Feeling Wooooooozy (just spent bucks on TV)

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

FWIW, another thread on HDTV discussions.

OK I am reading that thread and now I feel all cold and scared inside. What expensive confusifying horror have I gotten myself into? Component Cable this, s-video that, cable card this, TiVo that, HD-TV-cable-aux Gwaaahhhhh!!! Blah blah Ginger indeed.

All I want is:

To watch HD programming sometimes (TW DVR is the only way to go, methinks, with my current setup).

To play video games in wide screen.

To watch DVD (and later, Blu-Ray perhaps) on a big screen.

I'm not sure how this will all work out considering our current set up is horrifically over-complicated (with 2 DVD players, a TiVo, a VHS player, an amplifier, two speakers, some bizarre sound-board which I have no idea of its functionality, and lots of plugs hooked into another box with a switch, which turns the DVD on occassionally). I cannot for the life of me figure out what Cheddar Boy has done to that... I consider myself relatively intelligent (and I'm able to figure out a computer pretty well) but I cannot for the life of me ever figure out how to turn that system on when I want to. *sigh*

TV comes on Saturday...... oy vey.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Chernabog

OK I am reading that thread and now I feel all cold and scared inside. What expensive confusifying horror have I gotten myself into? Component Cable this, s-video that, cable card this, TiVo that, HD-TV-cable-aux Gwaaahhhhh!!! Blah blah Ginger indeed.

Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you.

Like others said, just take it one component at a time. I am pretty technically savvy and completely revamped my initial setup once everything was in. And I will probably make more adjustments as time goes on. Bottom line is that you don't have to get it right the first time.

Originally Posted by Chernabog

All I want is:

To watch HD programming sometimes (TW DVR is the only way to go, methinks, with my current setup).

I have been mostly happy with TW DVR, except I wish the recording capacity was higher. It is not nearly as good (from a user standpoint) as TiVo, but it gets the job done.

And you will need an HDMI cable running from the TW DVR to the TV which is why I mentioned it.

And as for the rest, just take it one step at a time. You can always call me in the panic moments if you want.