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HDTV for Dummies (Dummies Series)
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The bad news is soon you will have to replace an electronic gadget in your
house, The good news is you will not have to buy yet another copy of the White
Album in yet another media. HDTV, not to be confused by ADHD, is a vast
improvement on the US television broadcast standard NTSC (Never Twice the Same
Color). However, getting used to the high quality is not the problem. Getting
used to the presently high price is. The authors, encourage you to read up on
the technology a bit, shopping very carefully, and getting what you need to make
sure yours is a proper HDTV experience. They describe HDTV channels and
programs, getting into DVDs and gaming consoles, and the art of developing and
actually enjoying sensory overload. For those of us who still cherish the White
Album on LPs, the authors include a bit of nostalgia about the pre-HDTV days as
well.

Table of Contents
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Book Is Organized 3
Icons Used in This Book 5
Where to Go from Here 6
Part I HDTV Fundamentals 7
Chapter 1 What the Heck Is HDTV? 9
Oh, Say, Can You ATSC? 9
Powerful Performance 10
Perplexing Pitfalls 14
Chapter 2 Shopping Smart 17
The 50,000-Foot View of HDTV 18
What's Important in an HDTV 19
Budgeting for HDTV 20
Finding the Right Size 24
Matching Your HD Needs 25
Connecting the Other Gizmos 25
Which Features Matter? 29
Chapter 3 Cables and Connections 33
Video Connections 33
Audio Connections 43
Part II Love at First Sight 47
Chapter 4 Hooking Up Your HDTV 49
Making Connections 50
Chapter 5 Enhancing Your HDTV 67
Why You Need to Calibrate 67
Getting Your Settings Right 68
Getting Calibrated 69
Chapter 6 Magic Black Boxes 73
What the Heck's a Video Processor? 73
Choosing Scalers 76
Part III HDTV Channels 79
Chapter 7 Who's Showing HDTV? 81
Looking at Who Has HDTV 82
Making Your Choice 84
All HDTV Signals Are Not Equal 85
Chapter 8 Something's in the Air 89
Finding Local HD Broadcasts 90
Tuning In 91
Antennas A to Z 93
Chapter 9 The Cable Guy 97
High-Definition Cable 98
Digital Cable 100
Analog Cable 102
Going Boxless 102
Chapter 10 Rocket Science 105
Planning a Satellite TV System 105
Choosing a DBS Provider 109
Part IV Movie Machines 113
Chapter 11 DVDs 115
Deciphering DVD Recorders 117
Finding DVDs in Unusual Places 118
Chapter 12 Getting Into DVRs 123
DVR 101 123
HD DVRs 125
Standard DVRs 127
Chapter 13 Taping Time 131
Checking Out Your Digital Options 132
Connecting VCRs to HDTVs 134
Looking Closer at D-VHS 136
Part V Monitor Madness 139
Chapter 14 Gaming Consoles 141
Understanding Consoles 141
Meet the Consoles 142
Connecting to Your HDTV 146
Chapter 15 Camcorders 151
Your Run-of-the-Mill SD Camcorder 152
Enter HD Camcorders 153
Checking Out the First HDV Camcorder 154
Chapter 16 Gadgets 159
Home Theater PCs 159
Video Jukeboxes 162
Do the Roku 164
Looking for HDTV Gadgets 165
Chapter 17 Home Networking 167
Layering Your House 168
The Center of Your HDTV Net 168
Getting Signals to Your HDTV 169
Sharing Signals in Your House 174
Part VI Sensory Overload 177
Chapter 18 Understanding Audio 179
Grasping Audio Basics 180
Surround-Sound Mania 181
Dealing with Built-in Audio 185
Chapter 19 Home Theater Audio 187
Boxing Up Your Home Theater 187
Receiving Home-Theater Sounds 189
Chapter 20 Setting the Mood 193
Choosing Your HDTV's Home 193
Sounds Right? 195
Lights Everyone, Action! 200
Part VII Geek Stuff 205
Chapter 21 TV Engineering 101 207
Lines and Pixels 207
Scanning and Interlacing 212
Chapter 22 Projecting a Good Image 215
Projection HDTV Design 215
Projection TV Systems 219
Screens 224
Chapter 23 Thin Is In 227
Loving Your LCD 227
Everyone's Crazy About Plasma 230
Chapter 24 Good OI' Tubes 233
All About CRTs 233
CRT Pros and Cons 234
Navigating the CRT Jungle 236
Part VIII The Part of Tens 239
Chapter 25 Ten Places to Buy an HDTV 241
Crutchfield 242
Gateway 243
DISH Network 246
Circuit City 246
Best Buy 247
ClubMac 247
Super Warehouse 248
Best Digital Online 248
Microsoft 248
Sony Electronics 249
Chapter 26 Ten (or so) HDTV Accessories 251
Kick Some Butt (with Transducers) 251
Motion Simulators 253
Power Conditioner 254
DVD Changer Controllers 254
Show HDTV Outdoors 255
Creature Double Feature in 3D 256
Wireless Headphones 258
In Search of That Great Remote Control 259
Bring Hollywood Home 262
Index 263

Product Details

* ISBN: 0764575864
* ISBN-13: 9780764575860
* Format: Paperback, 274pp
* Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
* Pub. Date: October 2004

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