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Post by clarencebunsen on Dec 31, 2011 13:17:09 GMT -5
LG to Show Off 84-Inch ‘Ultra Definition’ TV at CESApparently, a 55-inch OLED television isn’t wowing enough. So, in addition to the TV we reported on Tuesday, LG will also be unveiling at CES what it describes as the world’s largest 3-D “Ultra Definition” television — an 84-inch, 3840×2160 resolution 3-D display.
Popularly known as 4K — because of the some 4,000 pixels stretched horizontally across the screen — a display of this resolution contains 8 million pixels, which is four times the number of current HD displays. www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/lg-84-inch-4k-display/Just think, for less than $12,000 you will be able to watch the surviving biggest talented loser get fired from ice dancing with the stars in such detail that you will be able to count the individual nose hairs.
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Post by Clipper on Dec 31, 2011 13:56:32 GMT -5
ROFL! Unbelievable Clarence. The market is there for whatever the next generation of electronics can bring on any given day. I saw an ad on TV this morning for a device that looked like a plastic tommy gun, that is actually a game controller that you mount your I-phone on, and use the display on your smart phone to play video games. I didn't catch the price, but it is probably one of those "if you call in the next ten minutes, we will double the offer" or "for just 5 easy credit card payments of a million dollars a piece, you can have this device shipped directly to your door. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery."  I guess this is what we call "progress" in today's world.   We have a 50 inch flatscreen now, and it is like being at the drive-in sitting in my lounge chair with stereo and the big screen. We have come a long ways from the 13inch used portable black and white that my first wife and I bought when we first got married. It sat on a bookshelf in our apartment that we rented for $65 a month, lol. |
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Post by dgriffin on Dec 31, 2011 14:37:07 GMT -5
................Just think, for less than $12,000 you will be able to watch the surviving biggest talented loser get fired from ice dancing with the stars in such detail that you will be able to count the individual nose hairs. That's the trouble, there's not much on that's very watchable. Except for an occasional glimpse of Ice Truckers or Deadly Catch, it all seems pretty lame to me. Maybe the fare would improve if we paid for more channels, but somehow I doubt it. I've been thinking lately I'd like to watch more movies, old and new. I don't know if I have the right channel line up for it, but I might pay an extra ten dollars a month to solve that problem, which I hope would be possible for the classics, at least. If more than ten bucks, I'd maybe look to Netflix instead. |
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Post by Ralph on Jan 1, 2012 4:34:28 GMT -5
With a TV that big I would go blind......if I could find a wall big enough to put it on!!!  Dave, we invested in a Roku box since we have Netflix (which is worth the price) and have since expanded to three of them. Well worth it to watch not just Netflix, but a ton of other free channels as well (and there are pay sites too). |
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Post by chris on Jan 1, 2012 14:42:42 GMT -5
just testing out my new DXG Luxe HDcamcorder (in snow leopard) I have to practice to go slower....makes my film look out of focus. The tall bldg towards the end of the film is the Heritage and my mom is right next to it at ST Anne's...Heritage is coming down soon. I can look out my balcony and wave to my mom from here.... ;D red steeple is my church St Stanislaus, then downtown , Kodak Pk at right in the distance. Okay that was my little tour of Rocheter for you.
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Post by dgriffin on Jan 1, 2012 15:57:34 GMT -5
Thanks, Ralph. A Roku box and Netflix look like a good deal. I haven't spent a great deal of time looking, but it seems that 7.95 per month for Netflix would be much cheaper than various movie channel selections offered by the Cable company. The absolute latest films are not important to me. It takes me a year to get around to noticing them anyway and I'd primarily be interested in the classics.
