Blend Your Own HDTV Screen Cleaner, House Brands vs. Name Brands, Big Trouble in Little China, HDTV VUDU, Blu-ray Releases!
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 running time 25:53
Is that house brand a bad deal? Clean Your HDTV Screen The Right Way, Battlestar's Goofy Box, Our picks from the week's Blu-ray releases!
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HD Nation, hosted by Robert Heron and Patrick Norton, is your guide to the best in HD content, and the best in home theatre gear, no matter what your budget is!
What We're Watching: Patrick is enjoying Battlestar Galactica The Complete Series, and is not allowed to talk about it on the show... (we do show off the ridiculously over the top box, though) ...while Robert is obsessed with World's Toughest Fixes, a National Geographic Channel show featuring a professional rigger, Sean Riley, "witnessing heavy duty industrial fixes up close and personal." Like moving tons of weight on top of a 2000 foot radio tower!
HD News:
VUDU, the most excellent HD movie streaming service, is coming to LG's LH50 1080p LCD series and PS80 Plasma 1080p series with "NetCast Entertainment Access." You should see those TVs next month.
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Blu-ray releases for the week of Tuesday, August 4th 2009:
Our picks include Big Trouble in Little China (1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video (2.35:1) and a DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround track and features an extended cut version with never before seen footage) and The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) one of the very first feature films to use tons of computer generated animation... we hope the Blu-ray version featurs a better transfer than the HD-DVD release.
Other blu-ray releases this week include Billy Bob Thorton's tour de force, Sling Blade in a 1080p AVC transfer that isn't spectacularly detailed, but loooks true to color... along with Race to Witch Mountain, Chaos, Labor Pains, Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite, My Cousin Vinny, Mutant Chronicles, Obsessed, The Soloist, along with The Waterboy, which was pushed from it's original release date. (And has no special features.)
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Klear Screen wipes are great... so are 200 dollar blu goo rollers originally designed for high dollar print shops.... but what do you really need to clean your screen?
Patrick and Robert walk you thru the do's and don't of cleaning the screen on your HDTV... mess it up and you'll probably be buying a whole new TV.
Fortunately, all you need is a micro fiber cloth, and maybe some distilled water and rubbing alcohol for the stickier messes!
Watch the show to learn about how you can damage your screen with linty cloths, ammonia, paper towels and leaving it on while you clean it!
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Recession Selection! This week's pick for saving on your HDTV experience: House Brands! Many folks have written in looking for our opinion of 'house brand' cables and televisions from places like BestBuy (The brands made specifically for BestBuy, aka the house brands, include Insignia and Dynex.)
Robert's experience with Insignia HDTV and Blu-ray players has been "surprisingly good. A 26" Insignia I reviewed offered solid factory-tuned color in a modern-looking design at a great price."
We've also gotten questions about 'off brands like Vizio and Westinghouse. Just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they make bad gear. (Vizio has, in fact, in just a few short years become a leading supplier of HDTV sets and pushed the big CE makers into delivering you more HDTV quality for your dollar!)
Robert also includes his Top Three Tips to keep in mind when shopping house brands at your favorite big box store!
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Highlights
battlestar galactica: 0:48, 3:36motorcycle racing: 3:11
lg electronics: 3:46
high definition: 4:44
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" Welcome HD nation I'm Robert heron and I'm Patrick Norton initiation as your guide best HD content -- the best at home theater gear no matter what you budgeted. Blu-ray on my satellite cable over the air if it's -- he really likes it benefits Battlestar Galactica the complete series. I'm in love with it. This is not my version this one still boxed up -- boxing for you today in the shoes you're just out out of control it she can get it be frank with you. By the time you're watching this will probably be watching the entire -- when -- set for the second time because they've given up sleep out. That's unfortunately what you all at once they don't say I have to say one show that have been checking out lately it HD of course would be the world's."
" Toughest fixes home on the -- Nat -- channel national discover. -- National Geographic channel and a guy name Sean Reilly. As a rigor by trade and it's basically. You're going along with this guy on his various -- inch. Basically he goes around to some the largest most impressive fix it jobs in the world gets its quest it's adventure it's his gig it's what he does he wakes up in the morning. And any -- at the 2000 foot aerial moves around out episode of ten ton block of equipment 2000 feet here thousand feet on on a TV tower antenna or an antenna on on a tower this 2000 feet tall. I just have to say it was beautifully done it's risky as -- some things he does and it it's fun it's just funny to you watch and it's again. A little bit of reality TV but. Very cool stuff he's always on unique projects I think they have one of them is the Large Hadron Collider coming up relaxing going to -- Switzerland has put its fix on that as well I like coming -- success with this week. There's another show actually -- stars which is another one at that it's about a family that -- the pawnshop in Vegas and that's Obama's. It's my ink but with -- pawn shop didn't. Is -- did -- that they only like three episodes and I think -- is only three episodes so far but then it's on my DVR on my on my season pass list. Does a pawn -- actually do justice to like 1080. It is yeah like yeah give it is enough so all that it is for sale the great site HT I'm I think that he snob I guess I. It is an HD it's shot really well but now you know if it's more about I'd say the characters and and the content that it is the absolute resolution of the pictures that make sense. Good for some amazing to I'd forgotten what everything recorded data basically using it to you to mixer into work late nights. -- T heater element TT Andy is unbelievably. Beautiful freedom motorcycle racing actually you probably wanna see -- don't get HD net I subscribe to cable and that just makes me angered cycles he deadline in north Katie Daryl yummy. I do and it's -- out there. Email me. It's the news on. Aren't all of box yes yes I've made Patrick Norton mister -- promised and never talk about Battlestar Galactica the complete series again. And he'll be a box in the stunt copy of the massive box that while it reduced. That's -- copy he should self."
