Comments on: I finally jumped on the HDTV bandwagon. http://www.erica.biz/2007/i-finally-jumped-on-the-hdtv-bandwagon/ Erica Douglass, "temporarily retired" after selling a successful business at age 26, writes thought-provoking blog entries challenging you to change your life and daring you to become more successful. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:29:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Seth http://www.erica.biz/2007/i-finally-jumped-on-the-hdtv-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-60035 Seth Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:44:02 +0000 http://www.slashchick.com/?p=196#comment-60035 Superbowl party rocked hard, not in small part due to that TV :) Superbowl party rocked hard, not in small part due to that TV :)

]]> By: TechnoLust http://www.erica.biz/2007/i-finally-jumped-on-the-hdtv-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-59549 TechnoLust Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:26:34 +0000 http://www.slashchick.com/?p=196#comment-59549 <blockquote>I could count on one finger the number of 16:9 HDTVs people I know personally owned: 1</blockquote> You forgot me. I'd say I know you personally and I have owned a 42" 16:9 HDTV for a couple years. I bought it so Halo would look better. ;-) Though to be fair, when you were in ATL, I was in the apartment, so I hadn't brought it down from TN, so you didn't see it.

I could count on one finger the number of 16:9 HDTVs people I know personally owned: 1

You forgot me. I’d say I know you personally and I have owned a 42″ 16:9 HDTV for a couple years. I bought it so Halo would look better. ;-) Though to be fair, when you were in ATL, I was in the apartment, so I hadn’t brought it down from TN, so you didn’t see it.

]]> By: James http://www.erica.biz/2007/i-finally-jumped-on-the-hdtv-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-59308 James Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:13:04 +0000 http://www.slashchick.com/?p=196#comment-59308 I made the same jump in December (to LCD rather than plasma, though, and to Sky - the UK version of DirecTV - from the increasingly lousy cable service). Their rebadged TiVo is a huge improvement for me, although sadly they seem to have removed Season Passes for some reason! The improved picture came as a surprise (I'd expected HDTV channels to be better, of course, but hadn't realised how big a difference moving to LCD made to the regular picture too). I have quite a few more channels, too; the cable company here is extremely slow to add new channels to the line-up, if they do so at all. Sadly, there is only a single 'local' channel, and even there the genuine local content amounts to no more than a few minutes each day. My main reason for making the move was actually to escape the lousy cable modem service (packet loss somewhere in RFC1918-land, with DNS servers slow enough I could cut and paste entries into the hosts file faster - ah, the wonderful results of MS "investment" in an ISP!) - being a three-in-one bundle (phone+broadband+TV) made escaping them difficult, since the phone is compulsory with TV service and you can't get DSL over a cable phoneline. So, you have to switch TV first, then the phone line, at which point you can finally order DSL service... Anyway, I hope you have a great time at your Superbowl party: it's being broadcast live in HD over here as well, but I didn't subscribe to that channel! I made the same jump in December (to LCD rather than plasma, though, and to Sky - the UK version of DirecTV - from the increasingly lousy cable service). Their rebadged TiVo is a huge improvement for me, although sadly they seem to have removed Season Passes for some reason! The improved picture came as a surprise (I’d expected HDTV channels to be better, of course, but hadn’t realised how big a difference moving to LCD made to the regular picture too). I have quite a few more channels, too; the cable company here is extremely slow to add new channels to the line-up, if they do so at all. Sadly, there is only a single ‘local’ channel, and even there the genuine local content amounts to no more than a few minutes each day.

My main reason for making the move was actually to escape the lousy cable modem service (packet loss somewhere in RFC1918-land, with DNS servers slow enough I could cut and paste entries into the hosts file faster - ah, the wonderful results of MS “investment” in an ISP!) - being a three-in-one bundle (phone+broadband+TV) made escaping them difficult, since the phone is compulsory with TV service and you can’t get DSL over a cable phoneline. So, you have to switch TV first, then the phone line, at which point you can finally order DSL service…

Anyway, I hope you have a great time at your Superbowl party: it’s being broadcast live in HD over here as well, but I didn’t subscribe to that channel!

]]> By: ilaiy http://www.erica.biz/2007/i-finally-jumped-on-the-hdtv-bandwagon/comment-page-1/#comment-59044 ilaiy Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:00:20 +0000 http://www.slashchick.com/?p=196#comment-59044 I would try to buid a myth box. They are really good but at the same time you could stream stuff off from all your servers or computers at home. ./thanks ilaiy I would try to buid a myth box. They are really good but at the same time you could stream stuff off from all your servers or computers at home.

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ilaiy

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