Any HD geeks out there?

I’m looking at this television, which is on sale at Costco for less than a grand.

It looks good, but I found this one review that’s giving me a little heartburn, because we have DirecTV, and planned to upgrade to a triple LNB dish and new HD TIVO receiver.

It is an excellent set for HD OTA and regular definition satellite receiver. But I recently upgraded to an HD receiver for DirecTV and found out it doesn’t have the capability to keep up with the HD satellite receiver. There is a phenomena called macroblocking that occurs since the digital picture cannot be translated properly. Defined – it is an awful picture on the 480i channels, which means about 95 of my programs looked awful.

I searched all over the web, and couldn’t find any other reference to this problem. Is it a real one, or is this an isolated problem for this one reviewer, either because (s)he didn’t understand how to set it up, or there was something defective about that unit?

From Iran.

I build my own machines, and having had to deal with upgrading Dells from friends and relatives (and my work laptop as well, since that what the company that I’m working with insists on buying) would never, ever consider buying one.

But now Jane Galt, who has heretofore sung their praises, has finally learned her lesson as well. Not a pretty Christmas story (though I have to confess that my sympathy is not abundant, given my previous attitude toward Dell).

A tribute to Dave Brubeck, for his eighty-fifth birthday.

I use Wikipedia, but I don’t take it as gospel, and neither should you. Robert McHenry, former editor of Encyclopedia Britannica, explains why.

I’ve already stated my predisposition (or lack thereof) toward seeing King Kong (even if Jackson didn’t do the gay version), but Randy Barnett says that it’s one of the best movies he’s ever seen.

This story about the Narnia movie seems to have a strange headline to me. If it pleases them, how can they be said to be critics?

…on Mars.

…on Mars.

…on Mars.