Finally getting HDTV but questions...

"(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Some unsolicited advice from somebody who spend a few days
pulling cable and wishes he'd done the following:
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- Buy three spools of cable, each of a different color

- When you pull to a given location, pull three strands
and leave the two unused ones behind the wall plate

- The cost of the extra cable is negligible in the context
of the hassle to pull it ditto the incremental effort
of pulling 3 strands instead of one

- Later on, there's a very good chance you will want more than
one Ethernet connection at a given location.
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Or pull just one cable and, if you need more connections, add a
switch.

Del Mibbler

"UCLAN" wrote in message
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Stewart wrote:

If you can show your use of the acronym "BRDVD" as a trolling
tactic
was *not* the purpose of your original post your above reply might
hold water.

The question was understood and answered by another.

That has *nothing* to do with your continued use of "BRDVD" even
though
you know quite well that it is a incorrect acronym. Talk about
misleading!


That has no bearing on the actual question, only it only applies to
your personal prejudice.

Your advice to buy a higher quality HDMI cable (longer than 2
meter) "especially for Blu-ray" was misleading.

Not when viewed in the context of the thread. The OP mentioned he
was
thinking about getting Blu-ray. A higher quality HDMI cable for
longer
distances would be more important for the BD player than it would be
for
a HD cable box, for instance. Nothing misleading there. But you knew
that.

What if a cable box (actually, the customer interface box, it could be
cable, fiber or SAT) output is 1080p? The output would have the same
requirements as would the BRDVD player. The higher quality cable
would be just as important in both cases, so the inference to
"especially blu-ray" is superfluous, at best.

Stewart wrote:

That has *nothing* to do with your continued use of "BRDVD" even though
you know quite well that it is a incorrect acronym. Talk about
misleading!

That has no bearing on the actual question, only it only applies to your
personal prejudice.

Personal prejudice? How 'bout your ignorance or stupidity?

Not when viewed in the context of the thread. The OP mentioned he was
thinking about getting Blu-ray. A higher quality HDMI cable for longer
distances would be more important for the BD player than it would be for
a HD cable box, for instance. Nothing misleading there. But you knew
that.

What if a cable box (actually, the customer interface box, it could be
cable, fiber or SAT) output is 1080p? The output would have the same
requirements as would the BRDVD player.

A) No cable box that I know of puts out 1080p.
B) You are completely ignoring what the OP originally wanted to know.
C) There's *STILL* no such thing as "BRDVD" or a "BRDVD player."

On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:45:17 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
wrote:

In article ,
" CLicker wrote:

Let's see...ATI should be shipping theirs, right? Ceton said Q1 2010
for their multi-stream setup.

ATI is available either external or internal.

Interesting: when I searched before with "multi channel cable card"
Ceton's site was at the top. I asked about shipping because of their
Q1 note. When I append ATI to the search argument, out of all the
sites Google has on file, your post is the only result;-0)

Perhaps you could provide a link to one which is shipping? I would be
interested, if archived files are unencrypted and not in any way tied
to the recording system.

Which did you buy?

I haven't bought anything yet.

Well, since you could not provide any links nor contribute any
knowledge regarding these products I did some Googling:

Ceton is said to be the ONLY potential manufacturer of "multi stream,
cross channel" cable m-card, PC adapters. Although I found no tech
specs, one reviewer - after interviewing a Ceton rep - was awed at the
unit being able to decrypt and encrypt 4 streams simultaneously (so
much for his e savvy). If and when Ceton is able to provide cable
labs with a testable unit and if and when cable labs anoints the
product, those who'd like to spend a thou plus for a 4 stream cable-co
DVR in the form of a PC are welcome to.

The Ceton card will probably be around $600 initially, the Windows 7
based PC to house it will most likely be a full tower (though low
profile is said to be considered - as a two or more card set; no power
requirements have been mentioned). Combined cost for a store bought
Ceton/PC combo will surely be more than the costliest TiVo.

BTW, if ATI ever did one of these, I'm sure it would require an 800
watt PS and a freon-like coolant for the chip;-)

No discussion regarding liberal use of HDD storage nor
transportability of files could be found.

When you come up with something concrete, please keep us informed.
Meanwhile, we've already "time-shifted" hundreds of transportable HDTV
premium movies and series, and will surely do hundreds more before any
of these devices sees a consumer.

