What's the best position for TV lighting?

Robert W

I've purchased a 52" LCD TV and I'm remodeling the room in which it will be installed. What's the best position and type for lighting to have on while viewing the TV?

Answer
In a viewing environment with a single direct-view display I recommend dividing the room lighting into a minimum of two independently dimmable lighting zones. One of the dimmable zones should be dedicated to the specific task of illuminating the wall behind your display. This form of lighting is referred to by some as âbias lighting.â

Though wall sconces are popular with many custom home theater owners and designers I recommend avoiding them if theyâre not designed solely for indirect illumination. Ideally all illumination in an optimal viewing environment or home theater should be indirect and diffuse, especially the lighting used to illuminate the wall behind your TV screen. The bias lighting, which is very low level illuminance, is the only lighting that should be on during television viewing - all remaining lighting should be off.

For additional information please read my response to the following Yahoo! Answers question:

Where should light source be placed/located in the living room relative to the TV?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071005181157AAaIVzd

I am a very strong advocate of dimmable RGB LED lighting systems that are capable of full additive color mixing. This new solid-state lighting technology will allow you to easily produce white light with an optimum correlated color temperature (CCT) of approximately 6500 Kelvin while also providing a high color rendering index (CRI) of approximately 94 or higher. Solid-state lighting also offers other important advantages over other forms of lighting, i.e., it generates no UV radiation, produces a negligible amount of heat, and uses a minimum of electrical power. No other lighting solution currently offers this highly advantageous combination.

Another worthwhile lighting technology is light pipes or optical fiber systems. For more information Iâve posted additional resources below.

If neither of these lighting technologies is readily available or of little interest to you then your only other remaining option is to install specialty 6500 K (âD65,â) high CRI, dimmable fluorescent lighting. Keep in mind that the colorimetric requirements for any room lighting that should be off during television viewing will not be as critical as is the case for lighting used to illuminate the wall behind your TV.

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Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions
http://www.colorkinetics.com
Color Temperature Controllable Solid-State Lighting
http://www.colorkinetics.com/ls/intelliwhite/
Color Temperature and LED Lighting Whitepaper
http://www.colorkinetics.com/support/whitepapers/ColorTemperature.pdf

Integrated System Technologies & Radiant Research
http://www.istl.com
RGB LED Lighting
http://www.istl.com/rgb-lighting.php

Tryka LED Ltd
http://www.tryka.co.uk/prodindex.htm

Optima Lighting - Architectural LED Lighting
http://www.optimalight.com/procatalogs.asp?procatalogs.asp?page_id=2&parent_id=2&loc=na&page_id=1&page_type=ProductSubCategory&catid=77&catname=LED

Lutron Electronics - Dimmers and Lighting Controls
http://www.lutron.com

Closed-loop Electronic Controllers Drive LED Systems
http://www.ledsmagazine.com/features/3/1/4
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Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu

IESNA - Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
http://www.iesna.org

