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ReeferGuy
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:15 am Post subject:
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Hi Group,
Thirty minutes ago, I bought RCA Model #52W23.
52 inch HDTV 16:9.
Best Buy.
$1075 - with tax.
It's a monitor.
The sales guy said it will display my Comcast digital cable signal.
Will it?
Or did I just blow a grand?
I don't care about over-the-air.
What is the difference between the two.
Thanks for any response.
ReeferGuy™
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Dave Gower
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:59 am Post subject:
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"ReeferGuy" <ReeferGuy@webtv.net> wrote
Thirty minutes ago, I bought RCA Model #52W23.
....It's a monitor.
....What is the difference between the two.
Monitors simply display a video signal. They have no tuner or audio, so you
have to purchase these separately. You haven't wasted your money, but you
will need to spend a little more. Some audiophiles prefer to buy their sets
this way, so they can spec their system in detail. |
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Elmo P. Shagnasty
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:06 am Post subject:
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In article <19247-4373B857-265@storefull-3276.bay.webtv.net>,
ReeferGuy@webtv.net (ReeferGuy) wrote:
| Quote: | Thirty minutes ago, I bought RCA Model #52W23.
52 inch HDTV 16:9.
Best Buy.
$1075 - with tax.
It's a monitor.
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You just said two contradicting things:
* 52 inch HDTV
* it's a monitor
If it's only a monitor, it's not an HDTV. An HDTV would come with a
digital tuner.
I suspect you bought an HD-ready monitor. |
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Matthew L. Martin
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:07 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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ReeferGuy wrote:
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Hi Group,
Thirty minutes ago, I bought RCA Model #52W23.
52 inch HDTV 16:9.
Best Buy.
$1075 - with tax.
It's a monitor.
The sales guy said it will display my Comcast digital cable signal.
Will it?
Or did I just blow a grand?
I don't care about over-the-air.
What is the difference between the two.
Thanks for any response.
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FWIW, I think I saw that set marked down to $899 in a central MA BB.
Matthew
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There had better be horses and ponies in heaven, or the god I
don't believe is going to get her butt kicked big time.
-- TeaLady (mari) on ARK |
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afiggatt
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:49 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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ReeferGuy wrote:
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Hi Group,
Thirty minutes ago, I bought RCA Model #52W23.
52 inch HDTV 16:9.
Best Buy.
$1075 - with tax.
It's a monitor.
The sales guy said it will display my Comcast digital cable signal.
Will it?
Or did I just blow a grand?
I don't care about over-the-air.
What is the difference between the two.
Thanks for any response.
ReeferGuy™
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Monitor = no tuner, usually means no speakers (or minimal cheap
speakers). TV = has a NTSC and/or ATSC (digital/HD) over the air tuner,
has speakers.
If you have a sound system, you are ok. Feed the sound - either the
RCA stereo or better yet the 5.1 digital audio - to your stereo and the
video signal to the TV from the cable box. Remember for HD, you must use
component, DVI, or HDMI for the video signal from the cable box to the
TV. S-Video and composite are SD analog only.
Also, for HD, you must get a HD cable box and probably pay an extra $5
to $10/month for the HD channels. The digital channels will look ok on
the TV, but the HD channels are typically a separate group of channels
on the cable line-up - Comcast often uses channels from 200 to 2xx for
the HD channels.
Good luck. BTW, you can always buy an OTA (over the air) ATSC tuner
box if you want to pick up the local digital broadcast stations. OTA
picture is just as good as the cable picture, if not better.
Alan F |
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Tam/WB2TT
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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"Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TYRcf.8034$41.4629@trndny04...
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"afiggatt" <afiggatt@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:IpGdncx8Er_xU-7eRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
Good luck. BTW, you can always buy an OTA (over the air) ATSC tuner box
if you want to pick up the local digital broadcast stations. OTA picture
is just as good as the cable picture, if not better.
That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it.
What are your problem channels? I am 25 miles South of NYC and get everythng |
fine except for NBC and PBS. PBS Garden City and Montclair are OK. NBC
Philadelphia varies with the propagation.
Tam |
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Matthew L. Martin
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
| Quote: | In article <TYRcf.8034$41.4629@trndny04>, "Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com
wrote:
That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it.
Watch you--they're going to come after you for saying that.
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Actually, "They" are likely to try to help him if he is willing to try
to find the source of his reception problems. Unlike you, troll.
Matthew
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don't believe is going to get her butt kicked big time.
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Elmo P. Shagnasty
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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In article <TYRcf.8034$41.4629@trndny04>, "Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it.
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Watch you--they're going to come after you for saying that. |
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Z Man
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
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"afiggatt" <afiggatt@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Good luck. BTW, you can always buy an OTA (over the air) ATSC tuner box
if you want to pick up the local digital broadcast stations. OTA picture
is just as good as the cable picture, if not better.
