I don't get why people are making a big deal about the FW400 not being there. You can just use an adapter and use the FW800 jack. No biggie. And as an editor myself I'd much rather have FW800.

I'd use it for showing off at coffeehouses.

My father in-laws business is does stuff like this all the time and is actually buying a couple of these same machines. It's crazy stuff!

Anything you can imagine, they can build.

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Brad I couldn't disagree more.

try using something that you can actually control the native original resolution of what you are viewing. Probably what you are seeing is orginally shot in 720p. Fox, ABC, and ESPN currently broadcast 720p content. So even if your little cable or DirecTV box says its putting it through in 1080i the content was still shot in 720p and that's as good as it is going to look no matter how much you scale it.

NBC, Universal HD, CBS, PBS, The CW, HBO, Showtime, Starz!, MOJO HD, HDNet ,TNT, and Discovery HD Theater currently broadcast 1080i. These shows look far Superior in 1080 on a 1080 set, no questions asked.

I am an FCP editor and deal in editing and developing HD content everyday. If you ever have a chance try and find someone that has a HD broadcast Video card. I have about 5 of them. http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/hd/ Hook that up to a 1080 set and then switch your resolutions and you will truely see the difference. Your TV may do an ok job at scaling a 720p signal and making 720p look good but 1080 looks oh so much better. No TV that upscales or any upscaling DVD player can match pixel for pixel the quality you get from a true 1080 broadcast signal into a true 1080 set.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Standard_video_res.svg

Ok,

For those of you who say that 1080p doesn't really matter, you are obviously not a true videophile. Any true video connoisseur can pick out an interlaced signal on the fly, especially with fast motion on the screen. Also, a 720p set just lacks that same pop factor that you get from a 1080p set.

Also if you come from the gaming world and understand good video you'll know that refresh rate is really important. No days I would definitely look at the 120Hz sets as they are becoming more available.

All and all I would probably go with the Samsung LN-T4681F and a nice Home Theater Receiver from Onkyo or Sony that will de-interlace the 1080i signal from a DirecTV receiver to 1080p.

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old school Fossil watch

no cablecard here

satellite through DirecTV

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