential or beyond. And I also think that if it isn't broke, don't fix it. That is why I am kind of "take it or leave it" about the calibration while at the same...

Now that you put it that way - why treat a Ferrari like a Yugo? I think I will get one! -phil

Definitely, but that is not it's full claim. It also is to make a non hdcp compliant monitor compliant by removing the built in protection that renders a lot of old monitors useless for HD even though they have the ability for it. This allows you to use a Blu Ray player on one that would...

You don't know my friends then! If I come across one of these I might pick one up. But it can definitely wait. Thanks - I have a ps3 so that might be the one I try when I decide to get one. -phil

No. There are millions of older displays - especially older computer displays - that are capable of doing resolutions even beyond 1080p. Even most old ugly crt computer monitors can do this. The only problem is that they are not "compliant" with all the new technology and it will only show it in...

Has anyone tried one of these? HDfury HDfury: Universal DVI/HDMI (HDCP) to RGB Converter 1080p on all computer monitors that were not formerly hdpc compliant! I can not wait to have full 1080p hd on my monitor! Plus you can make the old hd tv's that were not compliant work. I bet I can find...

The thing looks so good that I have not even bothered. Will it make a huge difference? If so I will get one today! Thanks, -phil

Wow - I did not know that! The people at the store said 720 would be better since that is what it was closest to. Or that on the smaller tvs that you can not tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on a larger screen. But I realize a lot of these people just want to make a sell and might just...

I really like my olevia! It IS a great picture! I can't believe it didn't look this good in the store. I am sure that this has been asked a million times before and I guess it depends on the tv - but since the olevia is 27 inches and 720p - would it be better to run it in 720p instead of 1080i...

Thanks for the info guys! I definitely like the Japanese temp better. And now I don't have to worry about it ruining my tv! -phil

I have an Olevia 227v 27 inch. As soon as you open the box, the instructions are ADAMANT that the first thing that you need to do is set the color temperature to 6500. (after making sure it is not on showroom display) It is in the instructions and also on a big sticker stuck to the front of the...

The cool part is after you have gone through all of this frustration like I did and finally get it going - only to find out that it really wasn't that hard after all! Just a pain in the butt. But there are A LOT of little things you have to learn. I don't think there are any "user friendly" fta...