10-26-2002, 04:58 PM | #1 |
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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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10-27-2002, 08:39 AM | #2 |
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We actually bought a dvd-player yesterday (just in time for the extended LoTR version ). We ended up with a cheap player because the dvd recorders were all too expensive. But it's gonna be replaced when the price of the recorders, and even better the rewritable, go down.
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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10-27-2002, 02:14 PM | #3 |
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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. |
10-27-2002, 02:49 PM | #4 | |
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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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10-27-2002, 03:10 PM | #5 | |
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But the thing that I'm really looking foward to is HD-DVD. Mmmmmmmm. |
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10-27-2002, 04:47 PM | #6 |
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me and my dad just spent £7300 on a 50inch plasma screen tele today . Its fan-****ing tastic
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10-27-2002, 04:51 PM | #7 |
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Nice one. What are you using as your source?
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10-27-2002, 04:55 PM | #8 | |
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10-27-2002, 04:59 PM | #9 |
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Your source signal. DVD, satellite? If DVD, which player?
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10-27-2002, 05:04 PM | #10 |
im quite stupid
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oh be used mainly for sky i reckon.
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