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I am visiting my grandson (5 weeks old) in Atlanta, Ga and my daughter took me by Best Buy. They have a Magnolia room there, happens to be where all the latest HighDef stuff is promo'd.
I asked about HD-DVD and BluRay as I have yet to view first hand. The Best Buy rep takes me over to the Magnolia room and shows me the HD-DVD player running a HD demo disc and at the time is showing a demo of the lattest Riddick movie in HD-DVD . It was very nice. Very good detail as this is a very dark movie and the action sceens showed no pixel dragging and while there was alot of sceen shifting as this was a demo it was very impressive. The player was hooked up to a Mitsubishi 1080p DLP and I would say that this is a very good tandem.
The Best Buy rep then took me to the Samsung BluRay product that was not in the Magnolia Room. Someone told him it was back in the furniture section. As we made our way back there right outside of the Magnolia Room there was a Samsung display and there was Samsung's BluRay player. He tried to get it to work and it would not and then another rep came over and told him to get the demo disc.
Well, this guy did not work for Best Buy -- he worked for Samsung. What a find. He told me that they had moved the display to the back of the HDTV video section but they had just received the new Samsung LN-S4095D LCD and that he insisted that they move this display to the front again. This LCD was 40" and a true 1080p screen. That's 1920x1080p -- oh yeah! This LCD was priced at $3195 and the Samsung rep told me you could only find these at Best Buys that had a Magnolia Room. He also said that they had only been out for 1 week and would only be sold in a 40", 46" and a 50" model (I am not posistive about the 50" but there are only 3 1080p LCDs this year).
The demo I watched was done by NHK of Japan in Sweden about a watch maker. The picture was mind boggeling. Absolutely the best HD picture I have ever seen period-- bar none. He told me that I was watching 1080p output by the BluRay player and 1080p projection by the 40" LCD by Samsung. Bright colors, great definition and when the watch maker put a piece of the watch on his finger you could see the dimples in his finger where the hair was coming out. I would of had to have a magnifing glass to see my own finger that well. You could even see the differance in his skin pigmentation. I wish those of you who are blowing off BluRay could of seen this demo -- it blew away the HD-DVD demo I had just watched. First, NHK knows how to produce a HD product and second, that Samsung LCD was KICKBUT!!
The Samsung rep asked if I was reading the blogs on the internet and after I said yes he meantioned that he feels his company is getting a real bad rep based on some very bad movie BluRay reproductions. After viewing that NHK demo I would say that he was right. My wife, grandson and daughters were waiting and started pushing me towards the door. The last thing the rep and I talked about was a new Samsung product, a 60" DLP that uses no wobbolation to do 1080p. It uses LEDs and can reproduce 100% of the color spectrum with a bulb lifespan of over 20,000 hours. He told me it would be out in 30 to 60 days.
After all the bad reviews and badmouthing Sony and the BluRay camp I decided to see why so many movie studios and manufaturers are backing BluRay. I got my answer. Guys, get yourself to a Best Buy with a Magnolia room and asked them to show you the BluRay with the new Samsung LCD model LN-s4095d running in 1080p. Make sure they show you the NHK demo of the watchmaker. If they do not know what you are talking about find someone who does. If you live in the Atlanta area, the Best Buy I visited was at Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw. Go be a consumer, you will not be disappointed!
I asked about HD-DVD and BluRay as I have yet to view first hand. The Best Buy rep takes me over to the Magnolia room and shows me the HD-DVD player running a HD demo disc and at the time is showing a demo of the lattest Riddick movie in HD-DVD . It was very nice. Very good detail as this is a very dark movie and the action sceens showed no pixel dragging and while there was alot of sceen shifting as this was a demo it was very impressive. The player was hooked up to a Mitsubishi 1080p DLP and I would say that this is a very good tandem.
The Best Buy rep then took me to the Samsung BluRay product that was not in the Magnolia Room. Someone told him it was back in the furniture section. As we made our way back there right outside of the Magnolia Room there was a Samsung display and there was Samsung's BluRay player. He tried to get it to work and it would not and then another rep came over and told him to get the demo disc.
