Television sets, what to get

[Bird]

I have a 35" tube type Philips HDTV that weighs 200 lb.

The 32" one we had wasn't quite that heavy, but whatever it weighed, it was all I cold do to lift it by myself. That was one reason we gave it to a daughter and son-in-law and bought flat screen TV's that I can pick up to move if I have to.

We have a VCR, but it's not even hooked up.

We have an old Apex VCR & DVD player that we used to use quite a bit, but no more. However, it is hooked up to the little TV in the bedroom. But a couple of years ago, when we bought the flat screen TVs, we also bought a Samsung VCR/DVD recorder that's hooked up in the living room. I still occasionally play some of our old VHS tapes, but if I record anything off the TV, it's on a DVD instead of tape. DVRs and Blu-Ray are still mysteries that I haven't seen a need to learn.:laughing:

 

[deepNdirt]

I still occasionally play some of our old VHS tapes, but if I record anything off the TV, it's on a DVD instead of tape. DVRs and Blu-Ray are still mysteries that I haven't seen a need to learn.:laughing:

I have held on to all of our old VHS movies, several hundred of them, Many of which I have purchased DVD's of the same, I can't help but to think how much $$$ has been invest on the VHS to think that now they are not worth anything..... I thought a few years ago when purchased a DVD recorder might take time to record all the VHS's to DVD's.... I actually attempt a few and did not turn out, evidentially the speed of the VHS has to be set to the correct length of record time on a DVD, because when playing back the recorded DVD I had not record approx 20 minutes of the end of the movie....
so I tried it again and with the same results, I give up on that Idea
besides I have been told that DVD's will not last with a quality pix but for just so long, I think it was 8-10 years, as to where the VHS stays on forever,
Have you heard of this? however I have played back some of my older collections of DVD movies and is very bad quality themselves,

 

[Bird]

I have been told that DVD's will not last with a quality pix but for just so long, I think it was 8-10 years, as to where the VHS stays on forever,
Have you heard of this? however I have played back some of my older collections of DVD movies and is very bad quality themselves,

I don't know anything about how long they'll last, but that's not surprising. I don't really have many, but some of mine are not the greatest quality anymore.

Nearly twenty-two years ago, when we were getting ready to become full time RVers, I had a lot of 33 rpm phonograph records, and a few 45s. So I copied them to cassettes. So now I have about 75 cassettes with music I like, and wish I had an easy and cheap way to copy them to CDs.

 

[deepNdirt]

I don't know anything about how long they'll last, but that's not surprising. I don't really have many, but some of mine are not the greatest quality anymore.

Nearly twenty-two years ago, when we were getting ready to become full time RVers, I had a lot of 33 rpm phonograph records, and a few 45s. So I copied them to cassettes. So now I have about 75 cassettes with music I like, and wish I had an easy and cheap way to copy them to CDs.

correction: I meant to say my Old VHS collection are now of bad Quality ....
Bird, with a usb input on your computer the Old Cassettes can be transfered to CD's through a coping software, I've got this thing called Dazzle component design to transfer analog video/sound to the usb input of my PC, I used it to download and record some hi-8 recordings onto a DVD, a bit complex to do the editing but it did copy, I'm sure could also connect a cassette player as well, :thumbsup:

 

[Bird]

I'm the one who wasn't clear there. I knew you were talking about VHS tapes, and my less than good quality tapes are also my VHS tapes. My music cassettes still sound OK, but I don't know about transferring that music to CDs.

I can transfer my VHS tapes to DVD with the recorder I have, but like you, I've messed up on the timing on some.

 

[alchemysa]

Well I guess this is a subject that will never die so I bumped this thread back to tell you what we just bought...

A Panasonic Viera 42" Plasma V series. The picture on this is simply sensational and makes our LG 42" LCD look very second rate. I'm very fussy about picture quality, especially skin tones, so I spent a lot of time looking around and this has got the best picture of anything I've seen at a reasonable price. This one was 'on special' for $1350 Australian. (The top quality 3D plasma units display 2D beautifully but cost twice as much). The new plasmas like this V series are definately a step up from any previous models. The other concerns I had about plasma have also been addressed with this model. It has a non-reflective screen and a built in sleep mode to prevent 'burn in' if the screen is 'still' for too long.

Everything looks better on this telly than on any of the 3 LCD's we own. Sport is better too because the plasma's don't have the 'refresh' issue that makes fast action look fuzzy on an LCD. The sound is excellent, it has a good 'program guide', and the remote is easy to use. All in all i couldn't recommend this TV highly enough, so if you want a really good telly check out the latest Panasonic 'V' series Plasmas. This is the first 'big screen TV' I've owned that hasn't left me pining for the days of old fashioned CRT technology.

(Edit - I should have said its a 'low reflection' screen, not 'non reflective'.)

 

[jimmyj]

Glad you like the new telly Alchemysa!

Does anyone know if you can turn of the "power on sound" on the sony Bravia?