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Consumer Reports as published a six page online buying guide to assist consumers when purchasing a DTV converter box for the coming DTV transition on February 17, 2009. Their buying guide includes ratings of 14 models of set top digital converter boxes for receiving over-the-air (OTA) free television programming. The converters have been evaluated for … Read more
Do you want to enjoy the game while you BBQ? Maybe you want to watch your favorite show while you garden. If so, Mike Yamamoto at CRAVE has a write-up about Suntronic big screen, all weather, outdoor televisions. Suntronic apparently has outdoor TVs that have 102″ screens.Go check it out at CRAVE
People arerunning into problems with store brand and off-brand HD televisions. Watch out for the “too good to be true” bargains when buying your HDTV, you may not get much of a warranty and repair parts for off-brand televisions may not be available. From the WTHR story: With no parts available from the manufacturer, Biszantz … Read more
You can nominate somone, who relies on broadcast TV, to win a Zenith, GE, or Magnavox converter box and RCA flat antenna. Monthly winners will be chosen from the nominees. Monthly winners and those that nominate them are eligible to win the grand prize digital home entertainment system. The grand prize winner will recieve a … Read more
The staff at Electronic House.com have put together a nice explanation on television aspect ratios that I thought everyone should see. Aspect ratios just refer to the shape (or format) of the picture. An aspect ratio simply denotes the shape of the screen, in a ratio showing the width to the height. The most popular … Read more