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Even low end STBs have started to have HDMI outputs, and the E2200HD (NOT the E2200HDA) has HDMI in. Could also do DVI-D+audio or VGA+audio.

Or get a BenQ T2200HD (22" 1920x1080 ?8-bit) + a HD-STB. About half the price, depending on the quality of the STB ...

This [H] post of mine on this topic includes a link to a post on AVS where someone tested the ATI adapter and found non-standard pin-to-ground connections.

Personally, I've come to dislike dynabolt-type fastners. I now mostly use Excalibur/ScrewBolt type fastners.

LOL Pity about summer & air conditioning ...

Thanks for pointing out the updated cNet data Peter. I have previously done quick and more systematic analyses of an older version of that data, and for anyone interested I have graphed this new data with particular reference to the proposed US and UK energy star ratings for TVs. Power consumption US EPA star ratings for cNet data UK MTP star ratings for cNet data US EPA star ratings & normal distribution plots for cNet data UK MTP star ratings & normal distribution plots for cNet data If the links don't work ...

For "Plasma Power Consumption" thread Power consumption: US EPA star ratings for cNet data UK MTP star ratings for cNet data US EPA star ratings & normal distribution plots for cNet data UK MTP star ratings & normal distribution plots for cNet data

Check in the ForceWare Release Notes on the Nvidia website to see if the 8500 supports 1920x1080p120. (50Hz is usually the lowest refresh rate supoported by Forceware, 48Hz on Quadro.) But ... What screen are you driving? 1920x1080p120 requires dual-link DVI and consumer displays supporting 1920x1080p120 input are rare as hens teeth.

I found this interview with CyberLink rather interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdcp and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drm don't actually explain why DRM for audio & video are not interdependant. I posted a heap of links in the TweakTown discussion of the above interview; the main link details why DRM for audio & video are not interdependant (see section 4.6).

I'm a bit surprised this image quality analysis hasn't yet been mentioned here. Avivo HD Vs Purevideo HD

Does anyone have any experience with mini-PCI tuner cards? Commell have recently announced the LV-678 mini-ITX motherboard (USD$390 -- not unusual for high-end mini-ITX boards); which, as far as I can tell, is the first mini-ITX board to have ALL of: C2D-s775, PCIe-x16, SPDIF, 6x SATA, & dual GBE. With the addition of (say) a 8600GT it should make pretty good HTPC. The only downside is that getting a tuner card into it would necessitate using a mini-PCI card. DigitalNow doesn't seem to sell the DNTV Live! Mini PCI anymore. The AVerMedia M115 Hybrid Tuner (DVB-T, Analog, FM) doesn't seem to be available in Australia. The various Lifeview FlyTV mini cards are listed as OEM only. Aopen & Asus seem to badge engineer OEM cards in their laptops ... but where to get them anyway ... There is the Proview PV-971A which is available for AUD$132+GST ... but are Prowview any good? So ... Does anyone have any experience of acquiring, installing, using mini-PCI tuner cards (hybrid or DVB-only), and can suggest anything decent (and pitfalls to avoid)? Ta!!

Correction, the 150"-er has 4k resolution 4096x2160. http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/news/story.php?id=3992959

You could always do what I did when I temporarily moved from my own house (wallmount setup) to a rental ... Heavy TV cabinet, two slotted steel angles, bolt plasma to steel angles, bolt steel angles to cabinet. Total cost about $25 for angles and bolts from Bunnings. Mind you, that was for a 42" screen, not a 65". So this would be better ... :-) :-) :-)

Alas, still hovering in the low 8's http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=th+65PF http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?orde...position=search BTW anyone know the difference between the TH-65PF9WK and the TH-65PF10WK? Is it the blade?

Alan I probably wasn't very clear in my last post. I'm aware that 1920x1080 is the international Common Interchange Format -- you and I were part of a discussion on this back in September 2005 where I noted that the CIF is given in ITU-R BT.709-5. What I was trying to point out was that there are many standards used internationally which allow for 1000/1001 detuning. The reference I pointed to before says that ITU-R BT.709-3 allows the option for 1000/1001 detuning. I don't have access to ITU-R BT.709-5 so I do not know if it does or doesn't allow 1000/1001 detuning. But there is a note in SMPTE 274M-1998 that says "For international program interchange, constrained parameters as defined in ITU-R BT 709 shall be used." Integer only frame rates may be one of those constraints -- if you or anyone else knows it would cut through the debate. :-) Lastly, speaking of drop frames, I was under the impression that 24fps was turned into 23.98fps by using drop frames. But on reading this article I found a few moments ago, I'm simply confused ... nevertheless it says quite clearly "23.98 Fps is therefore the frame rate of choice for most material being shot in HDTV and destined for the big movie screen, but for simplicity most people refer to the format at 24p."

I think you mean 85". As Panasonic already make 42" panels there would be little point in badge-engineering the Hitachi products. The May 2007 anouncement was for Panasonic to supply Hitachi with 103-inch PDPs in fiscal 2007 & Hitachi to supply Panasonic with 85-inch PDPs in fiscal 2008.

IIRC Yamaha use Hitachi panels too.

I believe that the worldwide standard sample frequency for HD is 74.25 MHz OR 1000/1001*74.25 MHz -- as per standards such as ITU-R BT.709-3, SMPTE 274M-1998, and EIA/CEA-861-B. These all allow for optional 1000/1001 "detuning" for NTSC compatability. There was a nice web-ref for this, but I can't remember it just at the moment ... but this is is OK.

The HDMI spec. allows for single link or dual link setups (Type A & Type B respectively). I have searched, but have never seen Type B implemented -- i.e. HDMI is always single link. This means that you generally* don't have to worry about the adaptor being single link or dual link. * The exception is if you are using the ATI HD2xxx and HD3xxx video cards, they use proprietary DVI>HDMI adaptors.

Staticice is showing the pinnacle for about $160. Still not cheap, but better than $200+.

Hmmm ... can we have a warehouse clearance sale please :-)

DRM rules commonly prevent optical doing better than AC3 audio, but as that is 5.1 it is odd that the Samsung won't do any 5.1 at all. Ask if there is a firmware fix. If not you may be stuck with runing optical from the DVD directly to the amp. Or you can get something like this ... for US$300. :-(

Back in may there was an announcement that Hitachi and Panasonic had agreed to cross-supply each other with v.large plasmas -- Panasonic to supply Hitachi with 103-inch PDPs in fiscal 2007 & Hitachi to supply Panasonic with 85-inch PDPs in fiscal 2008. So hopefully late 2008 or early 2009 will see 85" screens become fairly widely available ... unless they make it to market in tiny quantities like the 71" screens did.

I'm looking for a dead 37"-50" LCD or plasma for use in a month-long static display. By "dead" I mean anything such as fried electronics, a snowstorm of dead pixels, terminal image burn-in, etc. The three criteria are: Electrically safe -- just in case someone decides to plug it in and "try it" No gross physical damage -- general wear & tear is fine, but not a cracked screen or bezel Dirt cheap -- I'm merely delaying its trip to the tip :-) :-) Thanks all! Adrian

Very well said MLXX !! Maybe you could send that explanation over to the dills at smarthouse since they really seem to not have a clue! ... To be fair, it isn't surprising that this confusion comes up (yes me too), given that Hitachi says ALiS uses interlacing: But as MLXX explains (much better than Bill Whalen does in the above quote) using interlacing techniques at a kHz frequency is very different to i50/i60.