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Fiberstars
http://www.fiberstars.com
Nexxus Lighting (formerly Super Vision)
http://www.nexxuslighting.com/products/FiberOptic/
http://www.svision.com/prod_fiber_optic.html
http://www.svision.com/pdf/2006Catalog/Catalog_Fiber_Optic_Cable_SideGlow_Ver1.0.pdf
http://www.advancedlighting.com
FiberFin
http://www.fiberfin.com
SCHOTT Fiber Optic Lighting
http://www.schott.com/fiberoptics/english/products/lighting/index.html
http://www.us.schott.com/fiberoptics/english/products/lighting/
http://www.us.schott.com/fiberoptics/english/
Lumitex
http://www.lumitex.com
http://www.lumitex.com/fiber_optic_devices.html
Glass Illuminations Inc
http://www.glassilluminations.com
Fibrelume Pty
http://www.fibrelume.com
Lumenyte International
http://www.lumenyte.com
Visual Lighting Technologies
http://www.visual-lighting.com
Fiber Optic Products
http://www.fiberopticproducts.com
Fiber Optic Technologies
http://www.fiberoptictechnologies.com
Magic Lite
http://www.magiclite.com
Fiber Optic Systems Incorporated
http://www.fosi.com
NoUVIR Research
http://www.nouvir.com
Tri North Lighting
http://www.trinorthlighting.com
Optic-Light
http://www.opticlight.com/store/
Lazarus Lighting Design
http://www.lldinc.com
Del Lighting
http://www.del-lighting.com
Wiedamark LED and Fiber Optic Lighting
http://www.wiedamark.com
Fiber Creations
http://www.fibercreations.com
TPR Enterprises
http://www.tprlights.com
Optic Arts
http://www.opticarts.com
Lucifer Lighting
http://www.luciferlighting.com
Martin Professional Fiber Illuminators
http://www.martin.com/productsubgroup/productsubgroup.asp?psg=fiberilluminators
American Lighting Inc
http://www.americanlighting.com/products.cfm
3M Light Management Solutions
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/LightingProducts/LightManagementSolutions/
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Live Design Online Source Book
Fiber Optic Lighting
http://www.edldbuyersguide.com/Fiber_Optic_Lighting_66700.aspx

The Photonics Directory Buyersâ Guide
http://www.photonics.com/bgHome.aspx

Photonics Buyersâ Guide
Products & Manufacturers - Fiber Optic Cable
http://www.photonics.com/directory/bg/category.asp?bgpsa=24506

Introduction to Fiber-Optic Lighting
by Craig DiLouie and Randy Smith
http://www.lightingdesignlab.com/articles/fiberoptic/intro_fiber.htm

Lighting from Afar (remote-source lighting)
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/Futures/LF-RemoteSource/index.asp
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/resources/library/Fiberoptic.asp

inter.Light Lightsearch - Fiber Optic Parts
http://www.lightsearch.com/cgi-bin/components.pl?level2=Fiber+Optic+Parts&level1=p

Dyna Lighting Fiber Optic Lighting Resource
http://www.dynalighting.com/fiberopticlighting/
 

0.7 Seconds to Conspiracy?

scgator200

A new book shows that Governor Connally was shot in the back a split second after President Kennedy was killed.

The YOUBE video shows Connally was bent over "by the force of the bullet" a split second after JFK was shot in the head. There is other evidence in the book that shows that this is true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhqq1UzONIE

The question is: WHY do people have such difficulty in believing that there is proof that a conspiracy killed JFK?

This question is important now because 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the brutal murder of President Kennedy, The media is planning on showing many "documentaries" that are simply wrong. A conspiracy killed JFK.

Answer
WHY do people have such difficulty in believing that there is proof that a conspiracy killed JFK? People tend to believe what is put in front of them because they are conditioned to do this by schools: to memorize facts to pass the test, not to evaluate or think with data. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=george+carlin+our+owners&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDYQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhYIC0eZYEtI&ei=l-fPUJ61AYrhiwLa0oDgDg&usg=AFQjCNFCLR1vPBgLCnwtao94jqpaJ3qcqQ&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.cGE

The media is a whole other issue. Did you know that most of the media is corporately owned by the same individuals that own big/international banking (including the privately-owned Federal Reserve, which is as Federal as Federal Express,) Big Pharma & military industry. Wow! Can you say conflict of interests?

To put it simply, America is corporately controlled by international banking interests. You will have to watch the Zeitgeist series to understand why this is. This is Woodrow Wilson's "invisible government...set up above the forms of democracy." This is why Einstien came to realize: "I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my life." JFK implored the corporately controlled media to inform the US citizen, as long as doing so did not compromise the US during wartime. JFK warned of "a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy." http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=monolithic+and+ruthless+conspiracy&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&ved=0CFIQtwIwBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRhkjYJAHCjM&ei=FezPUO-ENsThiwK48IGgAg&usg=AFQjCNGgbN5Gra-bVIDhaRkiw4zjo5cAwQ&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.cGE

"The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom and before I leave office I must inform the Citizen of his plight."
~ President John F. Kennedy -Assassinated 10 days later!

