Next question, at BestBuy the 30" CRT Samsung (TX-P3071WH, I think) seemed to have the best image, IMO, and the sales staff said it was one of the best quality units. Of course, the other video store suggested Samsung is great for projection TVs, but stay...

the black bars out as part of the image, the HDTV gets the signal and then it can decide how best to display it). Letterbox DVDs aren't friendly with widescreen HDTVs. -Jeremy "b" wrote in message news:95513a07.0406111130.2ed7613f@posting.google.com......

HDTV: The Big Picture. HD demystified; if you're shopping for Christmas here's what you need to know. We've been waiting over a decade for HDTV, and now that it's finally available, there's as much confusion in the marketing as there is clarity in the images.....

I've also got other people with better eyesight than myself to look and see if they can tell if something is HDTV or simply a DVD, and in most cases they cannot tell the difference. All the better image quality of HDTV really comes down to it being a digital...

go. There may be one problem with the HDMI adapter and that is overscan. Your TV may decide that now it has a real HDTV signal and overscan the image. HDTV overscan is normal. However in is not desirable on a computer source as you will loose info on all edges....

them. It would drive me bonkers. YMMV. > I'm trying to figure out if non HD > broadcasts will look worse or just similar to what I see now on my > standard 27" set. If you want the correct aspect ratio and a non-cropped image, any HDTV should be...

is a computer monitor of at least 1920x1200... that means, 24" and up. 3. The Dell 30", WILL display 1080p, but as its native resolution is 1600 vertical, there will be black bars above and below the image. If you get an HDTV LCD, you'll most assuredly...

surf. Still, given how much is in HD now and the stunning quality of it, I see no reason to wait. The only downside is having to put up with a somewhat poorer SD image on your HDTV set than what you probably got on your old SD set. But my experience has...

is the point of these color-encoding/decoding comparisons? > It is 2004 now: > Yep, but people still want to talk about them. I have had true HDTV for the last several years, but that doesnt' mean that NTSC, PAL, etc are totally disused. :-). John...

What's the best 4890 with native HDMI. Hi All, I am looking for the best radeon 4890 with native HDMI (Asus, HIS, Sapphire...) I'd like any advice regarding this GPU, especially for what concerns the quality of the image on a HDTV system and the performance...