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Well, I think I have everything, so I
should be good to go. I'm still resizing my screens a day later. I went looking for TV's today and was very disappointed both Sears and Walmart. They only had a half a dozen TV's and most were way too big for my entertainment center. I then looked up Frys electronics: https://www.frys.com/search?storeNo=...&fq=100029%208 they actually have some my size! I've heard of Samsung, but not LG, or Naxa,.. I don't understand why there are no Sony's? It use to be that Sony made the best TV's and now I don't see any? This one seems nearest in size to the WEGA https://www.frys.com/product/9239549...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG The dimensions of the WEGA are 24 3/4 inches x 15 3/4 inches with a 21 inch diagonal screen. Which TV would you recommend? Thanks, Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
Well, I think I have everything, so I should be good to go. I'm still resizing my screens a day later. I went looking for TV's today and was very disappointed both Sears and Walmart. They only had a half a dozen TV's and most were way too big for my entertainment center. I then looked up Frys electronics: https://www.frys.com/search?storeNo=...&fq=100029%208 they actually have some my size! I've heard of Samsung, but not LG, or Naxa,.. I don't understand why there are no Sony's? It use to be that Sony made the best TV's and now I don't see any? This one seems nearest in size to the WEGA https://www.frys.com/product/9239549...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG The dimensions of the WEGA are 24 3/4 inches x 15 3/4 inches with a 21 inch diagonal screen. Which TV would you recommend? Thanks, Robert Go look at them in operation. IMO, that is the best way to decide. LG has been around for a long time. My phones, microwaves, and monitors have all been LG. I have not had a TV in over 20 years so no opinion about them. |
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I was hoping I could do this online without making
that long drive but I guess not. I still haven't found a DVD player,.. neither Sears or Walmart had any that I could see and Frys doesn't carry them. I have to find all these replacement items first with the prices before they will compensate me. What do you think of this one? It says its from Walmart but I couldn't find any while there. https://www.google.com/search?biw=17...433767557 910 Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I was hoping I could do this online without making that long drive but I guess not. I still haven't found a DVD player,.. neither Sears or Walmart had any that I could see and Frys doesn't carry them. I have to find all these replacement items first with the prices before they will compensate me. What do you think of this one? It says its from Walmart but I couldn't find any while there. https://www.google.com/search?biw=17...433767557 910 Robert As an example of what one of the BluRay players offers. bdp-s1700 Media Formats BD-RE === Blue laser 405 nm DVD+RW === Red laser 650 nm DVD-RW CD-RW === IR laser 780 nm Dual-Layer Media Supported Yes The 780nm looks to be off the chart here, to the right. Hard to tell if that's visible or deep red. https://www.d.umn.edu/~mharvey/colorspectrum.jpg So that's an example of an apparently fully backward compatible player. And if you look at the back... http://crdms.images.consumerreports....ps6700-d-2.jpg about all it's got is HDMI. Also in that picture, is the evil word "Java". The BD standard uses Java to "authorize" playback. When BD titles won't play any more, that's the Java mucking about. I don't think DVDs use Java, so *DVD playback shouldn't be affected* . ******* This other one by comparison, is DVD and CD, so would only have the two lasers. DVP-SR510H Playback CD (CD-DA), Super VCD, Video CD DVD+R, DVD+R Double Layer, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD-RW, DVD Camcorder 8cm DVD, DVD Video, JPEG, KODAK Picture, MP3 HDMI cable So all we know is that one must have an HDMI cable. The picture here is too low res to be sure what the other connectors are. It could be Composite, L&R audio, S/PDIF but not sure. You might be able to use that with an older TV set via Composite. Your new TV must have HDMI though. As it's a common interface choice now. Although I prefer things like Component YPbPr (as that may allow recording). Each connector type has some kind of potential content protection. HDMI has HDCP. The TV will have the bit that talks HDCP in it, to decode the encrypted video on HDMI and make it visible. (The BluRay Player can have HDMI 2+ which has uncracked newer HDCP on it, for comparison.) http://audiovideopricingandinformati...et/DVD+Players This pic is at a better angle. Back view. http://www.russellcomputech.com/pics...