On Feb 9, 11:56=A0am, "deadendDan" <jf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I'm agonizing over this decision 'cuz it's a lot of money for me.
=A0Yet, =
I
> realize that once in the house and setup, all the bells and whistles
will
> dissolve into watching the nightly news night after night. =A0I used to
pl=
ay
6 o'clock rules! I've been paying better attention to the news now
that there are two HD choices for local and national coverage.
> with my surround sound system for example...but all the tweaking and
> twiddling got old and I realized I was just as happy with 5.1 speaker
> 'stereo', ha; so that's pretty much how it stays now. =A0Simple ain't
alwa=
ys
> better....but it remains 'simple'. The one thing that I think WILL make
a
> difference however is size [my wife keeps telling me that anyway, ha
(sic)=
].
I didn't believe in 5.1 surround sound until DVD-- not sure if it
truly involved VHS. And Keep it Simple is the golden rule. Check out
Mickey searching for Donald in Fantasia 2000, or the opening of Star
Wars: Ep 4 A New Hope to get some good wipes across your channel.
Fantasia 2000 was all I needed to debunk the Bose store Virtual
Surround Sound display. I'm sure the THX test works, but good DVD
scenes are much more fun.
And with a Wii on the HDTV, adjust the Wii settings for 16:9 aspect
ratio, and look around for the component video connection. You have to
buy it as an extra accessory, but the Wii's so much fun I keep the
original cable to tote my Wii over to a friend's, and leave the
component hooked up for an improved picture that doesn't leave me
pining as much for the better graphics of the PS3 and XBox360.
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