There is a reason that you can't trust a number of things the American media tells you and what you see on TV and it all boils down to money, power, control. This is the same reason why Big Pharma/Psychiarty are typically not bad-mouthed by corporate media, even though Big Pharma/Psychiarty are responsible for the large-scale school shootings like columbine. The JFK assassination, all tragedies that led to US military action (including 9/11 & Pearl Harbor) and economic depressions are all orchestrated by the people who really control America: the international banking interests that our Founding Fathers sought to be free of.

The international banking cartel's formula is this: 1) allow/create an event that makes a problem that demands solution and make that problem broadly known to the public (Pearl Harbor, 9/11 the Great Depression) 2) swoop in with a solution that takes advantage of the situation and makes the government borrow money from private banking institutions and put the government on a payment plan (go to war/sell wartime goods, make money off of that/make loans to the government to afford wartime goods, make money off of that; alternatively establish the Federal Reserve so the US government can use it irresponsibly like a credit card and go into debt that it can't recover from.) JFK was taken out because he was causing problems for the business interests of the bankers one way or another, whether it was because he was going to announce what was going on to the American public, he was going to make a move against the Federal Reserve or he was going to end US support in Vietnam, all of which were bad business for the international banking cartel. It honestly didn't matter what grouping of people pulled the triggers that murdered JFK--the international banking cartel was the only group with the money motivation to assassinate JFK and the power/influence, over American government organizations like the FBI, to cover it up.

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Which is the better flat panel TV, LCD or plasma?

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WaryInvest

I am about to take the step to a flat HDTV. There is so much info out that it is confusing. For viewing from about 12 feet away, what size and type TV is best. I am interest in a good pix, high reliability and power economy? What to buy?

Answer
Hi Waryinve...!
I prefer LCD. If You want an ultra-thin TV â LCD TVs, especially LED-backlit
models, tend to be thinner than plasmas.
If You do a lot of daytime viewing in a room with windows lacking blinds,
curtains or drapes. An LCD's bright picture will be look better in bright light;
Get Samsung Lcd. It would be a best choiice.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fs%2fref%3dnb_sb_ss_i_0_11%3furl%3dsearch-alias%253Delectronics%26field-keywords%3dsamsung%2blcd%2btv%26sprefix%3dsamsung%2blcd%26ih%3d3_2_2_2_1_2_0_0_0_1.172_180%26fsc%3d10&tag=digitsy-post-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

Trying to use RCA DVD player for Samsung Smart TV surround?

Mike H

The goal is to use our 10 year old Pioneer DVD player (which acts as a tuner for attached surround sound) as the audio for our new Samsung Smart TV.

The DVD player only has RCA jacks on the back. The TV has HDMI (ARC) as well as digital audio out (optical).

After a week's worth of headaches about getting this set up, I THINK the goal is to buy an optical cable, an optical-to-RCA converter, and then attach it to the RCAs and from there to the DVD player.

I don't want to buy a new surround system (too expensive and have to re-wire through the floor), buy a new tuner (the new tuner would burn out the speakers because of the Ohm difference), or buy an HDMI-RCA converter (the DVD player is not ARC compatible since it is 10 years old). I DO NOT WANT to wire it through the cable box or blu-ray player since there are functions specific to the television, like Netflix and Youtube, that would need to be straight from TV to surround.

It took me a week to figure this all out, is there anything wrong with this plan? I don't actually want to use the DVD player for anything other than the sound. Thanks in advance!
Also, any recommendations on Optical to RCA converters for Smart TVs?
My television lets me shut off Dolby Digital so I think this may work? Thank you for your answer.