-SR510H-2a.jpg ******* In terms of what optical drives I have in the house, everything I've bought in the last 10 years or so was LG. No failures. You don't have to buy Sony if you don't want to. And remember that DVD players hit rock bottom some number of years ago. They were going for $50 each at one time. And you really need a Chinese factory to hit price points like that. The odds of a Sony actually being made in Japan, for a product like that, are pretty low. Only the much more expensive products ($3000 monitor) can they afford to make them in Japan, and withstand the currency translation or whatever. Certainly the $50 player I've got, it's a Chinese wonder. It's got some "Micky Mouse" brand on the front :-) The "distinguishing features" as it were, of the Chinese ones, is the list of video formats they play. You expect them to play DVD video format, but they also play XVID, so you can cut your own single sided DVDs with movies on them and the player will eat them. When DVD players first came out, they couldn't do slide shows or play weird formats. Now, there's likely to be an OS inside the player, and it decodes all sorts of stuff. That's why some of them have the USB connector on the back, to play from a USB stick. I would read the reviews before settling on something, if you can find reviews. Paul |
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It all seems pretty confusing to me. All I
want is a simple DVD player to play my DVD's but I can't seem to find one. I don't care about all the other stuff and have no interest in it. I only mentioned Sony because they use to be very good and I've had nothing but Sony for my TV/video. I don't want Blue-Ray which would make all my regular DVDs useless because they aren't compatible, correct? I do read the reviews but they don't tell me much. Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
It all seems pretty confusing to me. All I want is a simple DVD player to play my DVD's but I can't seem to find one. I don't care about all the other stuff and have no interest in it. I only mentioned Sony because they use to be very good and I've had nothing but Sony for my TV/video. I don't want Blue-Ray which would make all my regular DVDs useless because they aren't compatible, correct? I do read the reviews but they don't tell me much. Robert They generally engineer for backward compatibility. A BD player, plays BD, DVD, CD. A DVD player, plays DVD, CD. So the player usually plays the format that came before it. (Always verify, before you buy.) Both units have HDMI connectors. Always check there is a remote control. And check the layout of the remote control. There have been some miserable remotes. A good remote, you can "feel" the center buttons, which have a familiar pattern, and you can make the common adjustments without turning on a light to see the remote. There are also remotes which are a rectangular layout with no tactile features at all. You can't tell what row of buttons you're on, and have to turn up the room lights to see what you're doing. That's the kind of remote you don't want. Paul |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I was hoping I could do this online without making that long drive but I guess not. I still haven't found a DVD player,.. neither Sears or Walmart had any that I could see and Frys doesn't carry them. I have to find all these replacement items first with the prices before they will compensate me. What do you think of this one? It says its from Walmart but I couldn't find any while there. https://www.google.com/search?biw=17...433767557 910 Robert Best Buy has the same ones as Frys and Microcenter but they are 20% higher. |
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I read the reviews and this Sony seems
like what I want but it doesn't come with a remote that I can see. I suppose I could buy a universal remote for it. I did check Best Buys which is allot closer to me and the prices are about the same but I can't find the smaller LG TV like at Frys. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...xtStoreId=1409 This seems to be the nearest I can get: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-24-c...?skuId=5734900 they do have one smaller: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insigni...?skuId=9215028 but I would rather have a LG and a bit larger. I don't understand what open-box means? Robert |
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I just saw the DVD player has a muli-brand
