After 2 years owning, I finally hooked up HDTV!!

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

Thanks for the tip, Andy. I have been waiting for an excuse to upgrade my XP Dell desktop to windows 7. And with 2TB external hard disks becoming more and more affordable, this might be a reality for me.

Windows 7 Media Center just blows away the 2005 (XP) version of MC, and it is a fantastic excuse to upgrade from XP. I had been using Media Center 2005 for four years, and now I wouldn't go back to it for any reason.

Prior to Media Center, there were several other "free HDTV recording on your computer" systems, going back to December 2000, but none was as elegant as MC. (Look up HiPix DTV-200 for the first one; I was one of the first fifty customers.)

[Tom_Ryan]

Charles ... will the XBR910 accept the DVI output from a computer graphics card? For example, if you were to hook it up to your computer and playback a Blueray or HD movie, can the XBR910 display the video cards DVI output? Also, if you were to connect a DVI to HDMI adaptor to the XBR910 can the monitor display the HDMI output from a Blueray player? Just curious if you've tried this yet ...Tom

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by Tom_Ryan

Charles ... will the XBR910 accept the DVI output from a computer graphics card? For example, if you were to hook it up to your computer and playback a Blueray or HD movie, can the XBR910 display the video cards DVI output? Also, if you were to connect a DVI to HDMI adaptor to the XBR910 can the monitor display the HDMI output from a Blueray player? Just curious if you've tried this yet ...Tom

I haven't tried it, as I have neither a BluRay nor a computer with an HDMI output. I know it has 1080i through the HDMI socket, but I never looked into what standard the computer puts out. If I order a DirecTV HD box, I wonder if it has true HD, or if it's some kind of fake upscaling as so many devices sneak to do now?

All I know is the best picture I get on it is with rabbit ears on the Samsung HD box, and it's only component Y/C; no HDMI output.

Charles

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[Dave A]

Bump. XBR960 alert on the east coast. Not mine. Not known to me.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/1602680579.html

Update on mine. Running it seems to have made the CRT happier. Now comes up in a minute or so as the guns level out to spectacular color. Focus is fine. The Olympics never looked so good.

Dave A