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Post by dgriffin on Jan 1, 2012 16:05:45 GMT -5
just testing out my new DXG Luxe HDcamcorder (in snow leopard) I have to practice to go slower....makes my film look out of focus. The tall bldg towards the end of the film is the Heritage and my mom is right next to it at ST Anne's...Heritage is coming down soon. I can look out my balcony and wave to my mom from here.... ;D red steeple is my church St Stanislaus, then downtown , Kodak Pk at right in the distance. Okay that was my little tour of Rocheter for you. Pretty nice! Those seem like low light conditions so a little fuzziness, especially with movement, is not surprising. Your quality should improve tremendously with daylight. Don't forget, too, that with an automatic aperture (which I assume it has), shooting at a sunset is going to shut down the aperture and limit the light getting to the ccd's. So you can improve the quality of the picture by keeping bright lights out of the frame, to your back if possible. A suggestion, see if you can find (or make) a monopod ... that's a tripod with only one leg. I used one frequently just to steady the camera and it improves the quality and the aesthetics quite a bit. You can tip and pan and nothing is jerky when it's just like a stick braced on the ground. Use an old crutch if you have one laying around. |
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Post by chris on Jan 1, 2012 17:07:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the tips Dave....it was actually sunrise around 730 am yesterday. I have a tiny 3 legged tripod and was thinking of getting a gorilla tripod (they wrap around stuff) not sure if you are familiar with it. But then on a tripod...how would I pan.
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Post by chris on Jan 1, 2012 17:09:05 GMT -5
what is a Roku box and what do you do with it?
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Post by dgriffin on Jan 1, 2012 17:26:58 GMT -5
Raph's the expert, but it's a box you attach to your cable that allows you to sift through menus and download program material from Netflix and other services. They cost anywhere from $50 to 100. I believe it probably works on the Internet part of your cable, not the cable TV part, so you need cable internet. www.roku.com/roku-products?gclid=COCroaHtr60CFYpY7Aodkl9uogA tripod usually has some sort of universally moving bushing to which a camera attaches. So panning and and tilting is a mechanical movement that can be jerky. With a monopod, or stick, the whole stick is moving and pivoting around a point on the floor or ground. A tripod will hold a camera without your help of course. You can walk away from it and get in the picture, for example. A monopod needs you to hold it up. It's simply used to steady the camera and to steady your tilts and pans. Most of the time it's all you need. My old one telescoped from about a foot long to about five feet. It was actually a very lean tripod from the late 1940's and my uncle gave it to me when I was a kid. I simply left it folded together and pulled down only one leg most of the time, all three when I wanted to set the camera to stand by itself. |
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Post by dgriffin on Jan 1, 2012 17:33:29 GMT -5
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Post by chris on Jan 1, 2012 17:38:54 GMT -5
Okay Thanks Dave...and for the Roku...I'm falling behind in keeping up with the tech stuff. I like movies but prefer the theater and hate to really watch on tv but don't do that much tv watching as it is boring...except tonight on e of the show I watched is Once Upon a Fairytale and it is a marathon today/nite...can catch up on some if I missed any. Can't wait for my Revenge to return cause I hate watching reruns and that is all they have been showing during the holidays.  |
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Post by Ralph on Jan 2, 2012 3:17:25 GMT -5
I have one of the original Roku’s from a little over a year ago which is what prompted us to get a couple of the new HD’s. Being a return customer I was able to get them before Christmas at $49 each.
They work off of your wireless internet connection or router, we have DSL and it works just fine.
They are worth it, and if you order one order the HDMI cable along with it (provided your TV accepts HDMI). It is cheaper buying it right from them and makes installation much easier. Though they can be hooked up to ANY TV with just as you would a VCR. One of the biggest pluses is that they are no bigger than a pack of cigarettes and use less electricity than a night light.
First run movies take a while to get to Netflix, but there are many there and growing all the time as well as many TV series to watch.
Roku has tons of channels you can watch by adding them to your account, anything from sports to news, documentaries, etc. Just have to be careful as some of them you are charged for, but you will be aware of that ahead of time. But most of the ones we have watched are free, including Pandora radio.
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Post by chris on Jan 2, 2012 8:28:27 GMT -5
From what I read it says you don't need a computer so how do you get it from Netflix. It downloads straight to the box but you order movies on line. (keeping these notes for future use) Right now the way I watch a movie, I am guessing it is still cheaper for me to rent from Redbox. $1.00 or the library which is free. Sometimes I watch something free off Hulu. (they have lots of foreign films that I enjoy watching). Ralph when you say buy from them did you mean Netflix. They have one now for 49.00. I still own a 27 inch Magnavox and untill it dies have no intention of getting a flat screen. Has a beautiful picture and works fine. Does not look obsolete yet ;D
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Post by dgriffin on Jan 2, 2012 12:11:41 GMT -5
Chris, how does Redbox work?
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