Answer
Actually, Grumpy is exactly wrong - the $20 - $25 Digital to Analog RCA converters DO work. They DON'T PROVIDE DISCRETE 5.1 CHANNEL SURROUND - that IS true. But on one of my TV/sound setups I have a NEW LED/LCD TV with, not Optical, but Coaxial S/PDIF (which IS 5.1 digital channels) connected to an older, analog-only 5.1 surround system that only has Red/White RCA AUX inputs (yes, 2.0 channels), with one of those $25 converters between, that handles either Optical or Coaxial, exactly like this one (I paid too much):

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Optical-Coaxial-Toslink-Converter/dp/B007S6U7I4

It may not be discrete 5.1 but it is simulated, and does quite a good job of it. I hear traffic passing behind me from one side to the other, birds chirping in a forest everywhere in specific spots, casings from guns dropping in specific places, etc... So anyone that tells you it won't work is wrong! I have proof in my 2nd setup! So get one of these with confidence! And don't listen to the legion of "advisers" who think it is their job to tell everyone their inferior setup won't work. They are only in it for the self-agrandizing points and thumbs up and votes from "buddies" who are more interested in gaming the system than actually helping people. Sorry to vent, but my patience with these designated naysayers is growing thin... Good luck!
EDIT: Grumpy is correct that these converters don't work with highly compressed audio formats like Dolby Digital or DTS - only uncompressed (which actually means higher quality) PCM - just switch your TV audio to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation - a digital format) which is then output to the Toslink port - you'll still get simulated surround - see here:
http://www.whathifi.com/forum/home-cinema/dolby-digital-or-pcm-audio

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How did Wen Jiabao get $2 Billion in assets?

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Miao Tsetu

Does the communist party pay that much?

And why did their government block the New York Times article about it?
Are they ashamed of something?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/10/26/china-new-york-times-wen-jiabao-wealth-website/1660081/

Answer
Only $2 Billion in assets? No wonder Bo Xilai got kicked out of CCP, Bo is reported to have $8 Billion kept in England.

Let me repeat my answer to an earlier similar question,

ALL CCP leaders are multi billionaires, Premier Wen no exception, it's only a matter who grabs more billions Yuan. The power struggles among the CCP gangsters constantly going on inside the mafia state is a mean to scramble for power into the 9-member super CCP elite team in order to grab unlimited wealth.

Among the various wealth grabbing under the control of Premier Wen and his followers include infrastructures like the speed trains, subways, dams, bridges, airports, government buildings and projects, etc, etc.

Since Wen took office as Premier, he ordered the speedy development of Tianjin, his hometown as N.E.'s financial hub. Even 0.001% kick-back on the above-mentioned is well enough to have anybody lived 10 luxury lifes.

It's not a secret that Wen's wife is a high profile super rich jewelry merchant, 100 times more extravagant than Taiwan's corrupted ex-President Chen Shui Bian's wife. ALL CCP guys grab wealth and power with NO shame, it's just Wen's wife and family do it very obviously that raise eyebrows of Chinese netizens. This also explains why there're constant power struggles inside China, lol.

Without democracy, this bunch of gangsters will continue the way they are, enriching themselves all at the expense of the 1.4 billion poor Chinese PEOPLE.

Say if 2 suppliers, A and B, supply equipment and services to the speed trains, A is of inferior quality but willing to pay a higher kick-back to Wen and his followers, surely A will be picked over the best interests of the Chinese PEOPLE, thats why there're constant failures in those China-made trains.

BTW Chinese netizens called Wen "the best male actor", because he likes to show off how he cares for the people in front of the media but often what he promises never matierialize eg he promised in front of the TV during the 2008 Sichuan Quake that investigations would be launched on the tofu government buildings and schools that led to tens of thousands kids died. 4 years gone by, nothing happened. The activists who are pushing the investigations are all being locked up in jail or tortured by CCP to shut up.

As well, Wen Jiabao was seen standing beside Zhau Zeyang, the then Premier on the eve of the 1989 student massacre when Zhau visited the students in Tiananmen Square. As we all know, Zhau was later put in house arrest after the massacre ended while Wen has been climbing his CCP ladder both smoothly and successfully.

Democracy is the ONLY way to START curbing CCP's corruption.

I need advice on how to get a Sony flat screen fixed.?

buzz

I have a 40" LCD that's a couple of years old. The top third of the display dimmed all at once. I "yahoo'd" TV repair and there are too many options. Do you have any first hand experience? Suggestions?

