skopper
@vical.com | reply to Vchat20
Re: SA Explorer 8000HD
I have a 50" Toshiba HDTV (using digital cable with the Explorer 8000) and the analog channels are as good as or better than on any of my analog TVs. Obviously, the digital channels are even better. Go HDTV. |
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nurok
@madbbs.com
| Needs a 7200rpm 8meg cache hardrive
This is the hardrive they used in these boxes. Well at least my box. I think the box could be improved greatly by a faster hardrive, especially one with 8meg cache. Hopefully when they make future boxes they will take the performance of the hardrive into account. The problems with slow channel surfing, as well as pauses in FF and RW could very well be solved if a faster hardrive were used.
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Vchat20
Landing is the REAL challenge
join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
clubs: 
| Re: hdtv
well, i must say our area has to be technically inclined. weve already got like 5-10 channels of HDTV here. most are local networks like NBC, ABC, and CBS. one is a plain digital version of the local NBC channel which can be seen on a regular analog tv. even it is better quality than just plain analog. much sharper. but yeah, i think that we will be going for an HDTV once the one we have is done for (problem is the picture is unusually fuzzy compared to other tv's. can barely read the menu's on the dvr). just have to shop around though. |
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stevelogin
@rr.com
| I just purchased a new TV and also paid the extra money to get the HDTV receiver. We have several HDTV channels in this area and anyone who has seen HDTV knows, the picture quality is outstanding. Anyway, the problem I have come across is that when I select anything in HDTV for viewing, the picture is reduced to a much smaller screen. I purchased a Sony 32" TV and when I view HDTV it is very clear, but now I'm viewing a 19" screen. My question is, am I missing a step in the HDTV conversion process? Is this normal? The reduction in the viewing screen is very obvious and I was wondering if everyone else had experienced the same problem? Please provide any help or comment on this matter. Thank you. |
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