RE: Acer Inspire Idea 500 MCE

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

I'm in Faringdon (Oxon) - I'm very tempted to get one of these - although
freeview doesn't work properly in my area (I use Sky HD instead). Might be
a good idea to catch up - I've just got a Panasonic 26" HD LCD TV.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Dave Sussman
> Sent: 13 June 2006 15:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Acer Inspire Idea 500 MCE
>
> No, it's an SDTV - good old fashioned tube. Yes, I'd like to get an HD
> TV, but it's just too expensive at the moment and I really can't
justify
> it. Still if anyone wants to give me one for testing purposes 8)
>
> Seriously, if anyone has an HD display they want to try out on this
PC,
> or even if you just want to see the thing in action, I'm just off the
> M40 at Junction 11 (a small village North of Banbury).
>
> Kevin - it's definitely noisier than the Tivo. The disk certainly was
> during setup, but then it does tend to thrash the disk then. In
> generally it's noisier too, but certainly not loud enough to hear when
> the TV is on. This isn't a problem for me as I'm never in the room
> unless watching TV or listening to music.
>
> d
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> > Paul Gale
> > Sent: 13 June 2006 15:25
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Acer Inspire Idea 500 MCE
> >
> > Thanks Dave,
> >
> > Do you have a HD ready TV? Is your 32" a Standard Definition
TV? This
> > would make a big difference to the PC display if so, as SD is
only
> 720x576
> > pixels.
> >
> > Would be interesting to see it through HDMI or 1080i Component to
see
> what
> > the difference is like.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
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