Comments on: planet earth http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/ in perpetual beta Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:23:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jesse http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-42173 Jesse Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:41:53 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/#comment-42173 but reality is so much more compelling on TV! but reality is so much more compelling on TV!

]]> By: Fizzle http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-42171 Fizzle Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:59:41 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/#comment-42171 Who watches TV during the day? Go outside, people! Who watches TV during the day?
Go outside, people!

]]> By: Jesse http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-42169 Jesse Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:40:35 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/#comment-42169 I see the appeal of projectors, but there are a few problems. Jeff points out the light issue, which you can get around by spending over a grand on the projector, and buying better window treatments. However, the colors will never be as good as they are on a TV, you don't overcome the upgrade issues i mentioned above, and although a projector would be great in a dedicated movie room, this is the shared living room - full of art and couches and other things that appear in living rooms. There certainly isn't a good spot to hang a screen, and even worse for mounting the projector. I think a tv is much more conducive to the living room environment. I see the appeal of projectors, but there are a few problems. Jeff points out the light issue, which you can get around by spending over a grand on the projector, and buying better window treatments.

However, the colors will never be as good as they are on a TV, you don’t overcome the upgrade issues i mentioned above, and although a projector would be great in a dedicated movie room, this is the shared living room – full of art and couches and other things that appear in living rooms. There certainly isn’t a good spot to hang a screen, and even worse for mounting the projector.

I think a tv is much more conducive to the living room environment.

]]> By: Jeff http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-42168 Jeff Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:32:13 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/#comment-42168 Projector + daylight = impossible to see Projector + daylight = impossible to see

]]> By: Fizzle http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-42167 Fizzle Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:29:47 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/#comment-42167 "I don’t want some monolithic, impossible-to-ignore video altar in the middle of our living area." HD projector = invisible “I don’t want some monolithic, impossible-to-ignore video altar in the middle of our living area.”

HD projector = invisible

]]> By: Jeff http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-42151 Jeff Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:51:56 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/#comment-42151 Jesse -- that's really funny, I too was saying <em>just the exact same thing</em> yesterday. "This show seems like it was explicitly designed to sell HDTVs," I said. Still rockin' our Sony 20", however; I just can't get past the expense and the size -- I don't want some monolithic, impossible-to-ignore video altar in the middle of our living area. ~jeff Jesse — that’s really funny, I too was saying just the exact same thing yesterday. “This show seems like it was explicitly designed to sell HDTVs,” I said.

Still rockin’ our Sony 20″, however; I just can’t get past the expense and the size — I don’t want some monolithic, impossible-to-ignore video altar in the middle of our living area.

~jeff

]]> By: peter royal http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-42137 peter royal Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:22:21 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/04/22/planet-earth/#comment-42137 absolutely. my wife and i have been saying the same thing. but its the same problems.. new tv, new receiver, and a series 3 tivo? i don't know what else can replace my directivo. if only comcast gets its shit together and releases the tivo UI on their dvr's.. then its a trivial path to hdtv + dual tuner love! absolutely. my wife and i have been saying the same thing. but its the same problems.. new tv, new receiver, and a series 3 tivo? i don’t know what else can replace my directivo. if only comcast gets its shit together and releases the tivo UI on their dvr’s.. then its a trivial path to hdtv + dual tuner love!

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