PRC as a amplifier in GPS question.

[john smith]

"Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Hello everybody

Time to purchase a 2 new tellies, 1 for bedroom and 1 for study. The 1 for
study will also be used for Xbox 360 WII etc. Apparently we need a type of
telly with HD or some in built tuner thing. We are confused as our
technical knowledge got left behind in the 80's. In fact we still use our
Commodore 64 computer from time to time, and cannot work out why video
killed the radio star. We would like some advice please and we have a
small budget to buy the tellies. Please help us as we concerned that we
could come home 1 night from work and we will be staring at a blank
screen. Do shops still take trade ins, as we have a 84cm 8 year old Loewe
and 4 other smaller tellies around the house.
Thank you in anticipation

Some things to consider.

While were are all waiting for a coordinated government policy of recycling
the millions of cathode ray tubes so they don't go into land fills, don't
leave old screens out for the council to crush up and shove in a land fill.

Give them to charities like st. vinnies, sell them on gumtree.com.au (like
e-bay but FREE) give them away on freecycle.com.au

High definition is 1920x1080 anything less is not true HD.

There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

I have heard some do trade in, but cant remember who.

 

[Nowhere]

Thank you John Smith

So what do you suggest we purchase
"john smith" <somone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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"Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Hello everybody

Time to purchase a 2 new tellies, 1 for bedroom and 1 for study. The 1
for study will also be used for Xbox 360 WII etc. Apparently we need a
type of telly with HD or some in built tuner thing. We are confused as
our technical knowledge got left behind in the 80's. In fact we still use
our Commodore 64 computer from time to time, and cannot work out why
video killed the radio star. We would like some advice please and we have
a small budget to buy the tellies. Please help us as we concerned that we
could come home 1 night from work and we will be staring at a blank
screen. Do shops still take trade ins, as we have a 84cm 8 year old Loewe
and 4 other smaller tellies around the house.
Thank you in anticipation


Some things to consider.

While were are all waiting for a coordinated government policy of
recycling the millions of cathode ray tubes so they don't go into land
fills, don't leave old screens out for the council to crush up and shove
in a land fill.

Give them to charities like st. vinnies, sell them on gumtree.com.au (like
e-bay but FREE) give them away on freecycle.com.au

High definition is 1920x1080 anything less is not true HD.

There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

I have heard some do trade in, but cant remember who.

 

[CleanDave]

On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:56:26 GMT, "Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote:

There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

Is there a "best brand" LED ? Also for LCD / Plasma?

 

[john smith]

"CleanDave" <CleanDave@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:56:26 GMT, "Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote:


There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

Is there a "best brand" LED ? Also for LCD / Plasma?

The best is a personal choice, what looks good to your eyes and what you can
afford.
I like the Bravia range, but they are pricey.

See:

http://www.hdledtv.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRAVIA

 

[David L. Jones]

john smith wrote:

"Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:X0O3m.2615$ze1.309@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Hello everybody

Time to purchase a 2 new tellies, 1 for bedroom and 1 for study. The
1 for study will also be used for Xbox 360 WII etc. Apparently we
need a type of telly with HD or some in built tuner thing.

The Wii is not HD, but the Xbox 360 is.
You can use the Wii and Xbox 360 on your old CRT TV using composite or
S-Video input. A new HD TV will essentially give you little improvement in
quality with the Wii, but will make a big difference with the Xbox 360.
You do not need a built-in tuner to use the video game consoles.

Any TV you buy these days will be at least "HD capable" (720 lines) and will
have a HD tuner built in. A "True HD" TV (1080 lines) will typically be a
bit more expensive. Both are much more superior to your old CRT TV.

We are
confused as our technical knowledge got left behind in the 80's. In
fact we still use our Commodore 64 computer from time to time, and
cannot work out why video killed the radio star. We would like some
advice please and we have a small budget to buy the tellies. Please
help us as we concerned that we could come home 1 night from work
and we will be staring at a blank screen. Do shops still take trade
ins, as we have a 84cm 8 year old Loewe and 4 other smaller tellies
around the house.

They almost certainly won't take a trade-in's, have not seen that offered
for years. Your CRT TV's are worthless in monetary terms.

