Hi def TV question.........
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yeah you will definatly notice it is not as "fuzzy" OF course you would get added benefits from HD subscription with dish, but you will pay for it also.
Mafesto...
A 1080p TV will not enhance your Dish signal. There are very few 1080p programs available. No sports network broadcasts in 1080p yet. Where you will see the difference in 1080p is in DVD's, particularly Blu-Ray (wow! what a difference). Most brands don't have 1080p until you go bigger than 36" simply because you can't see the difference until you get a bigger picture. But, 1080p is just around the corner.
By the way....the bigger the TV you go to the worse your standard Dish broadcast will look. It is simply stretching and displaying a poor signal on a bigger screen. Go to HD, you will never look back.
A 1080p TV will not enhance your Dish signal. There are very few 1080p programs available. No sports network broadcasts in 1080p yet. Where you will see the difference in 1080p is in DVD's, particularly Blu-Ray (wow! what a difference). Most brands don't have 1080p until you go bigger than 36" simply because you can't see the difference until you get a bigger picture. But, 1080p is just around the corner.
By the way....the bigger the TV you go to the worse your standard Dish broadcast will look. It is simply stretching and displaying a poor signal on a bigger screen. Go to HD, you will never look back.
I'm not sure if you would notice the diff. between 720 and 1080 unless you were watching blu-ray, but the hi-def dish network is pretty nice, especially for sports, just sucks it costs so much extra
i will answer that one for you, I upgraded to Dish HD and the reception in snow storms is terrible. Worse than my old standard dish. Havent had a rain storm yet where i have lost reception.
If your going to do dish HD you should have at least a 720p tv and run it off HDMI cables not the component cables. Once you go HD you will never go back... LOL
2nd that
have a 720 53in tv and a 63in 1080 tv and only diff. is on dvd and ps3. shows in hd are only 720. hd box is a big improvement. like others said, you wont go back. but 1080, is very sharp. thats how i discribe it. if you watch it to long, it strains your eyes. might be to good. 720 is fine for most people. remember that if you buy a new tv make sure its hd, not hd ready. in 09 all analog will be gone, so anntennas on your house will not work. (your dish is fine, but if you need a regular old school anntena for locals they wont work.) making people buy a seperate box for them. if its not a tube, go with a 720, after that your wasting your money. (unless your really into tvs but sounds like your just a average guy.)
i have comcast, so dont know about the dish with rain. why i just use cable. goes out maybe once a year, if that. maybe alittle more, but roof is clear, no wires hangin, and always works.
Proper sat cable (dish to reciever) end connections are critical for HD. Also, read a thing on HDMI, how its way over rated, I have a 50" Panasonic Plasma, there is not enough difference between Component cables & a $100+ HDMI cable to warrant the HDMI cable. ( unfortunetly I purchased 2 HDMI cables when I bought the T.V.) Maybe with Blu ray there is a difference, don't know.
Yep, snowstorms are harder on Dish's reception for some reason (I don't have this problem with Direct TV). I would loose HD in snow storms but regular TV would be fine (non-HD TV). Dish's HD receiver is very buggy (they acknowledge this themselves). I had two returned and still had issues. This along with their terrible service led me to Direct TV (long ranting story...).
I disagree with Dangerfield on the HDMI. I have been able to tell the difference between those and component cables. My Direct TV installer gave them to me for two TV's for free. But they are expensive. Perhaps it depends on the provider and TV.
I disagree with Dangerfield on the HDMI. I have been able to tell the difference between those and component cables. My Direct TV installer gave them to me for two TV's for free. But they are expensive. Perhaps it depends on the provider and TV.
I feel your pain!!!!!
Every time I have to call dish, 2 things are a must......
1-Take an aspirin, because you WILL end up with a headache before the call is over
2-Make sure phone battery is FULLY CHARGED prior to call, as I've had calls last over an hour before.
They are absolutely horrible to deal with!
Component cables can not carry a 1080p signal, only HDMI and DVI can.
We have a 40" Samsung with 120Hz refresh rate.
Personally I cannot tell the difference between 1080i and 720p.
Now 1080p is incredible!
I'm sure one day 1080p will become SD, 2160p will be HD, and 4320i will become FullHD. This will happen once 1080p TV's saturate the market, and technology advances will enable higher resolutions to be pumped through current bandwith's.
1080p is blue ray thing right now.
Only thing sucks about our new TV is the yesterday a stupid thin black line appeared horizontally all the way across the screen! It is like a line of pixels went out or something.
Personally I cannot tell the difference between 1080i and 720p.
Now 1080p is incredible!
I'm sure one day 1080p will become SD, 2160p will be HD, and 4320i will become FullHD. This will happen once 1080p TV's saturate the market, and technology advances will enable higher resolutions to be pumped through current bandwith's.
1080p is blue ray thing right now.
Only thing sucks about our new TV is the yesterday a stupid thin black line appeared horizontally all the way across the screen! It is like a line of pixels went out or something.
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most of my best friends worked for dish for a long time... never had any problems when i needed customer support, however now that they have moved on if i ever encounter customer service problems im going to direct tv...
I can tell a difference between component cables and hdmi. As stated to get full hd 1080p you must have hdmi. However, i bought some HDMI cables on a website for like $10, and i was given a couple of the $100 cables when i bought my TV. I cannot tell a difference between the expensive HDMI cables and the cheap china hdmi cables.
Monster = JUNK! I would never waste my money on that stuff.
OK so I shouldn't call it junk but it is a waste of money. I did some test in college on cheap vs expensive and there was NO difference in the cable.
we used to have dish but could't take it any more we now have comcast hd with a brand new sony 60" absolutely awesome!! sometimes hard to get off the couch because of it's beauty have a xbox 360 intalled withe their hddvd and it looks awesome phenomenal graphics with the games!!!
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What kind of testing? Bandwidth? Noise rejection? There is a difference between cables and cheap cables... but yeah, monster is overrated. Connectors are where most of the noise comes in, anyways.
Used a bunch of 50Ω coax at my last job for small signal transmission (~2mVpp) over 100ft lengths... had a high frequency generator (think handheld tesla coil...
) and looked at the noise on the coax on a 'scope.... Not surprisingly, as the noise was injected closer to the connectors the more noise went onto the signal on the line. The cable with the foil under the braid on the shield works the best. Make sure the drain line on the foil is connected to ground, some manufacturers miss that.
What kind of testing? Bandwidth? Noise rejection? There is a difference between cables and cheap cables... but yeah, monster is overrated. Connectors are where most of the noise comes in, anyways.
Used a bunch of 50Ω coax at my last job for small signal transmission (~2mVpp) over 100ft lengths... had a high frequency generator (think handheld tesla coil...
OK, now you guys are just making me feel stupid!
What kind of testing? Bandwidth? Noise rejection? There is a difference between cables and cheap cables... but yeah, monster is overrated. Connectors are where most of the noise comes in, anyways.
Used a bunch of 50Ω coax at my last job for small signal transmission (~2mVpp) over 100ft lengths... had a high frequency generator (think handheld tesla coil...
Well said mule...... You can get some cheap cable that is great quality as well as some expensive cable that is chitttty quality..... The key is to the shielding.... As mule said, if the shielding is not gnd'd you have a higher succeptibility (sp) to noise interference..... The only time I use Monster products are when they are free.