remote. So it looks like that is the one I'll select and has good reviews and HDMI connects but they are sold separately. Well that sucks that I have to buy the cables separately and looks like for the TV also. I suppose I get those at Fry's as well? I'm guessing I only need 1 cable. I checked at Frys again and it says only demo and open box available while supplies last! I hope I can get the TV while they still have one. Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I read the reviews and this Sony seems like what I want but it doesn't come with a remote that I can see. I suppose I could buy a universal remote for it. I did check Best Buys which is allot closer to me and the prices are about the same but I can't find the smaller LG TV like at Frys. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...xtStoreId=1409 This seems to be the nearest I can get: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-24-c...?skuId=5734900 they do have one smaller: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insigni...?skuId=9215028 but I would rather have a LG and a bit larger. I don't understand what open-box means? Robert Open box means the product was returned by a previous customer. The staff should repack the items and verify the box contents are there. Note that for computing devices, sometimes they neglect to flush disk drives and the like, which means another customer can notice flaws when starting up the system (i.e. it already has an account defined, and user has to do a "reset" of the OS to get it to start "fresh"). With a TV set, a former customer could flash the BIOS on the TV to a newer version, as an example of a detail the reboxing staff might not be familiar with. I don't know if there are any other details with TVs or not. ******* I found a 24" Visio with 1920x1080 screen. Remote looks goofy though. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/vizio-2...?skuId=6032516 The next time you're near your AV center, take a measuring tape and give us some dimensions for width and height of the "hole that is available to be filled with a TV" :-) As for the LG, there are two prices listed. A "new" product, and an "open box" product. You want the new one, especially if the open box product was returned because it had a "stuck pixel". LCD screens come in "classes". Panels are binned at the factory, before they get to the TV factory. These are rated according to defects. Some products, *all* the equipment comes with perfect panels. No defects. Other equipment, may use the cast-offs. There could be say 5 to 10 stuck pixels. They don't take all the defective panels out back and smash them :-) Each manufacturer of equipment, will have a policy page somewhere, with respect to stuck pixels. The web page might say "we promise not to have more than 10 stuck pixels". My second monitor, has a single stuck green pixel. Massaging it didn't work, and it's still there. But, I got the monitor for around $100 at the time, and I'm not complaining. That's an example of accepting (and not returning) a product because of a stuck pixel. The equivalent on CRT TVs didn't happen. I don't think a TV would have shipped with a scratch inside on a tube or a defect in a shadow-mask. But in the LCD era, anything goes, and consumer beware. TV screens could be TN, IPS, PV. TN, if you move from side to side in the room, the colors change. TN is the cheapest panel, and the TV is at high risk to get one. IPS works out to 178 degrees, which means you can almost be edge-on to the screen, before the colors go weird. These specs are based on a degree of color transition as well, so when they say 178 degrees, maybe you really can't spot a difference at all out to 90 degrees or so. But if you've looked at a TN laptop, you should be familiar with the effect. TN is a bitch. My laptop, I have to tilt the screen back at about 45 degrees from vertical, to have "nice" color. That's the kind of crap that isn't easy to deal with on a TV set. This is why I look for certain specs (viewing angle 178), or panel names (IPS) when shopping. Now post up some dimensions, so we have materials to work with. Will the 24" screen fit ? Probably. And I don't think there's much after that, until you hit 32" diagonal. My purpose in getting as large a set as possible, is the risk the screen looks "tiny" compared to your WEGA. I fear you're not going to be happy with this, at all. But I don't see any easy solutions, because the industry has some pretty fixed ideas about what will sell. That LG has a 178 viewing angle listed, so maybe that's good enough to get this project going. