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Rhettzky · 09-05-2006, 08:52 AM

Thanks for all the help. I ended up picking up an LG LCD HDTV with 1080i and HDMI. Not that I understand what any of that means but it looks awesome. Although the guy at futureshop spent most of the time trying to upsell me on other stuff as well, it was a fairly painless experience.

The cables still baffle me though, I bought the HDMI cord for something like $150.00, the PS2 component cable for only $30 and finally this other component cable for the DVD player for like $230.00. The DVD cable was a stupid purchase on my part but I'm taking it back today. See the guy had me convinced that I needed this "monster cable" to hook up to my DVD player because "what's the point of buying a great TV if you buy cords that make it look like crap?". Anyway, got the whole package home and when I was opening up the Shaw PVR box that I got I noticed that it had premium component cable in it already. So I just used those and am taking back the other ones today.

I have to say after everything I've watched so far the Discovery channel blows me away. It's simply amazing, I can't wait til some of the other channels finish converting over later this year. Although I hear it will cost $10 more bucks in January for HD channels.

Also, Playstation 2 just blows me away on it. I mean for a $30 component cable the picture is crystal clear. I thought it would be blocky and the widescreen would screw it up but it's unbelievalbe how good it looks.

09-05-2006, 08:52 AM	#15
Rhettzky Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Section 222 Exp:	Thanks for all the help. I ended up picking up an LG LCD HDTV with 1080i and HDMI. Not that I understand what any of that means but it looks awesome. Although the guy at futureshop spent most of the time trying to upsell me on other stuff as well, it was a fairly painless experience. The cables still baffle me though, I bought the HDMI cord for something like $150.00, the PS2 component cable for only $30 and finally this other component cable for the DVD player for like $230.00. The DVD cable was a stupid purchase on my part but I'm taking it back today. See the guy had me convinced that I needed this "monster cable" to hook up to my DVD player because "what's the point of buying a great TV if you buy cords that make it look like crap?". Anyway, got the whole package home and when I was opening up the Shaw PVR box that I got I noticed that it had premium component cable in it already. So I just used those and am taking back the other ones today. I have to say after everything I've watched so far the Discovery channel blows me away. It's simply amazing, I can't wait til some of the other channels finish converting over later this year. Although I hear it will cost $10 more bucks in January for HD channels. Also, Playstation 2 just blows me away on it. I mean for a $30 component cable the picture is crystal clear. I thought it would be blocky and the widescreen would screw it up but it's unbelievalbe how good it looks. __________________ Go Flames Go!!