Well, this guy did not work for Best Buy -- he worked for Samsung. What a find. He told me that they had moved the display to the back of the HDTV video section but they had just received the new Samsung LN-S4095D LCD and that he insisted that they move this display to the front again. This LCD was 40" and a true 1080p screen. That's 1920x1080p -- oh yeah! This LCD was priced at $3195 and the Samsung rep told me you could only find these at Best Buys that had a Magnolia Room. He also said that they had only been out for 1 week and would only be sold in a 40", 46" and a 50" model (I am not posistive about the 50" but there are only 3 1080p LCDs this year).
The demo I watched was done by NHK of Japan in Sweden about a watch maker. The picture was mind boggeling. Absolutely the best HD picture I have ever seen period-- bar none. He told me that I was watching 1080p output by the BluRay player and 1080p projection by the 40" LCD by Samsung. Bright colors, great definition and when the watch maker put a piece of the watch on his finger you could see the dimples in his finger where the hair was coming out. I would of had to have a magnifing glass to see my own finger that well. You could even see the differance in his skin pigmentation. I wish those of you who are blowing off BluRay could of seen this demo -- it blew away the HD-DVD demo I had just watched. First, NHK knows how to produce a HD product and second, that Samsung LCD was KICKBUT!!
The Samsung rep asked if I was reading the blogs on the internet and after I said yes he meantioned that he feels his company is getting a real bad rep based on some very bad movie BluRay reproductions. After viewing that NHK demo I would say that he was right. My wife, grandson and daughters were waiting and started pushing me towards the door. The last thing the rep and I talked about was a new Samsung product, a 60" DLP that uses no wobbolation to do 1080p. It uses LEDs and can reproduce 100% of the color spectrum with a bulb lifespan of over 20,000 hours. He told me it would be out in 30 to 60 days.
After all the bad reviews and badmouthing Sony and the BluRay camp I decided to see why so many movie studios and manufaturers are backing BluRay. I got my answer. Guys, get yourself to a Best Buy with a Magnolia room and asked them to show you the BluRay with the new Samsung LCD model LN-s4095d running in 1080p. Make sure they show you the NHK demo of the watchmaker. If they do not know what you are talking about find someone who does. If you live in the Atlanta area, the Best Buy I visited was at Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw. Go be a consumer, you will not be disappointed!
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Well, I already have the hardware, and its good (ie: not Samsung quality). So why do I care if only one company is making it? Instead BR should be worried that right now only one company is making their player.Ilya said:
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Hey, I don't twist anything. I post sites and offer what is oviously a limited point of view. I have viewed HD-DVD and I see problems with the picture. I have viewed BluRay and have seen awfull conversions. I have said before that HD-DVD is putting a better product on the market. I have also said that if Sony doesn't get the 50GB Roms (dual layer) to market and improve on their HD movies then they will have a tuff road to travel -- if one at all.
How is this twisted. Most of you worship Toshiba and M$. If VC-1 wasn't the prioty of M$ then maybe Sony would use it. That does not prevent other movie studios from using VC-1. Even LionGate has dropped the PCM uncompressed audio format in order to give their movies more room on the 25GB discs. Some of their movies have come close to HD-DVD quality. Wonder if they used VC-1 if the quality would be the same?
It also doesn't hurt that Toshiba's HD-DVD player is $499. That sure is a hell of alot better then $999. Gee, I have said that before. I sure am glad of free speech. I can post sites with information and you guys can post (with sites for backup -- have yet to see that HD-DVD site listing manufacturers making HD-DVD players) and you can freely disagree with me.
Doesn't mean I am right or that you are wrong -- just that we can agree to disagree and allow others to chime in or learn something else about the next generation of HD players both HD-DVD and BluRay.
How is this twisted. Most of you worship Toshiba and M$. If VC-1 wasn't the prioty of M$ then maybe Sony would use it. That does not prevent other movie studios from using VC-1. Even LionGate has dropped the PCM uncompressed audio format in order to give their movies more room on the 25GB discs. Some of their movies have come close to HD-DVD quality. Wonder if they used VC-1 if the quality would be the same?
It also doesn't hurt that Toshiba's HD-DVD player is $499. That sure is a hell of alot better then $999. Gee, I have said that before. I sure am glad of free speech. I can post sites with information and you guys can post (with sites for backup -- have yet to see that HD-DVD site listing manufacturers making HD-DVD players) and you can freely disagree with me.