Dave.

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[Clifford Heath]

john smith wrote:

I like the Bravia range, but they are pricey.

I dislike Sony as a company, yet we bought a Bravia
because it really is the best picture. That magic
signal processing comes at a price though; they take
more than a second to change channels, while the chip
does its magic (the tuner has a frame within a tenth
or two, but the chipset doesn't display it for more
than a second). It's annoying.

Clifford Heath.

 

[Atom Egoyan]

"john smith" <somone@microsoft.com> writes:

"Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:X0O3m.2615$ze1.309@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Hello everybody

Time to purchase a 2 new tellies, 1 for bedroom and 1 for study. The 1 for
study will also be used for Xbox 360 WII etc. Apparently we need a type of
telly with HD or some in built tuner thing. We are confused as our
technical knowledge got left behind in the 80's. In fact we still use our
Commodore 64 computer from time to time, and cannot work out why video
killed the radio star. We would like some advice please and we have a
small budget to buy the tellies. Please help us as we concerned that we
could come home 1 night from work and we will be staring at a blank
screen. Do shops still take trade ins, as we have a 84cm 8 year old Loewe
and 4 other smaller tellies around the house.
Thank you in anticipation


Some things to consider.

High definition is 1920x1080 anything less is not true HD.

There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

The first consideration is probably resolution. Check the label
to make sure it's 1920 x 1080. Anything less, as John Smith says,
is not true high-def. A lot of shops deliberately fudge this,
hoping to get rid of their lower-def models at a supposed 'bargain'
price.

The next consideration is size. A typical lounge room is too
small for anything bigger than 40"/105 cm. Start by looking
at the 32"/80cm models, and see whether the size would be
right for your rooms. This will annoy the sales creatures,
who want you to buy bigger, and some shops won't actually
have many models in that size to choose from. In that case,
keep moving.

If you're convinced that 32" isn't quite big enough, have a look at
37"/90cm. Roughly speaking, you want the edges of the screen to be
just out of eye-line when you're looking at the centre.

Next trick: have a look at the back of the unit, and see what kinds
of connectors are back there. Modern homes will often have multiple
VCRs, DVD players, DVR and even computers. It makes sense to ensure
there are enough of the right kind of plugs on the unit. The 'king
pin' connector these days is HDMI, but it can be really handy to
have RCA sockets as well.

Most high-end units now operate at around 100Hz, which is supposed
to prevent motion blur. If you want to watch a lot of sport, you
might think about a 200Hz model.

As to brands, I've always liked Sony, but they cost more. 32"
Panasonics are around $1200 in the Good Guys, whereas a 32" Sony
Bravia is more like $1600-1700. The Sonys seem to have a lot more
rear connectors than the others. The Bravia I looked at had 3
HDMIs and nine RCAs, which thought was reasonably adequate.

Hope thats useful.

PS: No one wants old analogue televisions, or film cameras.

Atom Egoyan
Melbourne

 

[KR]

On Jul 5, 1:00 pm, CleanDave <CleanD...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:56:26 GMT, "Nowhere" <Nowh...@nowhere.com> wrote:
There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

Is there a "best brand" LED ? Also for LCD / Plasma?

I think the LED and LCD are the way to go.
As for Best brand, that is a bit of a can of worms these days.

You could go for "longest warranty" too, but remember in the current
scary world economic climate, there is NO guarantee and a serious risk
that
the manufacturer and/or warranty company (that offer extended
warranties)
may not still be in business (bankrupt) before the end of the warranty
to be
able to honour it.


The only thing I can say on this subject based on personal experience
that at our work, we have had about 20 Samsung LCD computer monitors
19", (940N) since about 2005, used every workday for long hours and
had no failures or problems with them.

I would therefore consider Samsung to have reliable LCD technology -
based on this alone, and would feel comfortable about buying a Samsung
LCD television, If I was in the market for a new LCD TV

For all I know other brands/models might be just as good ?

 

[geoff]

john smith wrote:

There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

Actually there definition of TVs has been recently fudged by Samsung who are
advertising "LED TVs", which are not in fact TVs using LEDs as active pixel
emitting devices, but are smply LCD TVs with a backlight based on LEDx
rather than flouro lamps.

