Hello everyone, i'm new here, and to home theatre in general. I have a few questions that i can't seem to find the answers for anywhere, including multiple internet forums.
I just purchased a Samsung HCL4715W 16:9 Widescreen HDTV rear projection(hasn't been delivered yet). I got it from Best Buy and purchased the 4-year service agreement. I also purchased a home theatre system from Pioneer with a progressive scan DVD player to go with it(HTS-910DV). With that said...
I watch about 85% regular t.v.(ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) through AT&T digital cable and the rest i will be watching DVD movies.
My question is....did I make the right purchase going with the widescreen? since i watch so much regular t.v. I don't want some weird lines on the side of my screen or have some funny looking picture because some feature on my t.v. tries to stretch the picture out to get it to fit!? If my t.v. even has such a feature? I know,...you're thinking, "this guy dosn't even know what features his t.v. has?", Right? Well, I do know what features it has, i just don't understand what they do or how they work? When I asked these question at the time i purchased my t.v. no one could really give me a straight answer, or one that sounded non technical, and i've been reading these forums for days now, and no one seems to ask the questions i need answers to. So here I am!
I do not plan on buying a set-top box for HDTV right away, so is my digital cable going to give me a good picture?(when I say good picture, i mean is it going to look better on my new t.v. than it did on my old Panasonic 27" picture tube t.v.?)(obviously not as good as my DVD player is going to look, but I understand that). Or did i waste my money on buying the HDTV?
Do all HDTV's need some type of professional calibration everyone is talking about, or is that for a completely different subject?? sorry i don't understand all these abbreviations and stuff everyone uses, so it's hard for me to know what i'm talking about. If so, will my service agreement cover these adjustment? What about "burn in"? How do I prevent it from happening? Is it covered under my warranty? I visited a different Best Buy store tonight and still no luck with sales people knowing what they are talking about. One guy did say that when i'm watching regular t.v. broadcasts with my widescreen that it will "stretch" the image so there will not be any blank spots on the screen. He said it does degrade picture slightly, but keeps the "burn-in" from happening? Is this true? Is so, than I don't mind loosing a slight bit of quality for a t.v. that dosn't have this messed up screen in a few years.
sorry for such a long question, but all i do is keep reading and reading people's posts and none of this stuff makes sense to me? isn't anyone else in the same boat as me?
I just purchased a Samsung HCL4715W 16:9 Widescreen HDTV rear projection(hasn't been delivered yet). I got it from Best Buy and purchased the 4-year service agreement. I also purchased a home theatre system from Pioneer with a progressive scan DVD player to go with it(HTS-910DV). With that said...
I watch about 85% regular t.v.(ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) through AT&T digital cable and the rest i will be watching DVD movies.
My question is....did I make the right purchase going with the widescreen? since i watch so much regular t.v. I don't want some weird lines on the side of my screen or have some funny looking picture because some feature on my t.v. tries to stretch the picture out to get it to fit!? If my t.v. even has such a feature? I know,...you're thinking, "this guy dosn't even know what features his t.v. has?", Right? Well, I do know what features it has, i just don't understand what they do or how they work? When I asked these question at the time i purchased my t.v. no one could really give me a straight answer, or one that sounded non technical, and i've been reading these forums for days now, and no one seems to ask the questions i need answers to. So here I am!
I do not plan on buying a set-top box for HDTV right away, so is my digital cable going to give me a good picture?(when I say good picture, i mean is it going to look better on my new t.v. than it did on my old Panasonic 27" picture tube t.v.?)(obviously not as good as my DVD player is going to look, but I understand that). Or did i waste my money on buying the HDTV?
Do all HDTV's need some type of professional calibration everyone is talking about, or is that for a completely different subject?? sorry i don't understand all these abbreviations and stuff everyone uses, so it's hard for me to know what i'm talking about. If so, will my service agreement cover these adjustment? What about "burn in"? How do I prevent it from happening? Is it covered under my warranty? I visited a different Best Buy store tonight and still no luck with sales people knowing what they are talking about. One guy did say that when i'm watching regular t.v. broadcasts with my widescreen that it will "stretch" the image so there will not be any blank spots on the screen. He said it does degrade picture slightly, but keeps the "burn-in" from happening? Is this true? Is so, than I don't mind loosing a slight bit of quality for a t.v. that dosn't have this messed up screen in a few years.
sorry for such a long question, but all i do is keep reading and reading people's posts and none of this stuff makes sense to me? isn't anyone else in the same boat as me?