Doesn't mean I am right or that you are wrong -- just that we can agree to disagree and allow others to chime in or learn something else about the next generation of HD players both HD-DVD and BluRay.
JoeSp said:
LMAO you sure do, and it reeks of SONY fanboyism
JoeSp said:
Ive seen absolutely NO problems with the picture. Any percieved problems are probably due to the fact that the HD DVD's are almost flawless in their duplication of the original film and its level of grain, etc.
JoeSp said:
Dont sugar coat it. BluRRRay is DEAD without 50 GB movies. And it may still be DEAD with the price it costs.
JoeSp said:
And you too MIGHT be able to have that PQ from the BD machine for 3 times the cost of the HD- A1
OH what a winner. LOLJoeSp said:
Dead wrong there SParky. I was staunchly behind BluRay until I actually saw the products, their performance and price. Im sure you can find some really nasty posts between T2k and I on the issue.
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Unfortunately, I don't think my social proximity to Charle Ergen provides any special perks. Maybe if Foxbat, Jr. were to marry his daughter…have charlie buy you a new house
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that would be one hell of a convoUnfortunately, I don't think my social proximity to Charle Ergen provides any special perks. Maybe if Foxbat, Jr. were to marry his daughter…
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Picked up a sweet directv dish, mount, twin lnbs and a short cable.
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...
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Many of us have used a universal LNBF mount (or get creative with L brackets and plumbers tape - perforated metal strapping). Use a few inches of aluminum tube (or a piece of 1x2" lumber) to extend the support arm (replacing the plastic mount used by DirecTV and Dish) to place the LNBF throat opening at the correct distance from the reflector, the correct height and at the correct angle. Nothing magical... simply place the new linear LNBF in the center at the same distance, height and angle as the current combo.
www.amazon.com/Universal-Single-Bracket-Holder-FTA-US/dp/B074L85WK2
www.amazon.com/Universal-Single-Bracket-Holder-FTA-US/dp/B074L85WK2
To add: 101W Ku seems to be (one of if not the) strongest for me, and if I only had Ku I definitely want 101W for the music mux, it's robust FEC and strong signal help a lot. I've thought about using a used Dish/DirectTV dish at my Dads to supplement his OTA (mainly for my benefit when I visit )
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
Yup, I agree, I'd rather be 2 or 3 till the last few weeks.They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
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Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe7kY5nvdU
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe7kY5nvdU
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The guy in the Video, REALLY needs to TAKE a Breath ...
If he'd Slow down, you could figure out What he's testing and on what.
If he'd Slow down, you could figure out What he's testing and on what.
Season 2 order already in hand:
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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As has always been the case for those consumed by their own financial enrichment.
The title was to catch everyone's eye lol! But it is a thought I've been having as I dev a Roku app for a client. You see many MAAANY years ago I got really interested in cable TV channels and even chatted with a regional carrier, Insight about what it took to get a channel number. It was surprisingly easy although prohibitively expensive.
You could petition, reserve a high channel number, they monitored performance and if they liked you, you'd get lower channel number overtime and cut into ad overlays.
Roku has a similar setup. Make an app, if it has a strong, original linear component you could get channel assignment on The Roku Channel.
As mixed as my feelings are on the current media landscape, I can't help but feel a little excited interest when I scope out the apps in the Roku store.
You could petition, reserve a high channel number, they monitored performance and if they liked you, you'd get lower channel number overtime and cut into ad overlays.
Roku has a similar setup. Make an app, if it has a strong, original linear component you could get channel assignment on The Roku Channel.
As mixed as my feelings are on the current media landscape, I can't help but feel a little excited interest when I scope out the apps in the Roku store.
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Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
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Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.
Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop!
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.
Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.
Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop!
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Time for another AWESOME video from TFL Electric Vehicles!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-wAFhIJCSk
Direct YouTube Link - How Far? The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker Takes On Toughest Mountain Range Test!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-wAFhIJCSk
Direct YouTube Link - How Far? The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker Takes On Toughest Mountain Range Test!
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
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National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
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Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
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Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
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Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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