Recent Comments:
VIZIO does 'em cheap: 32-inch VP322 / 42-inch VP422 plasmas under $800 {Engadget HD}
Jun 25th 2008 3:58PM I purchased and return the 32" model due to some serious quality issues with component and composite/S-video inputs. At any resolution lines appear in the image. This HDTV would have been just right for me so I tried three units and all had the same issues. I tested with several input devices and cables to make sure the problem was not mine. On the third HDTV I decide to call Vizio to see what was going wrong. They instructed me to send a picture of the lines to their people for inspection. They declaired I need a in-home repair call. I just brought the thing home and this POS needs repair! I took it back to Walmart with a quickness. Save up and buy a good brand. The Internet is filled with Vizio horror stories of lasting two years or less,don't let them make you a victim of their poor quality.
Xbox 360 HD DVD playback: Maximum 1080i via component, 1080p VGA-only {Engadget HD}
Sep 22nd 2006 1:53AM You can get a VGA transcoder to convert the VGA back to component or use a VGA-to DVI and Then a DVI to HDMI adapter (Just be careful not to fry your HDTV with a bad res.setting)
How much of an impact is picture quality on the format war? {Engadget HD}
Aug 2nd 2006 4:34AM Do you want a format that is going to do right by you someday in the future at $900 for their system, or pay $500 and get the quality RIGHT NOW! Sony want you to have to buy two versions of every Blue Ray movie. You first buy the poor one layer mpeg 2 video version that can match HD-DVD prices but not quality and then a few months later the Deluxe 2 layer editon that finally equals what you could have had on HD-DVD six months early but at a much higher price. By then the HD-DVD movie version will be on sale for less and still look just as sweet as your more expensive BD Deluxe copy. Sony's can't match disc pricing for 2 layer BD to a dual layer HD-DVD due to none ISO standard mastering and poor yield in BD Dual Layer production. So, you are getting poor single layer BD versions of films to match HD-DVD disc priceing now, If we buy their hype about BD (Bigger Disc Size,Studios in their Pockets)and kill the HD-DVD format then comes the true much more expensive BD movies, but with HD-DVD gone where are you going to get HD movies. BAM! Got all us suckers! You BD fanboys and PS3 holdouts can wait, I will enjoying cheaper,better HD-DVD movies now, and you can keep wishing for Sony to get their stuff right at a good price like Toshiba is already doing. GOOD LUCK! It only took about six to ten years for them to stop pushing only ATRAC Format in their audio devices and put MP3,AAC playback in. Lets all hope BD last that long for you guys to get VC-1 and H.264 version of films.
SONY:A Proud History of Poorly Adopted and Supported Formats.
UMD Movies/Games
DAT
Mini Disc
Beta Videotape
DiscMan Books
Memory Stick Duo/Pro
Magic Cap PDA's
First HD DVD vs Blu-ray title bout - "Training Day" {Engadget HD}
Aug 2nd 2006 4:28AM Do you want a format that is going to do right by you someday in the future at $900 for their system, or pay $500 and get the quality RIGHT NOW! Sony want you to have to buy two versions of every Blue Ray movie. You first buy the poor one layer mpeg 2 video version that can match HD-DVD prices but not quality and then a few months later the Deluxe 2 layer editon that finally equals what you could have had on HD-DVD six months early but at a much higher price. By then the HD-DVD movie version will be on sale for less and still look just as sweet as your more expensive BD Deluxe copy. Sony's can't match disc pricing for 2 layer BD to a dual layer HD-DVD due to none ISO standard mastering and poor yield in BD Dual Layer production. So, you are getting poor single layer BD versions of films to match HD-DVD disc priceing now, If we buy their hype about BD (Bigger Disc Size,Studios in their Pockets)and kill the HD-DVD format then comes the true much more expensive BD movies, but with HD-DVD gone where are you going to get HD movies. BAM! Got all us suckers! You BD fanboys and PS3 holdouts can wait, I will enjoying cheaper,better HD-DVD movies now, and you can keep wishing for Sony to get their stuff right at a good price like Toshiba is already doing. GOOD LUCK! It only took about six to ten years for them to stop pushing only ATRAC Format in their audio devices and put MP3,AAC playback in. Lets all hope BD last that long for you guys to get VC-1 and H.264 version of films.
SONY:A Proud History of Poorly Adopted and Supported Formats.
UMD Movies/Games
DAT
Mini Disc
Beta Videotape
DiscMan Books
Memory Stick Duo/Pro
Magic Cap PDA's
