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My wife wants a new "big" tv so who am i to say no. We have directv and for a few reasons(mostly copyright) don't want to get the hd package, so i will be doing 95% of viewing in SD. I don't want to hang it on the wall and plasmas use way too much electricity for my taste, so that leaves me with lcd and dlp. I watch a lot of sports and fights and i have read lcd's are prone to blurriness, so i thought dlp's would be my best bet. I don't want to replace anything regularly(like bulbs) so looks like the led dlp's are the way to go. From what i've read about the Sammy HL-61A750 it sounds like it's a great tv with very few issues, but i'm concerned about how it looks in SD. Can anyone give some first had experience? How will this look with my directv?

I am also interesterd in any other tips or info you can give me about this purchase. I am not set on the sammy, so feel free to recomend anything else. Thanks for any help, it is greatly apreciated
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I use this set with directv and am very happy with it. But I try and watch as much in HD and as little in SD as possible. I am not sure why you would not want to as well? wouldnt you want the best picture available?
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i have a toshiba dvd recorder and transfer a lot of my shows from R15 dvr to dvd, directv told me their hd content is copyrighted and can't be burned to dvd. So i would lose the ability to put my shows on dvd and i don't like that. Do the DTV SD channels look good on your tv?
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My wife wants a new "big" tv so who am i to say no. We have directv and for a few reasons(mostly copyright) don't want to get the hd package, so i will be doing 95% of viewing in SD. I don't want to hang it on the wall and plasmas use way too much electricity for my taste, so that leaves me with lcd and dlp. I watch a lot of sports and fights and i have read lcd's are prone to blurriness, so i thought dlp's would be my best bet. I don't want to replace anything regularly(like bulbs) so looks like the led dlp's are the way to go. From what i've read about the Sammy HL-61A750 it sounds like it's a great tv with very few issues, but i'm concerned about how it looks in SD. Can anyone give some first had experience? How will this look with my directv?

I am also interesterd in any other tips or info you can give me about this purchase. I am not set on the sammy, so feel free to recomend anything else. Thanks for any help, it is greatly apreciated

Copyright? I've been trying to figure out what the possible reason might be that would be related to copyrights, but I am at a complete loss. You want SD only viewing? I feel like I've been hit over the head I'm so dazed...

I'm certainly not trying to keep you from doing what you want. I'm just curious. No disrespect intended.

Never mind...just saw your second post. I can't comment on the SD channels. Most who have an HDTV avoid SD channels if at all possible.
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Copyright? I've been trying to figure out what the possible reason might be that would be related to copyrights, but I am at a complete loss. You want SD only viewing? I feel like I've been hit over the head I'm so dazed...

I'm certainly not trying to keep you from doing what you want. I'm just curious. No disrespect intended.

Never mind...just saw your second post. I can't comment on the SD channels. Most who have an HDTV avoid SD channels if at all possible.

I agree that the HD programing is WAY better, but i can't get past the fact that i wouldn't be able to burn ANYTHING that was recorded in HD. I order a lot of ppv's like UFC, Boxing ect.. and like to burn them to dvd's for viewing later.
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