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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden
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New hi-tech thingies on the market!
I've seen a hard disk/dvd-r "box-by-the-tv" and am waiting for it to be reduced in price from the equivalent of $800 to about $500-400 and then there is the plasma or "backlight" tv which now costs the equivalent of $7000 to be reduced in price to the more easily aquirable $900-800. Perhaps it will be quite a long wait, but who knows. What's your views on these electronic marvels of our day. Would you buy them or stick to computers with dvd-players?
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Greatest Elven woman of Aman
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7
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We actually bought a dvd-player yesterday (just in time for the extended LoTR version
![]() What's really annoying is the different, non-compatible standards that exist for dvd-recorders. And also the zone system. And yes, sooner or later we do end up buying those new thingies. It's inevitable. Once we have tried them, we're hooked. ![]() ![]()
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The Original Corruptor
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Grey_Wolf, I believe you're talking about a Personal Video Recorder. Those are pretty cool.
I intend on building a pseudo HTPC (home theatre PC) -- I say "pseudo" because it's not fully a home theatre PC, in that I won't be using it for DVD playback. The main function will be similar to that of a Personal Video Recorder, in that it will have a TV-capture card, which accepts the video and sound signals from the satellite decoder, and outputs it to either the TV or the AV receiver. It will have a pretty big hdd (estimating around 150-200GB), which should have a fast transfer rate (maybe 9000rpm) and quick access time (<8.5ms), which will be used to record shows. The cool thing about this is that it allows me to record a show, and then start watching the show before the show has finished (yes yes I know, you get DVD/VCR combos that have the same feature.....but it's cool anyway). Also, the HTPC software should cater for other things, such as automatic light dimming, etc. Cool stuff. I have a DVD drive in my PC at the moment, but in comparison to seperate home theater components, it's rubbish. I've tested a number of models, through my PC monitor, Sony DRC TV, and an XGA DLP projector, but the performance can be summed up in one word -- faeces. Therefore, I'm planning on purchasing a Harmon Kardon DVD25 player. It kicks ass, is all. Bye bye now. On your way. |
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2002
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But, unfortunately, it's a major investment buying these things now and since I work parttime at the moment, it's gonna take some time before I even can buy the harddisk/dvd-r player (I was thinking about buying Panasonics dvd-r player first, but then I saw the add about the above-mentioned combination player which seemed really cool. So I just have to see or perhaps I'll win about same $1000-1500 at Lotto, and then the wait is finally over. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 10-27-2002 at 02:59 PM. |
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The Original Corruptor
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But the thing that I'm really looking foward to is HD-DVD. Mmmmmmmm. |
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im quite stupid
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Cockermouth
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me and my dad just spent £7300 on a 50inch plasma screen tele today
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The Original Corruptor
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Nice one. What are you using as your source?
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im quite stupid
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Your source signal. DVD, satellite? If DVD, which player?
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im quite stupid
Join Date: Feb 2002
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oh be used mainly for sky i reckon.
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