Answer
bbt91945s response that the reliability of a plasma beats that of an LCD is just beyond bizarre and illustrates how little of reliability that he really knows. His one example means absolutely nothing statistically and was a waste to have quoted here in your situation anyway, not to mention your Sony TV is far better than his Viewsonic LCD that he is basing his "experience" on. Not to even mention that in the time since he bought his plasma, Panasonic has gotten out of the plasma market and only recently reentered it.

As I have said many times and will repeat again, a plasma TV in general uses 50% more electricity that a LCD set and about 75% than an LED.

http://www.geekabout.com/2008-03-06-502/power-guzzlers-how-green-is-your-hdtv.html

What does this have to do with anything you ask?

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bigtvs14-2009oct14,0,4908205.story

The fact is, CA is about to pass new energy efficiency requirements which will all but ban the sale of new plasma TVs. So expect to see Panasonic, and any others who are still producing plasmas to once again, exit that market.

Now... back to your issue...
If you had a similar off brand LCD, I'd be telling you to start looking for a replacement too. However, you don't have an off brand and you gave no indication that you were interested in spending a bunch of money to buy a new TV. I don't know where you live, but I would recommend that you at least find a sony authorized repair shop near you, either by looking in your yellow pages or on-line here:

https://eservice.sony.com/webrma/web/index.do

I do not know what is wrong with your set, but I do have an idea that it will not cost you much to have it fixed.

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Which is the better flat panel TV, LCD or plasma?

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WaryInvest

I am about to take the step to a flat HDTV. There is so much info out that it is confusing. For viewing from about 12 feet away, what size and type TV is best. I am interest in a good pix, high reliability and power economy? What to buy?

Answer
Hi Waryinve...!
I prefer LCD. If You want an ultra-thin TV â LCD TVs, especially LED-backlit
models, tend to be thinner than plasmas.
If You do a lot of daytime viewing in a room with windows lacking blinds,
curtains or drapes. An LCD's bright picture will be look better in bright light;
Get Samsung Lcd. It would be a best choiice.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fs%2fref%3dnb_sb_ss_i_0_11%3furl%3dsearch-alias%253Delectronics%26field-keywords%3dsamsung%2blcd%2btv%26sprefix%3dsamsung%2blcd%26ih%3d3_2_2_2_1_2_0_0_0_1.172_180%26fsc%3d10&tag=digitsy-post-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

I want to start watching a show/sitcom/tv series before the fall comes and the season starts again?

Anthony F

which one should i "catch up" to:
1.how i met you mother
2.the big bang theory
3.other

Answer
WATCH CHUCK it has three seasons so far with the fourth season coming out in the fall.you can watch chuck online at: http://www.iwatchchuck.com/

HERE ARE A FEW TRAILERS,WATCH THEM AND YOU WILL SEE HOW GOOD IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ytvV21vâ¦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rve2A5PLgâ¦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zyp0_hI_â¦