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That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it. |
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Tony Hwang
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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Z Man wrote:
| Quote: | "afiggatt" <afiggatt@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:IpGdncx8Er_xU-7eRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
Good luck. BTW, you can always buy an OTA (over the air) ATSC tuner box
if you want to pick up the local digital broadcast stations. OTA picture
is just as good as the cable picture, if not better.
That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it.
Hi, |
Generally the higher the antenna, the better but that is not always true.
Depending on terrain, you gotta find a sweet spot for your antenna.
Tony |
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JamieS
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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Tony Hwang wrote:
| Quote: | Z Man wrote:
"afiggatt" <afiggatt@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:IpGdncx8Er_xU-7eRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
Good luck. BTW, you can always buy an OTA (over the air) ATSC tuner
box if you want to pick up the local digital broadcast stations. OTA
picture is just as good as the cable picture, if not better.
That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20
miles north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with
a good antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me
because I get all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume
that you will be able to get OTA without actually trying it.
Hi,
Generally the higher the antenna, the better but that is not always true.
Depending on terrain, you gotta find a sweet spot for your antenna.
Tony
He said reliable and that usually means that he has signal strength but |
also multipath. Higher antenna could help. Try the moon.
JS |
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afiggatt
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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Z Man wrote:
| Quote: | "afiggatt" <afiggatt@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:IpGdncx8Er_xU-7eRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
Good luck. BTW, you can always buy an OTA (over the air) ATSC tuner box
if you want to pick up the local digital broadcast stations. OTA picture
is just as good as the cable picture, if not better.
That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it.
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True. I should have added the qualifier that OTA looks great if you
are near a major city and all/most of the digital stations are
broadcasting at either full or acceptable power levels. In my case, I
can get 6 digital/HD stations out of Washington, D.C. at ~16 miles away
and 6 digital/HD stations out of Baltimore at ~42 miles along with
several other digital SD stations. I'm using a Channel Master 4221 4 Bay
bowtie antenna with a amplifier in my attic.
The big 4 network stations in the top 100 markets were all required by
the FCC to go to full power this past summer. Many smaller network (WB,
UPN mainly) and smaller market stations are still at comparatively low
power on their digital channel, which has been hindering the OTA digital
conversion. But we are getting OT from the subject - monitor vs TV.
Alan F |
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ReeferGuy
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Thanks all you guys! You are correct afiggatt |
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Yeah.
I have to change cable boxes tomorrow.
$3 more a month.
That will make it $107 a month.
I need a DVI cable also.
Yeah, here in Tucson Comcast uses 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x, and 25x for HD.
13 in all.
Right now, I'm using RCA cables.
Will I be seeing HDTV once the DVI cable and the new cable box is hooked
up?
Thanks man.
ReeferGuy™
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David
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:46 pm Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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"Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> wrote >
| Quote: | That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it.
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Hi,
You must have some really strange hardware problem there, because many other
folks in your area are getting solid reception on at least most of the NYC
stations.
WNBC-DT and WABC-DT were flakey for a long time because of work at the ESB
etc, but they're strong now. WNET-DT is still low power, I believe.
This may not pertain to you, but a lot of the OTA antenna work done by
Directv etc, installers has been shown to be very bad.
Please disconnect whatever you have now a try one of these $15 Rat Shack
antennas:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103058&cp
It's a POS :-)
but it's been working suprisingly well in a lot of difficult installations. |
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Z Man
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:
Re: 1st Post - Difference between a monitor & a regular TV s |
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"Tam/WB2TT" <t-tammaru@c0mca$t.net> wrote in message
news:D6KdnYzWpcuhZ-7eRVn-pg@comcast.com...
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"Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TYRcf.8034$41.4629@trndny04...
"afiggatt" <afiggatt@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:IpGdncx8Er_xU-7eRVn-rA@adelphia.com...
Good luck. BTW, you can always buy an OTA (over the air) ATSC tuner box
if you want to pick up the local digital broadcast stations. OTA picture
is just as good as the cable picture, if not better.
That's IF you can get the OTA signal. In White Plains, NY (about 20 miles
north of NYC) I cannot ever get a reliable OTA signal, even with a good
antenna mounted high up on my roof. It doesn't matter to me because I get
all my HDTV channels via DirecTV, but you cannot assume that you will be
able to get OTA without actually trying it.
What are your problem channels? I am 25 miles South of NYC and get
everythng fine except for NBC and PBS. PBS Garden City and Montclair are
OK. NBC Philadelphia varies with the propagation.
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I cannot get any channels reliably. That includes CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, PBS
and WB. I could not get PBS at all until a couple of months ago. The only
station that represents a real problem is 11-1 (WB) as all the other
networks are carried by DirecTV. I would like to get PBS also, as they have
some good shows. My system was professional installed by Value Electronics,
of Scarsdale, NY and I paid them a lot of money to do it. My OTA antenna is
attached to my satellite and diplexed to the six or seven DirecTivo's
(including two HD) throughout my residence. Perhaps I should simply try
attaching a standalone OTA antenna to one of the Tivos to see if it works
better, but thus far my OTA results have been poor. |
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