High Def Programming in Medellin

la campiña says on Feb 28, 2008, 15:53:

also has bbc and some english films

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durito says on Feb 28, 2008, 15:55:

no HD through directv

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mranderson says on Feb 28, 2008, 15:58:

Everybody will tell you that everthing is coming soon if they don't have it but don't hold your breath for it.

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durito says on Feb 28, 2008, 16:02:

No colombian stations broadcast in HD, so I don't know what channels they'd even offer. None of the ESPN latin america's etc are broadcast in HD either.

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ColombianoGringo says on Feb 28, 2008, 16:04:

I find it really funny when I see friends in Colombia with plasmas (which suck btw, get DLP instead) watching all the 4:3 programs stretched out so they don't burn the bars into their TVs.

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la campiña says on Feb 28, 2008, 18:43:

re; POST...books that should be read

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alezzz says on Feb 28, 2008, 23:06:

HD doesn't exist in Colombia yet... :-(

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la campiña says on Feb 28, 2008, 23:15:

books do

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larryrn says on Mar 6, 2008, 07:26:

I was at the sony store here in the new mall in medellin and they don't even have blue ray dvds yet -- and they are SONY!

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ColombianoGringo says on Mar 6, 2008, 07:28:

Are Blu-Ray discs available in other parts of South America? The issue with that might be that the studios may not be producing a significant amount of Blu-Ray with the proper region ID and Latin American packaging.

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larryrn says on Mar 7, 2008, 13:36:

Well if you buy your player (or playstation 3) in the states the discs from the states should work fine. Another option that will be available will be with Netflix you can download the highdef movies to your PC and then watch them on your TV connected. My new HP laptop has a HDMI connection which I can connect to my TV for Hi-Def. The issue is the internet connection has to be bloody fast!

BTW, Tigerdirect has Toshiba HD-DVD players with 5 HD-DVDs for $99. This player can double as a upconvert DVD player with traditional (non HD-DVD) discs.

Larry

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Mar 7, 2008, 13:55:

well i own a HD TV and HD tv in the UK is very little after a year i though they were going to be more channels using HD but not yet :((( we still have few channels and very few good programs

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larryrn says on Mar 8, 2008, 06:55:

Wow, in the states DirectTV is offering maybe 100 channels. Its amazing watching the weather channel in hi def (grin). On many of the channels they just put bars on the left and right sides of the screen that say CNN HD sideways (grin).

Maybe 60 or so are really in 1080i/760p - but then you get the choice of maybe a hundred sporting events on PPV or with the various sports packages that are hi-def.

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mranderson says on Mar 8, 2008, 10:34:

Can you download movies in high def and then burn them onto a disk?

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ColombianoGringo says on Mar 8, 2008, 15:57:

What kind of disc? I suppose you could burn a blu ray disc, but you would need software to encode it correctly. It really depends on what types of files you would be downloading from the internet(what format, codec?). If you have a PS3, you can just copy the files onto the hard drive and play them that way.

If you have some more specific questions, I can ask the video engineer at my office.

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larryrn says on Mar 9, 2008, 17:16:

Yes - in theory this would be possible to download in hi-def and burn in blue-ray - or play as a file from the PS3.. Larry

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morphus says on Mar 10, 2008, 08:10:

Blu-ray discs are about 25 bucks. Theres a cheaper way to download hi-def movies to your computer and play them on your HD TV.

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ColombianoGringo says on Mar 10, 2008, 09:10:

It depends on your TV, your video card and the video file you want to play. For example, I have a Samsung DLP TV that happens to have a PC input. I simply plugged a PC into the TV and my video card displays in 1080p. I videos in Windows Media Player or some other video software that plays full screen. Depending on the resolution of the video and compression, you will get varying results.

SInce many TVs don't have a VGA plug, you will need a video card that supports HDMI, DVI or Component HD video depending on the inputs on your TV. One thing to keep in mind is that plasma and CRT hi-def TVs can easily burn in a Windows or Mac desktop. With DLP, this is not a problem as they are impossible to burn in. I often leave my TV on with a Windows desktop up for hours with no problems. I'm not sure how well LCD TVs handle burn in.

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rocinante says on Mar 10, 2008, 09:58:

I have a Sony LCD that has VGA in and two HDMI ins as well as the usual component and S video crap. I use it as my computer monitor using the HDMI from my video card. Where can I download a hi def movie? I doubt Colombia will offer regular hi def programming any time soon. Unless TelMex Slim does it inciting competition. But probably not a demand as who has HiDef sets here?

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