Plot
Chuck Bartowski is in his twenties, living in Burbank,working as a computer expert in the Nerd Herd at his local Buy More with his best friend, Morgan Grimes. Chuck's sister Ellie and Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb are doctors. At the beginning of the series, Chuck receives an e-mail from Bryce Larkin, his former Stanford University roommate, who is now an apparently "rogue" CIA agent. When he opens it, the entire database of all the US government's secret informationâa neural supercomputer called the Intersectâis subliminally embedded into his brain. Both the NSA and the CIA want the intelligence returned to them and dispatch agents of their ownâColonel John Casey and Agent Sarah Walker âto retrieve the data.Since the information was stolen by Bryce and the government's copy is destroyed in his attempted escape, and since Chuck experiences "flashes" of information from the database activated by certain triggers around him, he must use the knowledge he now possesses to help the government thwart assassins and international terroristsâupending his previously uneventful life. In order to preserve their safety, Chuck must keep his newfound occupation a secret from his family and friends, forcing Casey and Walker to establish an uneasy alliance and secret identities; Walker poses as Chuck's girlfriend and takes a cover job at a local restaurant near the Buy More while Casey reluctantly goes undercover as part of the Buy More team.As the series progresses, it is revealed that rogue spies are engaged in a secret war with the legitimate intelligence community, and that Bryce stole the Intersect to keep the real rogue spies from capturing it. The rogue spies believe they can aid their cause by capturing the human Intersect or by building their own Intersect.The government, meanwhile, wishes to rebuild the Intersect. This would make the Intersect in Chuckâs head redundant, making him a national security risk, so Casey is secretly under orders to kill Chuck if and when he becomes redundant. However, the new Intersect is destroyed by Fulcrum, a rogue spy agency.Chucks father comes into the picture to be there for Ellie's wedding which brings up painful memories of childhood for Ellie and Chuck. Chucks father reveals himself to be a former CIA agent and creator of the Intersect, he is captured and forced to create the Intersect 2.0.A series of events leads Chuck to embed the new Intersect into his brain to keep it from being taken.Chuck, Sarah and Casey all face professional conflicts as they grow to respect each other and a genuine romantic interest develops between Chuck and Sarah. Chuckâs desire to maintain his close relationships and eventually return to a normal life is challenged by the dangers and growing responsibilities of his new secret life, and he gradually becomes a more competent, confident and willing spy.As of Season 3, Chuck has willingly decided to become a real spy, to Sarah's chagrin. Although he failed "spy school," his effectiveness in the field has led General Beckman to give him a second chance and reinstate him as a member of the team, where Daniel Shaw is introduced to encourage his development as an agent. Chuck must now learn to balance his emotions to control the Intersect, which is complicated by his lingering feelings for Sarah.Sarah and Shaw begin dating, but Shaw is turned by the Ring. In "Chuck Versus the American Hero" Chuck is officially inducted as an agent by General Beckman, and in the next episode, Chuck Versus the Other Guy, he makes his first kill, shooting Shaw in order to protect Sarah. By "Chuck Versus the Other Guy" Chuck and Sarah return to a long-delayed relationship. Chuck's best friend Morgan Grimes also becomes privy to Chuck's "spy secret" and is inducted into Chuck's "spy team"; John Casey receives orders from General Beckman to train him. In the finale of Season 3, Shaw is revealed to be alive and has downloaded the Intersect as well, and attempts to kill Sarah, Chuck and Casey, and compromise both the NSA and CIA. Chuck successfully thwarts this plan, although his father is killed and his sister finally discovers his double life. The side-effects from the Intersect cause Chuck to regain a childhood memory in which he learns that he accidentally downloaded an early copy of the Intersect into his brain when he was still a young child. The season ends with a retired Chuck discovering his father's secret spy base, dedicated to locating and protecting Chuck's mother and performing spywork that "governments are afraid to do."

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IS The Xperia Play A Good SmartPhone And A Good Gaming phone?

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dominic

Please list the good and the bad. I'm a big emulator fan on ps1, N64, sega genisis and snes games and this would be my first smart phone so would you recommend it?

I'm only interested in peoples opinions if they OWN this phone and have used it for a while.

If you do not own this phone then please keep your opinions on the device to yourself.

Answer
A-Samsung Galaxy S II Features:
Features of the Samsung Galaxy S2 include:
8 megapixel camera with LED flash, autofocus, face detection, smile shot and 4x digital zoom
Full HD video recording (Up to 1080p)
Display: Super AMOLED Plus, 16 million colours, 480 x 800 pixels (4.3 inches) capacitive touchscreen with auto-rotate
music player
Stereo FM radio with RDS
MP3 & WAV ringtones
Integrated handsfree speaker
AGPS with geo-tagging and Google Maps
Messaging: SMS, MMS, instant messaging, email
Personal organiser functions
Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Memory: 16GB plus 4GB MicroSD memory card (up to 32GB)
Connectivity: Dual channel Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, DLNA, TV-Out, NFC
Internet: Layar Reality Browser, Chrome-Lite web browser with Flash support, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSPA (21 Mbps download)
Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900), dual band 3G (900/2100)
Size: 125 x 66 x 8.5 mm
Weight: 116g
Battery: 1650mAh battery

