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    Image of whiteflea whiteflea
    12/10/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras
    Excellent article. What I'd like to see is something similar to today's laptop article, where you give a best of the best at different price points.

    I'm wondering: if I'm on a budget of say $150, would it be better to get a new point-and-shoot or an old DSLR?
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    Image of Radio Silence Radio Silence
    12/10/09

    @whiteflea: Old DSLR, Old DSLR, Old DSLR, - For me, just the fact that a DSLR won't have the shutter lag apparent and extrememely frustrating in almost all PAS's
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    12/10/09

    @Radio Silence: Cool. I just need to search Giz for the DSLR tag and then look back at like 2007 or so.
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    12/10/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras
    Thanks for the info on the differences! I am referring this page to some camera shoppers.

    AS far as after having the camera...Before I start trolling forums and gather headaches: Which is Better for working with images (cropping, archiving, ...) Apple's Aperature or Adobe's Lightroom? Using a Canon 5D...shooting objects to make catalogs twice a year. Or just stick to photoshop?
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    12/09/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras
    Canon seems to have stopped bundling pathetically small SD cards with their P&S cameras. Props to them.
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    Image of Sandeep Murali Sandeep Murali
    12/09/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras
    Good job, John. Covered everything that a newbie needs to know in a simple yet concise manner. Me likes.

    Just one complaint though. The part about CCDs and CMOSs is incorrect. As I mentioned in a comment below, DSLR makers have almost entirely moved to CMOS now. CMOS used to lag behind CCD when it comes to dynamic range, but with the current developments, they have bettered CCDs. The CMOS sensor in the D700 for instance is the class leader when it comes to dynamic range and high ISO performance.

    I have a camera showdown between a 6MP DSLR, a 10 MP point 'n shoot, a 3.2MP camera phone and another 12.1MP cameraphone. That's right, one cameraphone in the test had twice as much megapixels as the DSLR!

    [sandeepmurali.shutterfly.com]

    Would make an interesting read for those who wonder about optics vs Megapixels and just how much each of them matter.
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    12/09/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras
    Nice work Giz and John. Very little bias just the facts.
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    12/09/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras
    Cameras are the one gadget I never really got into and don't know much about. This post is extremely helpful. I love these guides, keep up the good work.
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    Image of I'm@work,shhhhh. I'm@work,shhhhh.
    12/09/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Pretty much sums up what I was gonna say.
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    Image of LVP LVP
    12/07/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    Does he come with the tv?
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    Image of mxmarks mxmarks
    12/07/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    I may get totally screamed at for this, but I just wanted to say I made my first HDTV purchase this past weekend - and went with a Dynex and couldn't be happier.

    I know it may seem like I'm trying to sell something, and I assure you I'm not, I just poured over COUNTLESS articles on giz, and other tech blogs, wondering what TV to buy. I didn't have a huge budget, and using giz I realized that with the distance I'd be sitting from my TV, and the size of TV I wanted (32"), I wouldn't need anything over 720p. So with a $500 budget, I started looking.

    I found the Dynex on sale at Best Buy for $299, and did hours of research wondering why it was so cheap, how badly it sucked, why I should be getting a Toshiba or Sony instead - and found nothing of any substance really. A lot of "you get what you pay for" and "cheap = cheap!", but very few actual constructive complaints - and even fewer complaints that I found couldn't be fixed by reading Giz's calibration guide and just spending some extra time setting it up.

    So - just wanted to throw it out there - that at the price it's at, I am thrilled to finally have an HDTV at a very reasonable price. I had no idea who I was ever trading for in NHL10 on my SDTV, and now I know I've made horrible, horrible deals.
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    12/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    Thanks guys. This was really helpful. It really answered many questions I had including can Adam Frucci look DAMN sexy laying down next to a car picture?