A despicable and totally unhelpful disservice to the consumer world IMO.

geoff

 

[CleanDave]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:52:08 +1200, "geoff" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:

Actually there definition of TVs has been recently fudged by Samsung who are
advertising "LED TVs", which are not in fact TVs using LEDs as active pixel
emitting devices, but are smply LCD TVs with a backlight based on LEDx
rather than flouro lamps.

A despicable and totally unhelpful disservice to the consumer world IMO.

The guy at the local JB Hi-Fi was pushing this one. What other brands are
proper LED, do you know? Thanks.

 

[geoff]

CleanDave wrote:

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:52:08 +1200, "geoff" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz
wrote:

Actually there definition of TVs has been recently fudged by Samsung
who are advertising "LED TVs", which are not in fact TVs using LEDs
as active pixel emitting devices, but are smply LCD TVs with a
backlight based on LEDx rather than flouro lamps.

A despicable and totally unhelpful disservice to the consumer world
IMO.

The guy at the local JB Hi-Fi was pushing this one. What other
brands are proper LED, do you know? Thanks.

None - it's still experimental.

Or did I read somebody produced some prototype 17" screens recently.

geoff

 

[|-|erc]

"geoff" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote ...

john smith wrote:

There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.



Actually there definition of TVs has been recently fudged by Samsung who are
advertising "LED TVs", which are not in fact TVs using LEDs as active pixel
emitting devices, but are smply LCD TVs with a backlight based on LEDx
rather than flouro lamps.

A despicable and totally unhelpful disservice to the consumer world IMO.

I heard the picture quality is really good on the LED backlit TVs

Herc
ps I'd go plasma 60 inch

 

[keithr]

CleanDave wrote:

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:52:08 +1200, "geoff" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:

Actually there definition of TVs has been recently fudged by Samsung who are
advertising "LED TVs", which are not in fact TVs using LEDs as active pixel
emitting devices, but are smply LCD TVs with a backlight based on LEDx
rather than flouro lamps.

A despicable and totally unhelpful disservice to the consumer world IMO.

The guy at the local JB Hi-Fi was pushing this one. What other brands are
proper LED, do you know? Thanks.

The proper ones are actually OLED, and AFAIK, the only one on the market
is a Sony 13" model which is hugely expensive. The pictures is beautiful
though. They may be practical in a few years time but not at present.

 

[geoff]

|-|erc wrote:

Actually there definition of TVs has been recently fudged by Samsung
who are advertising "LED TVs", which are not in fact TVs using LEDs
as active pixel emitting devices, but are smply LCD TVs with a
backlight based on LEDx rather than flouro lamps.

A despicable and totally unhelpful disservice to the consumer world IMO.

I heard the picture quality is really good on the LED backlit TVs

Herc
ps I'd go plasma 60 inch

I stick with my LCD until LED TVs come out in a few years ( and I win
Lotto).

geoff

 

[terryc]

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:42:00 +1200, geoff wrote:

I stick with my LCD until LED TVs come out in a few years ( and I win
Lotto).

NO NO NO NO NO, saying when you win lotto/etc is just like invoking the
nazi in a moral argument, you loose/lose/whatever.

Sides, i'm gumma winit. {.




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[blofelds_cat]

Nowhere wrote:

Thank you John Smith

So what do you suggest we purchase
"john smith" <somone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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"Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:X0O3m.2615$ze1.309@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

Hello everybody

Time to purchase a 2 new tellies, 1 for bedroom and 1 for study. The 1
for study will also be used for Xbox 360 WII etc. Apparently we need a
type of telly with HD or some in built tuner thing. We are confused as
our technical knowledge got left behind in the 80's. In fact we still use
our Commodore 64 computer from time to time, and cannot work out why
video killed the radio star. We would like some advice please and we have
a small budget to buy the tellies. Please help us as we concerned that we
could come home 1 night from work and we will be staring at a blank
screen. Do shops still take trade ins, as we have a 84cm 8 year old Loewe
and 4 other smaller tellies around the house.
Thank you in anticipation


Some things to consider.