Or

Some good t-mobile phones:

Samsung Exhibit⢠II 4G
HTC® Radar⢠4G
LG DoublePlayâ¢
HTC® Wildfire S
Samsung Dartâ¢
LG Optimus
Samsung Gravity® TXT
Nokia Lumia 710


Some good phones from Verizon:

DROID RAZR by Motorola
Apple iPhone 4S
Samsung Illusionâ¢
Galaxy Nexus
DROID BIONIC by Motorola
HTC Rezoundâ¢
Samsung Stratosphereâ¢
DROID 3
Pantech Breakoutâ¢
ThunderBolt⢠by HTC
BlackBerry® Bold⢠9930 smartphone
HTC Rhymeâ¢
Palm® Pre⢠2
Samsung Continuumâ¢
BlackBerry® Torch⢠9850 smartphone


Some good Phones from AT&T:

Apple iPhone 4S
Pantech Crossover
Sharp® FX (TM) PLUS
HTC Status (TM)
Palm® Pixi (TM) Plus
BlackBerry® Torch (TM) 9810
HTC Inspire (TM) 4G
Samsung Captivate
Samsung Infuse (TM) 4G
Samsung Focus (TM) Flash
MOTOROLA ATRIX (TM) 2
LG Thrill (TM)

Some good Phones from Sprint:

Apple iPhone 4S
Samsung Epic 4G
Samsung Transform⢠Ultra
LG Marqueeâ¢
Samsung Conquer⢠4G
HTC EVO⢠3D
LG Optimus Sâ¢
Motorola PHOTON⢠4G
Nexus S⢠4G from Google
BlackBerry® Curve⢠8530 smartphone
HTC Arriveâ¢
BlackBerry® Curve⢠9350 smartphone

is there a way to hook my desktop up to my flat screen, led tv without a vga port?

Chris D

So I have a desktop computer not even a month old its a hp pavilion 500 series and it has no hdmi port. My tv has no vga port. Are there any hdmi to vga or hdmi to usb converters so I can use my tv as a computer screen? If so where would I find one? Best buy has nothing like it so i'm kind of not very hopeful....

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You certainly can get a VGA to HDMI active converter (a passive adapter only changes pin arrangements, not signal types) since VGA is usually analog and HDMI is always digital. Something like this would work (note that VGA - Video Graphics Array - is video only, so audio is a separate consideration)(also, there are many others - this is one example):

http://www.amazon.com/Nexhi-HDMI-VGACONVERTER-Audio-HDMI-Converter/dp/B0015YWV1G

But every conversion degrades the signal - if you can avoid converters you'll have better image quality. Which brings up an alternative - since it's a desktop you can find a new video card fairly cheaply (unless you intend to do intensive gaming, which implies a better computer to start with - yours is designed for "everyday" use). This does involve opening the case but this is not difficult. Here's a video showing how it can be done in just a few minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YRlO-55njI and an article:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/computers/tips-solutions/how-connect-pc-hdmi-tv

What you want to do if you decide to replace the card is be sure to get one with HDMI Out. Here's is an example:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/EVGA-GeForce-210-512MB-DDR3-PCI-Express-Graphics-Card/15739049?action=product_interest&action_type=image&placement_id=irs_middle&strategy=PWVUB&visitor_id=47157453608&category=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A1073804%3A1043744&client_guid=868360aa-c37b-4bdb-b36a-ce67733be6ec&config_id=0&parent_item_id=15172289&guid=0eb904f2-7ca6-4552-be12-d9523ba054a3&bucket_id=000&findingMethod=p13n

There are many. many others - sometimes on sale for $10 - just be sure your PSU (power supply unit) is beefy enough to handle what you get (probably need 500 watts or so). These things are highly variable and I can't be specific without knowing more than the Series # - how is it configured? Hope this helps - Good luck!

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