    The answer is yes and I previously did not know that.
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    Image of TonyWonder TonyWonder
    12/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    This article is an example of why Gizmodo should own all the tubes that make up the internets....
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    12/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    dude freakin awesome. i knew most of this, but it cleared some other questions up. thanks.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    12/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    Personally I have been a fan of DLP TV's But those are saddly dying.
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    Image of Daver73 Daver73
    12/05/09

    @fleebailey33: Same here. The price/performance ratio is amazing--and, there's no reason to wall-mount if you've got a big entertainment system to place it on.
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    Grive promoted this comment Daver73 was starred Daver73 was unstarred
    Image of Grive Grive
    12/05/09

    @Daver73: I'm also on this boat. Frankly, I got my DLP off a poker game (true story), so price wasn't an issue for me. However, I love it well beyond any other TV I've used regularly, even if it's by far the oldest HDTV in our house.

    It's not that unwidely - it's a feather compared to the CRTs of old. No way in hell I'm gonna nail it to the wall, as you say, but I've never been quite partial to that idea. After all, I'm going to need a stand for the BR player, consoles and whatnot.

    I used to recommend everyone to give them a try before limiting themselves to the LCD/Plasma debate - especially since I don't know anyone with a wall-hung TV. It's made me very sad to see that it's almost impossible to find them around here anymore.
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    Image of irfan irfan
    12/05/09

    @Grive: I had a Samsung DLP until this april, and I couldnt stand the distortion from the optics (bowing/pincushion), the washed out picture in daylight, the poor off angle contrast. Granted that was a 2006 model and kinda sucked, but it left a sour taste. I also didnt like how the pop deteriorated as the bulb dimmed.

    Price to size its still terrific tho.
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    Grive promoted this comment irfan was starred irfan was unstarred
    Image of Grive Grive
    12/06/09

    @irfan: I've known DLPs to be somewhat hit-or-miss, and the solution methods will annoy purists, since you lose perfect 1:1 mapping.

    Which is a position I fully agree with - it's a big setback. I don't know, I find my 57" Mitsubishi to be the best display I have - I'd take it over the LG and the Bravia (the other two HDTVs we have) any day. Heck, it's the one where all the HD things go. Maybe I just got very lucky with it. It's either a 2005 or 2006 model (got it used in mid/late 2006), still on the original lamp, and the picture is beyond any expectations.

    I'm not saying everyone should buy DLPs and that LCD and plasma should burn in hell. Just that it pained me to see it fall on the sidelines back when all three (well, four, if you count those sacrilegous CRT HDTVs) were vying for marketshare at the beginning. Everyone was asking "LCD or Plasma?" and almost everyone forgot the DLP. That's why I said "give it a try" - it's not for everyone, but I feel it deserved more attention than it got, at least in my neck of the woods.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    12/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    Frucci, I want a picture of you, same pose, except with a hot pink bikini on. Go.
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    12/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Ultimate HDTV Cheat Sheet and Buying Guides
    Great article! Does the "ignore contrast" device include computer monitors?
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    Image of ninjamurf ninjamurf
    12/07/09

    @Wburg: Yes. They play the same stupid games with the numbers. I think it was shown in the past that most "professional" monitors were only 400-500/1 or something and anything beyond that was trivial as long as the black point was low enough. Thing is the ratio is just the white point divided by the black point. So if you just "turn your lamp up" you end up with a higher contrast ratio. But you could turn your lamp up to a blinding amount for the test, record some ridiculously huge number, and throw that on your box. Problem is, you completely wash out and destroy any picture so it's irrelevant. What you really want is a really, really dark black point...and adequate enough lighting to get your white point to something viewable. Which, is not, btw, a million to one.
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    Image of Wburg Wburg
    12/07/09

    @ninjamurf: Thanks!
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    Image of DJJS DJJS
    11/19/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: The Difference Between a $600 TV and a $6000 TV
    Insignia LCD Panels= LG.
    Insignia Plasma Panels = Samsung.
    Insignia Blue Ray Player = Samsung.
    Just Dynex sucks.. !
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    Image of PlayerX PlayerX
    11/19/09

    @DJJS: Also, for those who didn't know, any Apple LCD = Samsung
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    11/20/09

    @PlayerX: actually, the new iMacs use an LG panel.
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