KEN 24T Gandalf the Grey, Maiar of Manwë and Varda, Team HgAg/Sneaky Member 7,371 Member For: 21y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: The Shire, Middle Earth Posted 19/08/04 10:26 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/04 10:26 AM Same antenna. For standard definition you basically just plug it in as if it is a VCR - high definition gives you better picture and sound, but even the standard definition is still fantastic (bit like the N/A in car speak)Trent. Thanks, I've been thinking about this lately. Do I need a widescreen TV or is the standard size ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 19/08/04 10:28 AM Share Posted 19/08/04 10:28 AM Scott has heard some bad news tonight. One of my Aunties is struggling with the Big C.ScottyPrognosis? 1 to 6 months, inoperable they say.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEN 24T Gandalf the Grey, Maiar of Manwë and Varda, Team HgAg/Sneaky Member 7,371 Member For: 21y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: The Shire, Middle Earth Posted 19/08/04 10:31 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/04 10:31 AM 1 to 6 months, inoperable they say.Scotty Are you serious? How old is she, if you don't mind me asking? Doesn't really matter, that just plain sucks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 19/08/04 10:32 AM Share Posted 19/08/04 10:32 AM Saw a GT today which made perfect sense with its Number Plates, CLUB-81, wtf?.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 22y 1m 12d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 19/08/04 10:34 AM Share Posted 19/08/04 10:34 AM Same antenna. For standard definition you basically just plug it in as if it is a VCR - high definition gives you better picture and sound, but even the standard definition is still fantastic (bit like the N/A in car speak)Trent.Thanks, I've been thinking about this lately. Do I need a widescreen TV or is the standard size ok? Having a look at the TV right now, I've lost about 5cm on all sides of the picture. For widescreen broadcasts (not all programs are in widescreen), I lose about 5cms on the top and bottom only - leaving me with the so-called black envelope look. This is on a 71cm conventional TV. I can live with the reduction, because the picture is so much clearer.A widescreen would look better obviously, but like I said, not all programs are in widescreen, so you will still have extra black areas on the outer parts of the picture for many programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 22y 1m 12d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 19/08/04 10:35 AM Share Posted 19/08/04 10:35 AM Scott has heard some bad news tonight. One of my Aunties is struggling with the Big C.ScottyPrognosis? 1 to 6 months, inoperable they say.Scotty Holy crap, as little as one month... Makes you think.Sorry to hear about this Scotty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 19/08/04 10:35 AM Share Posted 19/08/04 10:35 AM How old is she, if you don't mind me asking? Doesn't really matter, that just plain sucks!! Dad has 5 sisters (which goes some ways to explaining him) & Margaret is the youngest of them all at 61.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 7d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 19/08/04 10:35 AM Share Posted 19/08/04 10:35 AM Same antenna. For standard definition you basically just plug it in as if it is a VCR - high definition gives you better picture and sound, but even the standard definition is still fantastic (bit like the N/A in car speak)Trent.Thanks, I've been thinking about this lately. Do I need a widescreen TV or is the standard size ok? Don't need it - just makes it better.As Aniken mentioned the picture basically shrinks on a standard tv depending on what display setting you have selected. I think most of them now (well mine does anyway) have three output options: Widescreen, Letterbox (shrinks it to fit), Crop (chops the widescreen bits off so that it will appear the same as normal tv) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 22y 1m 12d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 19/08/04 10:38 AM Share Posted 19/08/04 10:38 AM Oh, and channel 10 is still playing funny buggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEN 24T Gandalf the Grey, Maiar of Manwë and Varda, Team HgAg/Sneaky Member 7,371 Member For: 21y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: The Shire, Middle Earth Posted 19/08/04 10:38 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/04 10:38 AM A widescreen would look better obviously, but like I said, not all programs are in widescreen, so you will still have extra black areas on the outer parts of the picture for many programs. Hmmm, how much for the box and are there different "quality" set-top boxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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