HDTV for Dummies

Name: HDTV for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780764575860

ISBN-10: 0764575864

ISBN-13: 9780764575860

Edition: 2005

Authors: Danny Briere, Pat Hurley

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'HDTV for Dummies' demystifies confusing HDTV acronyms, standards and technical terms, helping readers select a set, integrate it into a home entertainment system and sit down to crisp, clear pictures. It explains how to get HDTV into a home through an antenna dish or cable, to get the most out of DVD viewing, video games and more.

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Danny Briere is CEO and founder of TeleChoice, Inc., which provides strategic consulting services to businesses.Pat Hurley is a TeleChoice consultant specializing in emerging telecommunications technologies. They are coauthors of Smart Homes For Dummies, Home Theater For Dummies, and HDTV For Dummies.



Introduction


About This Book


Foolish Assumptions


How This Book Is Organized


Icons Used in This Book


Where to Go from Here


HDTV Fundamentals


What the Heck Is HDTV?


Oh, Say, Can You ATSC?


Powerful Performance


Perplexing Pitfalls


Shopping Smart


The 50,000-Foot View of HDTV


What's Important in an HDTV


Budgeting for HDTV


Finding the Right Size


Matching Your HD Needs


Connecting the Other Gizmos


Which Features Matter?


Cables and Connections


Video Connections


Audio Connections


Love at First Sight


Hooking Up Your HDTV


Making Connections


Enhancing Your HDTV


Why You Need to Calibrate


Getting Your Settings Right


Getting Calibrated


Magic Black Boxes


What the Heck's a Video Processor?


Choosing Scalers


HDTV Channels


Who's Showing HDTV?


Looking at Who Has HDTV


Making Your Choice


All HDTV Signals Are Not Equal


Something's in the Air


Finding Local HD Broadcasts


Tuning In


Antennas A to Z


The Cable Guy


High-Definition Cable


Digital Cable


Analog Cable


Going Boxless


Rocket Science


Planning a Satellite TV System


Choosing a DBS Provider


Movie Machines


DVDs


Deciphering DVD Recorders


Finding DVDs in Unusual Places


Getting Into DVRs


DVR 101


HD DVRs


Standard DVRs


Taping Time


Checking Out Your Digital Options


Connecting VCRs to HDTVs


Looking Closer at D-VHS


Monitor Madness


Gaming Consoles


Understanding Consoles


Meet the Consoles


Connecting to Your HDTV


Camcorders


Your Run-of-the-Mill SD Camcorder


Enter HD Camcorders


Checking Out the First HDV Camcorder


Gadgets


Home Theater PCs


Video Jukeboxes


Do the Roku


Looking for HDTV Gadgets


Home Networking


Layering Your House


The Center of Your HDTV Net


Getting Signals to Your HDTV


Sharing Signals in Your House


Sensory Overload


Understanding Audio


Grasping Audio Basics


Surround-Sound Mania


Dealing with Built-in Audio


Home Theater Audio


Boxing Up Your Home Theater


Receiving Home-Theater Sounds


Setting the Mood


Choosing Your HDTV's Home


Sounds Right?


Lights Everyone, Action!


Geek Stuff


TV Engineering 101


Lines and Pixels


Scanning and Interlacing


Projecting a Good Image


Projection HDTV Design


Projection TV Systems


Screens


Thin Is In


Loving Your LCD


Everyone's Crazy About Plasma


Good OI' Tubes


All About CRTs


CRT Pros and Cons


Navigating the CRT Jungle


The Part of Tens


Ten Places to Buy an HDTV


Crutchfield


Gateway


DISH Network


Circuit City


Best Buy


ClubMac


Super Warehouse


Best Digital Online


Microsoft


Sony Electronics


Ten (or so) HDTV Accessories


Kick Some Butt (with Transducers)


Motion Simulators


Power Conditioner


DVD Changer Controllers


Show HDTV Outdoors


Creature Double Feature in 3D


Wireless Headphones


In Search of That Great Remote Control


Bring Hollywood Home


Index