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Author :: Andrew Ghigo  |
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| Article Title :: 1080p HDTV Sets have Started to Emerge - Should You Opt for One? |
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| It is all an issue of Image ResolutionThere are currently three different HDTV formats: 720p, 1080i, and 1080p; all three are designated as HD-Digital TV standards by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), which adopted these formats.The main difference between these three HDTV formats is one of image resolution.The 720p is on the lower-end of the scale with an image resolution of 1280 pixels by 720 lines. The other two formats both support 1920 pixels by 1080 lines.
In other words, both support the same image resolution but there is a significant difference in the way the 1080i (interlaced) and the 1080p (progressive) formats build up the i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Justin Koh |
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| Article Title :: Best Home Theater - How To Choose The Best Home Theater System For Yourself |
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| At first it seems like much fun having the cash to indulge and immerse yourself in high-definition video and surround sound, and then you realise there's more decision to be made than just placing a sleek TV panel and a bunch of speakers in the living room. Investing in a home theater system practically takes some planning in order to get the aesthetics right and make yourself comfortable with all the equipment around.1. Most readers won't expect this, but first of all, you do need to get your immediate family's agreement to have a home theater right in their midst. Decide whether it's OK to install the system in the living room, or have a separate room dedicated for a most complet (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Dale L |
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| Article Title :: Plasma TV - What is the Debate? |
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| Plasma TV ReviewPlasma TV review? Anyone who tells you that plasma is the best or worst of the television industry is trying to get you to overlook their bias. The fact is that if you want a new TV that can hang on the wall and produce a bright image, plasma may be the best TV to buy. The electronics industry is behind this technology, so you should look at it.So how does Plasma work?First introduced in 1964, the plasma television manufacturers have made huge improvements in processing and manufacturing making this television one of the best. The plasma technology differs from other televisions like LCD and CRT televisions by combining all three colors within each pix (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Gary Davis |
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| Article Title :: Analog TV Digital Transmission |
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| Remember the old days of analog TV, radio, etc. Most of us do unless you’re really young. And still today there are plenty of analog systems in use. Normal radio still uses analog transmission. But the digital age has begun and more and more we will use digital systems rather than analog systems.Digital transmission systems have many advantages over analog transmission systems, like higher quality of audio and video. How come digital systems can transmit higher quality signals than analog systems? The truth is that they don’t. They just use some tricks to eliminate noise.Analog Transmission SystemsWhen something like video and audio, is recorded by an analo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Ian Tham |
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| Article Title :: Home Theater Projector: The Ultimate in Home Entertainment |
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| If you have been salivating for a true home theater experience a projector beats any of the new fangled television technologies any time.
Think about it, you can get images up to 120 inches whereas the largest plasmas or rear projection TVs are only 70 inches in diagonal length. Furthermore, these huge televisions cost an exorbitant amount ranging from $5000 to $10,000.
Compare them to budget projector models which sell for less than $1,500. Now's really a good time to consider them. They used to cost many thousands of dollars and prices have since fallen.
Now the market is in favor of new projector technologies such as LCD or DLP which utilize compact digita (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Bob Wood |
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| Article Title :: Home Theater: 3 Ugly Secrets Revealed |
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| Secret #1: WHAT YOU BUY TODAY WILL BE OBSOLETE TOMORROW, IF IT ISN'T ALREADY.What you should do about it:Don't sweat it. Just read what you can before you buy to educate yourself so you don't make a terrible mistake. If you shop wisely, you can get a tremendous leap over what you have come to know as television. The good news is the better stuff coming down the pipe is knocking prices down on the stuff out now.Plus, consumer surveys SCREAM to the electronics companies that people WANT these new, slim, high resolution Home Theater setups. There are billions of dollars to be made. Those surveys snapped the head of every exec in the biz. They geared up to m (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Bob Wood |
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| Article Title :: HDTV? You Aint Seen Nothing Yet! |
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| Remember the Osborn? Or was it the Osborne? Actually, I knew it existed, but didn’t care. This thing was a personal computer. Like we’d ever need one of those? Those new electric typewriters with memory were the rage. THAT was something!Flash forward and we are upon the reverse engineered UFO goodies. Oh, wait, no, that’s not exactly right.It’s the dawning of the age of Aquarius, age of Aquarius, Ah QUAR EEEE USSS. Um, no, that was some time ago.It’s the age of $3 US Gas. Not a good milestone.The age of HDTV!!! Remember when “high definition” included the terms “stems and seeds?” You do? You rascal.No, this is about High Def (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Michael Lastun |
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| Article Title :: On Wall Home Theater Speakers |
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| First step after you decided to have theater speakers at home is to choose the suitable product. Speakers can have various shapes and characteristics and some of them are pintable. There are two kinds of on wall home theater speakers. The round speakers are usually integrated in ceiling and rectangular speakers suit better in walls.Ceiling speakers are usually easier to integrate in the room decoration and have to be disposed symmetrical to provide an excellent background frequency response. On wall home theater speakers take up more space and should be situated at ear level, but usually their sound is better than in ceiling speakers. For best performance it is recommended to use (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Steve Faber |
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| Article Title :: How to Troubleshoot Video Problems |
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| Few things can be as frustrating as picture problems. You get your system all ready to go, flip the switch, and WHAM! One or more channels look terrible. The good news is that the majority of video problems can be traced to just a few causes. Most problems are comprised of the following:SnowHorizontal bars rolling though the pictureVertical bars rolling through the pictureGhostingHerringbone pattern (diagonal lines through picture)Lower channels look fine, upper channels are notThese six are the main symptoms you’ll find when seeing video problems. Thankfully, most are fairly easy to fix.Snow -Snow is caused by inadequate si (read full article) |
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| Category :: Home Audio Video Articles |
Author :: Steve Faber |
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| Article Title :: How to Get the Most Out of Your Home Theater - Without Spending a Fortune |
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| So you’ve scraped and saved, now you’ve finally gotten together a semi-respectable home theater system. You want even more, but the idea of spending another few thousand on new front speakers doesn’t cut it. What can you do?There are ways to get the most out of what you have without breaking the bank. There are several areas you can look at to ensure your theater is set up correctly and performing at its best.Cables and Interconnects – It’s imperative the signals are transferred from your source components to your speakers, going through various components along the way, with the least amount of degradation. Make sure your audio, video and speaker cables are all of (read full article) |
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