UCLAN wrote:
Stewart wrote:

That has *nothing* to do with your continued use of "BRDVD" even
though you know quite well that it is a incorrect acronym. Talk about
misleading!

That has no bearing on the actual question, only it only applies to your
personal prejudice.

Personal prejudice? How 'bout your ignorance or stupidity?

Not when viewed in the context of the thread. The OP mentioned he was
thinking about getting Blu-ray. A higher quality HDMI cable for
longer distances would be more important for the BD player than it
would be for a HD cable box, for instance. Nothing misleading there.
But you knew that.

What if a cable box (actually, the customer interface box, it could be
cable, fiber or SAT) output is 1080p? The output would have the same
requirements as would the BRDVD player.

A) No cable box that I know of puts out 1080p.

But will you admit that Comcast cable boxes put out 1080i?


B) You are completely ignoring what the OP originally wanted to know.
C) There's *STILL* no such thing as "BRDVD" or a "BRDVD player."

"Rick Merrill" wrote in message
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UCLAN wrote:
Stewart wrote:

That has *nothing* to do with your continued use of "BRDVD" even
though you know quite well that it is a incorrect acronym. Talk
about misleading!

That has no bearing on the actual question, only it only applies
to your
personal prejudice.

Personal prejudice? How 'bout your ignorance or stupidity?

Not when viewed in the context of the thread. The OP mentioned he
was thinking about getting Blu-ray. A higher quality HDMI cable
for longer distances would be more important for the BD player
than it would be for a HD cable box, for instance. Nothing
misleading there. But you knew that.

What if a cable box (actually, the customer interface box, it
could be cable, fiber or SAT) output is 1080p? The output would
have the same requirements as would the BRDVD player.

A) No cable box that I know of puts out 1080p.

But will you admit that Comcast cable boxes put out 1080i?


B) You are completely ignoring what the OP originally wanted to
know.
C) There's *STILL* no such thing as "BRDVD" or a "BRDVD player."

I've been told some boxes can be set to 1080p. Haven't tried to do it
myself, my set outputs 1080p, but only takes in 1080i. Satellite
advertises 1080p service as well.

"UCLAN" wrote in message
...
Stewart wrote:

That has *nothing* to do with your continued use of "BRDVD" even
though you know quite well that it is a incorrect acronym. Talk
about misleading!

That has no bearing on the actual question, only it only applies to
your
personal prejudice.

Personal prejudice? How 'bout your ignorance or stupidity?

Not when viewed in the context of the thread. The OP mentioned he
was thinking about getting Blu-ray. A higher quality HDMI cable
for longer distances would be more important for the BD player
than it would be for a HD cable box, for instance. Nothing
misleading there. But you knew that.

What if a cable box (actually, the customer interface box, it could
be cable, fiber or SAT) output is 1080p? The output would have the
same requirements as would the BRDVD player.

A) No cable box that I know of puts out 1080p.
B) You are completely ignoring what the OP originally wanted to
know.
C) There's *STILL* no such thing as "BRDVD" or a "BRDVD player."

Maybe this will help you.

http://tinyurl.com/ygxevn7

"UCLAN" wrote in message
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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

I bet he buys gold CDs, because the gold gives it more
*warmth*...just like the label says...

Please refer me to a source that claims gold CDs give it more
"warmth."
And, what "label" says that? Are you making things up again?

The "warmth" description is due to them being considered high
fidelity. While I can see the point to not having CD rot using gold
vs. aluminum, it would be hard to believe that the bits would be any
different.

Maybe we'll see gold BRDVD's someday )maybe we already have them).

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:23:21 -0800, "Stewart"
wrote:


I've been told some boxes can be set to 1080p. Haven't tried to do it
myself, my set outputs 1080p, but only takes in 1080i. Satellite
advertises 1080p service as well.

My DirecTV service provides 1080p, but not via satellite, you have to
use your internet connection to download it, then the HD DVR will
record and play back the 1080p program.

"Charlie Hoffpauir" wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:23:21 -0800, "Stewart"
wrote:


I've been told some boxes can be set to 1080p. Haven't tried to do
it
myself, my set outputs 1080p, but only takes in 1080i. Satellite
advertises 1080p service as well.

My DirecTV service provides 1080p, but not via satellite, you have
to
use your internet connection to download it, then the HD DVR will
record and play back the 1080p program.

So the box does output 1080p. Interesting way to do it. Can you
start watching before the DL finishes? Is the content itself actually
1080p, or does the box do the progressive scan?