I was all set to buy the Samsung 56" DLP set because I was so impressed with the HDTV picture that I saw at Tweeter and Cambridge Sound Works. But then we switched to conventional TV -- a golf tournament -- and the golfer looked like he was playing under water. The grass behind him was waving back and forth like sea grass. It was terribly distracting.
I know that this is a known problem with current sets, but I'm wondering if there's either a way to fix this problem with some sort of add-on, or if the just announced next crop of sets will fix (or at least noticeably correct) it.
Perhaps we're just supposed to wait till all programming is in HDTV -- But: Will that actually fix the problem? Won't old stuff still be standard TV, even if broadcast over an HDTV network?
I also understand that manufacturers are mandated to include HDTV tuners in a significant portion (50% ?) of their sets this year. Of course, few current sets have built-in tuners, and I've heard that some people have had modest (or worse) problems with the wait for, and installation of, their HDTV cable box.
From the names given to some of the features on the just announced sets, and the government mandate to include built-in tuners in the next round of sets, it sounds like these new sets may address these two "problems". For $4000 or so, I was thinking that it may be worth the brief wait (that is, till the second or third quarter of 2004). Or, am I just "out to lunch" in reaching this conclusion?
Sorry to ask what is probably a real "newbie" question, but I sure don't get good answers from the retailers!
Thanks!
I know that this is a known problem with current sets, but I'm wondering if there's either a way to fix this problem with some sort of add-on, or if the just announced next crop of sets will fix (or at least noticeably correct) it.
Perhaps we're just supposed to wait till all programming is in HDTV -- But: Will that actually fix the problem? Won't old stuff still be standard TV, even if broadcast over an HDTV network?
I also understand that manufacturers are mandated to include HDTV tuners in a significant portion (50% ?) of their sets this year. Of course, few current sets have built-in tuners, and I've heard that some people have had modest (or worse) problems with the wait for, and installation of, their HDTV cable box.
From the names given to some of the features on the just announced sets, and the government mandate to include built-in tuners in the next round of sets, it sounds like these new sets may address these two "problems". For $4000 or so, I was thinking that it may be worth the brief wait (that is, till the second or third quarter of 2004). Or, am I just "out to lunch" in reaching this conclusion?
Sorry to ask what is probably a real "newbie" question, but I sure don't get good answers from the retailers!
Thanks!