Tag Archives: HDTV

Blu-ray or HDTV?

When it comes to true high definition on recorded media, you’ll need to upgrade your home theater system to feature a DVD player that is capable of keeping up with your high definition television, such as a plasma or LCD unit. While progressive scan DVDs make a good effort, they aren’t capable of fully taking advantage of true high definition, either playing it or recording it. Many newer standard DVD players feature technology called upscaling. This maximizes the quality of DVD, giving you better detail and color quality. While these DVD players do an even better job at coming close … Continue reading →

Flat Screen TVs Go Wireless

If you haven’t yet purchased that flat screen television, here is another reason to wait. It seems that technology is catching up with our dreams, ditching the ugly cords and allowing us to have flat screen televisions that are wireless. Cords and wires have always looked out of place when combined with flat screen TVs. Here you have this nice, slim, wall-mounted piece of furniture that is aesthetically pleasing. That is until you take a look at the cords running down from it. The television industry has been struggling with wireless technology for a few years. Up until this point, … Continue reading →

Wal-mart Secret In-Store Specials for Tomorrow, December 7th

If you have been following along with the Deals blogs about Wal-mart, you know that the store has been launching secret in-store specials this holiday season. They generally come son Fridays, with a preview the Thursday before, but they are not available every Friday. These deals seem to come and go. With the secret in-store specials, the items are only available while supplies last, and you are only entitled to one of any type of item per sale. There are no rain checks issued for the items, so if you are really interested in anything on the list, get to … Continue reading →

What about SDTV?

You probably know what HDTV is, but do you know about SDTV? I didn’t, until one Saturday a few weeks ago, when our TV unexpectedly quit working. My husband and I left to go shopping for a new one, having no clue what kind of television we wanted to purchase. We generally do some research, read reviews, and know exactly what we want before buying anything, but this time we were caught off guard. Our children were going to be home from school the entire next week, so we hurriedly shopped for a new set. The sales clerk at the … Continue reading →

Is HDTV already obsolete?

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Are you one of millions of people around the world who have bought a high definition television (HDTV) set? Are you thinking about buying a new television and are unsure if you should buy a HDTV capable set? You may be interested to know that a potential replacement for HDTV is already beginning to make the news rounds. “Ultra-high-definition” is poised to replace current HDTV standards, but not anytime soon. For a quick review of the various types of televisions currently on the market, including HDTV, check out a blog I wrote about digital television sets. Ultra-high-definition is still in … Continue reading →

Televisions – Digital TV types explained

Buying a digital television can be a thrilling experience (at least for me). Figuring out which type of digital television to buy can be a bit maddening, however, if you don’t know what all of the different types mean. Here I present a brief guide to digital TV capabilities. Digital TV logos You may see the familiar logos such as this one for HD ready when you are shopping for a digital TV. The logos are there to help you quickly determine what type of digital TV you are looking at. Even though you see the logo you are looking … Continue reading →