Re: [gardeners] OT clueless newbie buying high-end TV
Harry Boswell (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 07:59:34 -0500
Get thee to a Public Library and find Consumer Reports.
They'll have reviewed TVs in the recent past.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David G. Smith" <dgsmith@delanet.com>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] OT clueless newbie buying high-end TV
> I can't answer your question but I'll tell you what my father-in-law (TV
> repairman) told us when we were looking: buy the cheapest one that has a
> picture you like.
>
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Kirk <reikirk@ksu.edu>
> To: gardeners <gardeners@globalgarden.com>; gardeners
> <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:11 PM
> Subject: [gardeners] OT clueless newbie buying high-end TV
>
>
> > Because these are the largest groups I have access to that will
tolerate
> > stuff like this. Back-channel replies welcome - what I'd most like to
find
> > is a mailing list or newsgroup where these questions are on topic, but
> > reference, deja, news.groups etc. aren't proving much help.
> >
> > For my mom, who really >needs< a new TV but isn't ever going to see
any
> > benefit from a fully "digital-ready" set. Based on hours of looking and
> > websurfing, what model isn't in question - Sony Wega 24" or 27" (say
Vega:
> > spelled otherwise for at least partly obvious reasons, but why didn't
they
> > just call it Arcturus or something?).
> > Anyway: is a second RF input worth paying $100 for a set with 2-tuner
> PIP
> > that will never be used? What criteria dictate that component-video
inputs
> > (in addition to S-video) are worth paying the $150 or so difference for
a
> > 27" vs 24" set? Near as I can determine these are probably the ultimate
> > expression of analog TV, but is there anything else in the pipeline
> between
> > these and digital that I might want to know about?
> >
> > bk---
> >
> > vaguely thinking he might be willing to bid the right set in at auction
> > so my sister gets her share of the estate (but hopefully by then it will
> > obviously not be worth doing).
> >
> >
> >
>