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beckett
Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 1066
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:35 am Post subject: Planet Earth Encore |
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I just saw that the Discovery Channel is showing the Planet Earth series again beginning tonight. It's excellent...if you get a chance be sure to watch.
Linda _________________ "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
-- Walter Winchell, American newspaper commentator |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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HD DVD and Blu-Ray versions at Sam's Club for $56.00. This is THE show to watch on Hi Def TV. _________________ "Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes - all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them." John Muir |
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Shawn I'll sell you map to Lost Dutchman mine!
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 2592 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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We watch this on the projector screen in the evening at Hart Prairie.
Shameless commercial plug _________________ The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
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Davis2001R6
Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah it's pretty awesome, watched them all last year. May pick up the dvd of them.
IGO, you have a Blue ray or HD Dvd player? |
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Suz
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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IGO wrote: |
HD DVD and Blu-Ray versions at Sam's Club for $56.00. This is THE show to watch on Hi Def TV. |
I saw them at Costco, too. Tempted to purchase them but stopped myself. |
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threedogz
Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 668 Location: Chandler
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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I almost bought it at Costco too, it really is a fascinating series... _________________ You can never eat too much candy... |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Davis2001R6 wrote: |
Yeah it's pretty awesome, watched them all last year. May pick up the dvd of them.
IGO, you have a Blue ray or HD Dvd player? |
There is a 50 inch Panasonic 1080p Plasma with my name on it and the highly toughted OPPO DV-981HD HDDVD is now $229. Netflix has all the available titles so I’m making the move. |
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Davis2001R6
Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Plasma = Bad
LCD = Good
I may need to go to a store and see if I can see a difference with the HD DVD. |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Suz wrote: |
IGO wrote: |
HD DVD and Blu-Ray versions at Sam's Club for $56.00. This is THE show to watch on Hi Def TV. |
I saw them at Costco, too. Tempted to purchase them but stopped myself. |
SUZ, I though I remembered you buying a HiDef TV. Am I correct? If so, the new HDDVD players are just over $200 now. I don't know which format is going to win in the long run but the cheapest BluRay is $400. When I say Planet Erath is the hot ticket in DVD I meant HiDef as the program was made for HiDef television. |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Davis2001R6 wrote: |
Plasma = Bad
LCD = Good
I may need to go to a store and see if I can see a difference with the HD DVD. |
Plasma is the ticket for 50 inch plus still and has been from the beginning. LCD for 46 inch and smaller screens. LCD was closing the gap fast but the new 1080P plasmas smoke'm all.
Before you go to any stores, go to CNET.com first. |
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Suz
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I did purchase a HDTV and I've drooled over the Blue Ray DVD players but the conservative part of me decided to wait. I think they were 999.99 at the time and it wasn't clear which type was going to win. I am feeling more confident about the Blue Ray so it IS on my Christmas list this year. (as are new toenails....the silk wraps keep popping off like the originals!)
Watched a Grand Canyon Rafting trip on Blue Ray DVD/HDTV.....nearly put me into a coronary arrest it was so amazing.
Better yet, I'm trying to get hooked with my own HD video camera. |
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Davis2001R6
Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Plasma's are too finicky and will be gone in a few years. But yes for an LCD of a decent size you are going to be paying $$$$, plasma does have that market. I have an old (3yr) Mitsubishi CRT thats 1080i in the living room, and a 37" Sharp 1080p LCD in the bedroom. Now thats the one I love to watch, especially with the HD cable.
With the new slim SLP's and the lower price on Plasma's I will never be able to get rid of my CRT, although they last YEARS! The bulbs on DLP seem to go out about once a year, at least thats what my friends have been complaining about at $100-200 a bulb. |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah SUZ. The war between HDDVD and Blu Ray rages on. It's just like the BetaMax and VHS wars in the early 80's. I couldn't pick one or the other for their merits as both are spectacular but the HDDVD players are making the first price cuts for the hardware. I joined NetFlix a few weeks ago and they do not charge higher prices for their HiDef DVDs like Hollywood or Blockbuster and they say they will stock EVERY title....even if both formats only have between 300 and 400 titles each. Anyway, I think Planet Earth is BluRay but what I know for sure is it was meant to iconify HiDef TV and it is stunning.
I am going with the 50 inch plasma as I already run Sony Elevated Standard audio electronics and Polk Audio Reference Theatre towers for surround sound. I'm going to finish this monster. |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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The shelf life of plasmas have increased hugely in the last two years as well. They now have a half life of 60,000 hours which is comperable to CRT or LCD now. It's no longer a deciding factor. What is is the sigle greatest consideration between LCD and Plasma (NOT resolution) which is contrast ration. The shiniest pictures have the darkest blacks and Plasmas still have that hands down. When the pixels get bigger, this makes a great deal of difference.
BTW Tim. The Mitsubishi CRT is neither a plasma nor an LCD. It's a Cathode Ray Tube....hence the CRT. You bedroom set is bound to look better. |
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Shawn I'll sell you map to Lost Dutchman mine!
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 2592 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ
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Posted: 12/2/2007, 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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The Sony Trinitron, state of the art for about 45 minutes sometime in the late 80's, is still going strong after 13 years. But it doesn't hold a candle to the Zenith solid state 13 inch screen, purchased 1983 still sitting on the kitchen counter, still looks great, rabbit ears and all. _________________ The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
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