While were are all waiting for a coordinated government policy of
recycling the millions of cathode ray tubes so they don't go into land
fills, don't leave old screens out for the council to crush up and shove
in a land fill.

Give them to charities like st. vinnies,

They can't take electrical goods any more.

sell them on gumtree.com.au (like
e-bay but FREE) give them away on freecycle.com.au

High definition is 1920x1080 anything less is not true HD.

There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.

I have heard some do trade in, but cant remember who.

--
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Pete
=====
http://pw352.blogspot.com

"We have gone from record surpluses to record deficits in record speed! The Rudd government has spent $10 million every hour since Kevin Rudd was elected. And what it means for everyday Australians is that you'll have to, for many years to come, work harder, work longer, and for less pay, and your bills will be bigger, and you'll pay more tax ultimately. This government is drunk on spending, and every Australian is going to have to pay a very significant price for it"
- Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer

"Where's Sir John Kerr when you really need him?"

"soft policing, soft enforcement, soft courts, soft government. No surprise that violent crime is on the rise"

"I will save water if two things happen: a dam gets built and Labor goes"

"There's probably a simple explanation for the public servant getting a taxi ride to Hooters. He was looking for Rudd"

"like a moth to the flame, KRudd is attracted by limelight"

- media comments

 

[blofelds_cat]

CleanDave wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:56:26 GMT, "Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote:


There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting diode)
screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.


Is there a "best brand" LED ?

Samsung

Also for LCD

Sony Bravia

/ Plasma?

Panasonic


--
rgds,

Pete
=====
http://pw352.blogspot.com

"We have gone from record surpluses to record deficits in record speed! The Rudd government has spent $10 million every hour since Kevin Rudd was elected. And what it means for everyday Australians is that you'll have to, for many years to come, work harder, work longer, and for less pay, and your bills will be bigger, and you'll pay more tax ultimately. This government is drunk on spending, and every Australian is going to have to pay a very significant price for it"
- Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer

"Where's Sir John Kerr when you really need him?"

"soft policing, soft enforcement, soft courts, soft government. No surprise that violent crime is on the rise"

"I will save water if two things happen: a dam gets built and Labor goes"

"There's probably a simple explanation for the public servant getting a taxi ride to Hooters. He was looking for Rudd"

"like a moth to the flame, KRudd is attracted by limelight"

- media comments

 

[geoff]

blofelds_cat wrote:

CleanDave wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:56:26 GMT, "Nowhere" <Nowhere@nowhere.com
wrote:
There is a newer technology arriving called LED (light emitting
diode) screens which are

*thinner
*higher contrast
* less power consumption

than Plasma and LCD screens.


Is there a "best brand" LED ?

Samsung

No, it isn't LED TV. It is LED-backlit LCD. Currently subject of
false-advertising actions.

Also for LCD

Sony Bravia

Model-for-model, spec-for-spec, Samsung do better sometimes.

/ Plasma?


Panasonic

dunno


geoff

 

[Mr.T]

"geoff" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote in message
news:FMSdnTVJtthgWs_XnZ2dnVY3go2dnZ2d@giganews.com...

Is there a "best brand" LED ?

Samsung

No, it isn't LED TV. It is LED-backlit LCD.

Yes, but OLED TV's *are* available if you don't mind the small size and high
price at the moment.

Also for LCD

Sony Bravia

Model-for-model, spec-for-spec,

Or more importantly, Dollar for dollar.

Samsung do better sometimes.

Or Panasonic or Pioneer.

MrT.

 

[geoff]

Mr.T wrote:

"geoff" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote in message
news:FMSdnTVJtthgWs_XnZ2dnVY3go2dnZ2d@giganews.com...
Is there a "best brand" LED ?

Samsung

No, it isn't LED TV. It is LED-backlit LCD.

Yes, but OLED TV's *are* available if you don't mind the small size
and high price at the moment.

My issue is that Samsung a deliberately fudging the distinction between LCD
and LED TVs.

OLED or whatever other variety of LED is eventually produced is irrelevant
(OLED is the current SOTA) - the main thing is that the LED is the active
emitting device. Or should be.

geoff