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I also happened to see those artifacts on an Olympic broadcast, on display
models at Fry's. But the salesman there at the time told me that they came
down from the network, that was using poor equipment and/or transmission
that caused the action to break up every time an athlete moved. (A real
problem for sports.)
You might expect a salesman to say something like that, true or not, but,
sure enough, during the three weeks I had my Sony HDTV, I don't recall
seeing another sporting event plagued by pixilations. So, I think the
salesman was right, that this was just a problem with the NBC HDTV broadcast
of the Olympics. I don't think you should worry about sporting events such
as football or baseball pixilating once you get your HDTV. Not a problem.
mack
austin
"Diver" <Diver@Home.com> wrote in message
news:416f0d71.90619562@news.sf.sbcglobal.net...
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:09:22 GMT, "Mack McKinnon"
> <MckinnonRemoveThis@tvadmanDeleteThisAsWell.com> wrote:
>
> >I had a Sony 60" LCD RPTV for awhile (floor model we took back -- have a
new
> >KDF-60XS955 on the way) and never saw a single "artifact in pixel" while
> >watching sports for 3 weeks. Incredible picture, still or motion. (Took
it
> >back for startup problems, not the picture)
> >
> >mack
> >austin
> >
> >
> >"Diver" <Diver@Home.com> wrote in message
> >news:416fb9bd.69191312@news.sf.sbcglobal.net...
> >> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:52:01 -0400, Sleepy <sleepy@sleepy.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >OK guys, I have a $3000 budget to buy an HDTV. Anybody have any
> >> >suggestions for the best buy? I'm not too iinterested in features, or
> >> >even size necessarily. I'd prefer to just have a crystal-clear high
> >> >quality image.
> >> >
> >> >Any opinions are appreciated!
> >> >
> >> > - Sleepy (www.hdtv1.com)
> >>
> >> Best images I've seen are glass. LCD and PLASMA seem to have
> >> artifacts in the pixels that really destroy the HD when displaying
> >> high motion. My monitor is a Panosonic 32inch. I think it retails
> >> for $1100 but I got it for $700 (scratch on side). Went to Frys
> >> (local electronics store) and they had a Sony 42inch glass. Didn't
> >> see the picture and wouldn't buy an HDTV without first seeing it in
> >> play, including high motion.
> >
> Saw the artifacts on Olympic broadcast in diving. When still, the
> picture was perfect HD, when diving, worse than analog. I asked the
> salesman who responded with the problems that all LCD/Plasma's have
> this problem. I thought about that for awhile and decided that if I
> spent so much money on a monitor (I was eying a 60" model) I sure
> would be angry. It's most likely the salesmand didn't know what he
> was talking about or there would be many angry owners out there.
> Someone else posted a good recommendation to this thread, let you eyes
> be the judge. See HD before you buy.