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-24-c...?skuId=5734900 LG 24LF454B-PU (No HDMI cable included, an "industry standard" of cheapness...) Remote control (Still cannot find a picture!) http://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-24LF454B-led-tv Display Type LED TVs PICTURE QUALITY Resolution 1366 x 768 Panel Type Wide Viewing Angle (ADS) === never heard of it Color Gamut (CIE1931) 72% Color Bit 8bit (6bit+FRC) === dithered panel ??? Color Depth (Number of Colors) 16.7M Pixel pitch(mm) 0.38175 x 0.38175 Brightness (Typ.) 180 cd/m2 Contrast Ratio (Original) 1000:1 === panel contrast ratio Contrast Ratio (DFC) 5M:1 === dropping LED intensity to make "black" color Response Time_Typ. (GTG) 14ms Viewing Angle (CR≥10) R/L 178 degrees, U/D 178 degrees (color shift) Surface Treatment(Glare/non Glare) non Glare === bright light behind you won't reflect off TV with Stand (WxHxD) 21.9" x 5.8" x 15.2" It only has one input, so the DVD player had better work over HDMI :-) There is no pile of connectors on the back. Just a connector for a TV antenna, and the HDMI. As long as the DVD player has L&R audio outputs, you can send the movie audio to your speakers, whatever you end up getting. The speakers inside the TV may not be all that wonderful. You can mute the sound on the TV and then get better sound from your speakers. And that's as long as the DVD player has multiple things on its panel. Like an HDMI. And L&R audio. ******* This is what another LG remote looks like, for comparison. Has the convention four arrow pattern 2/3 down on the remote. https://www.amazon.com/LG-AKB7397571.../dp/B00N6FHUX6 And this would be an example of the remote style I hate. I don't like remotes that are just a rectangular array of buttons, because you can't find the "home row" in the dark. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076GMMRK1/ Paul |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I read the reviews and this Sony seems like what I want but it doesn't come with a remote that I can see. I suppose I could buy a universal remote for it. I did check Best Buys which is allot closer to me and the prices are about the same but I can't find the smaller LG TV like at Frys. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...xtStoreId=1409 This seems to be the nearest I can get: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-24-c...?skuId=5734900 they do have one smaller: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insigni...?skuId=9215028 but I would rather have a LG and a bit larger. I don't understand what open-box means? Robert Personally, I would never buy "open box" unless I got it cheap enough to just throw it away if I did not like it. $10 max for TV, $3 for DVD player. |
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The space in the entertainment center where the
TV goes measures 25 x 25 inches. I do not want to involve my stereo speakers, this is why I was so upset because I was very satisfied with the WEGA speakers which were to either side. TV's should provide adequate ssound without having to buy separates or connect to a stereo which is using even more power just to watch TV? Also my stereo does not have a A/V receiver. It's a true stereo system which seems pretty rare these days. Yamaha A-1 Integrated amp Yamaha T-1 tuner Teac C-3 cassette deck Teac 5 disc CD player Sansui SE-7 graphic equalizer Pioneer Pl-L1000 linear turntable Pioneer HPM-1500 speakers I'm not too concerned about remotes, none of them are easy to use in my opinion. As long as they have the basic functions is all I care about but in your last example I agree with you. Figures it's blue-ray. I don't have many options its either floor model or open box because I can't find a TV to fit the entertainment center, or get a 32 inch and live with a post in front of the TV. You see how I'm in a Catch22? Also, when I mentioned about resizing my pages after going to my Admin account. I still am adjusting my User Account pages afterwards, this is 'normal' but it shouldn't be happening at all once I've adjusted the pages. Later I'll check my resolution for both but just saying this shouldn't continue to happen afterwards. Thanks, Robert |
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I was just checking over the features of the
DVD player I'm thinking about getting and was reading the manual when I saw that it has to have the correct region code. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sony-DVP-...&wl13=&veh=sem https://cc.cnetcontent.com/vcs/sony/...857_source.pdf I called the store and as I thought they don't stock it so I have have to order it online and have it shipped to my house but how will I know if I have to correct region code? I'm assuming that since it's being sold in the U.S. it will have the correct code but you never know these days. and for the TV I'll have to go pick it up https://www.frys.com/product/8813162...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG it doesn't appear to be a floor model or a open box item. what do you think? Robert Robert |
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I went to the Admin Account again to
check it's resolution and it's the same as my User Account so there should be no difference when switching from one to another. Robert |
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