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I finally broke down now that my Steelers are in the Super Bowl & am picking up a Magnavox 42" Widescreen Plasma HDTV with DVI-HDCP and VGA Inputs, Model: 42MF230A/3 from BestBuy on friday. It was a good excuse to get one and I didn't want to spend a fortune as this model is <$2K @ $100 off right now. Another plus I found out in my research is that it is made by Philips & sold under the Magnavox name to compete with the lower price brands. The picture looked about the same in the store anyway as the Philips model which was about $1K more...
Since I bought a Plasma & heard all of the concerns I did plenty of research on power protection & came to the conclusion of buying the TRIPPLITE HTPOWERBAR10 for $79.98 from Staples. You have to order this item online or by phone as they do not carry it in their stores. Allow some time for shipping as it will take most of a week to come in. One of the main reasons I bought this was that it was the better model of the TRIPPLITE HT10DBS, which was recommended by audioholics.
Also to plug another site I found was monoprice where I picked up some component & s-video cables in long lengths for a steal- check it out!
My plan is to just use an HD antenna a friend gave me for the Super Bowl & network shows as I am too cheap to spend the $ right now on a new dish & D*TiVos after I just got them this fall. I will save all of the shows obviously in SD & I also have a ton of DVDs (>300) which will look fine on the new set.
Going foward, my (1) ? would be if I need a new Dish to receive an HD signal, I currently have a Dual-LNB Dish, so it looks like I do...will this add additional cost to an already high-priced HD TiVo I will need? And if I wait which I plan on doing, can I then get an HD Dish when I re-up with DTV?
Go Steelers!
-Dave
Since I bought a Plasma & heard all of the concerns I did plenty of research on power protection & came to the conclusion of buying the TRIPPLITE HTPOWERBAR10 for $79.98 from Staples. You have to order this item online or by phone as they do not carry it in their stores. Allow some time for shipping as it will take most of a week to come in. One of the main reasons I bought this was that it was the better model of the TRIPPLITE HT10DBS, which was recommended by audioholics.
Also to plug another site I found was monoprice where I picked up some component & s-video cables in long lengths for a steal- check it out!
My plan is to just use an HD antenna a friend gave me for the Super Bowl & network shows as I am too cheap to spend the $ right now on a new dish & D*TiVos after I just got them this fall. I will save all of the shows obviously in SD & I also have a ton of DVDs (>300) which will look fine on the new set.
Going foward, my (1) ? would be if I need a new Dish to receive an HD signal, I currently have a Dual-LNB Dish, so it looks like I do...will this add additional cost to an already high-priced HD TiVo I will need? And if I wait which I plan on doing, can I then get an HD Dish when I re-up with DTV?
Go Steelers!
-Dave