" LG electronics isn't stopping with Netflix now we're gonna bring voodoo. -- HD streaming to -- broadband enabled HDTVs actually LG LH 6080 PL CD series. And the PS eighty plasma also attending these series we'll have -- television. With the netcast entertainment access will be the first to incorporate the new service. That you should -- and TDs later this month. Now -- it was excellent streaming. Basically its 1080. HD access their you know version of encoding technology to string these movies that normally require a standalone box from booted. Now they do require. Fairly healthy broadband connection but you're given a ton of HD content to choose from with over 1700 titles for rental or ownership on an ala carte basis meaning -- not pay a monthly fee just -- what you want. In cable and Comcast as the first to launch HBO video on demand in HD. HBO's the last previous provider to deliver video on demand and high definition. Apparently they're still large market for people they can't figure out how to set the DVR to record."
" Blood on -- well its its actually its its. I was kind of like you know this is ridiculous right evidence video on demand but they start now. Actually winners and it's it's the season while previous series entourage entire sopranos the wire. -- ton of movies can be available on the service quality do you just kind of cool because. All of those movies are HD exclusive dependent or org on cable or satellite maybe exclusive QHBO's. Nice hate you know what -- video on demand or more. Options are you are you done with your box that gun box into the box I would never be done -- precious. -- we've -- two TDs later on in the show."
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" We'll talk about the Blu-ray releases August 4 2009. Doctor Roger and I did the happy dance when -- big trouble in little China on the list. It also paying the thing that nobody seems to know how well did John Carpenter cult classic has been transferred to do. We do know that it is 1080. AVC mpeg four. Also it's going to be 23521. Aspect ratio and it offers DT SHD lossless master audio five not one surround track. And it features an extended cut version would never before seen footage along with the nine deleted scenes and alternate ending from the news. Now the B fifty gets."
" Gives this movie plenty of room to breathe so let's hope it's from a better source that early dvd was it's been. It's kind of really frustrate a lot of -- from the eighties nobody knows where maybe your original negatives are there working for him Koreans so we're -- yeah. You have we will -- that one but we're looking forward seen on fox and we're happy it's amusing title the last star fighter the 25 anniversary edition. There's one of the very first feature films he's a ton of CG computer generated animation. And given that it basically it was a battle Bollinger who has access to the video game being carted off the space to. Hope save the planet and he ends of the really cool girl in the and you can see why all of us and pretty much everyone who played videogames -- it's really like it. It certainly could not about that. Eight GB version. AG Hebert was -- nobody. No and a lot of us throughout their -- has actually seen that it was a mediocre transfer barely better than watching upscaled dvd and the -- people who didn't see it. Your original film wasn't exactly high budget so. Well like a lot of low budget films out there that means -- film stock which he's not the best images to work with. And it's got early blue screen effects that can -- noticeable when they gets the opportunity. And my babies bills without doing that told a series audio editing. Most of the DG SEC master certified that once Amtrak will be stereo. That's pretty much what they did right now so universal isn't making any noise about this being in the transfer or we can only hope. That they're being very quiet about having taken the time to define negative and make this -- people in reverse and look pretty here. Makes you wonder for a lot of movies out there restored or other being stored but. We can cross our fingers and hope for the best. Now other Blu-ray releases this week include only Bob -- port of course sling blade in 1080 PA BC transferred that isn't spectacularly detailed. But it looks truly color along with race to witch mountain chaos labor pains man on the moon with Walter Cronkite. My Cousin Vinny -- Mutant chronicles -- and so what he's also point out that Adam Sandler is. It's classic the water boy -- the original release date and actually isn't coming out last week that is coming out August 4. Coming up next are gonna talk about how to clean your -- TV screen without this -- We're gonna get well pretty serious about finding bargains televisions and whether I trust the house. Let's take over the fact one of our sponsors and Netflix. Particularly for a place to find a great selection of Blu-ray discs look no further than our next sponsor Netflix -- Netflix you can read over 90000."
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" Blistering wives -- great sort 200 dollar blue -- rollers originally designed for high dollar print shops like mr. -- has -- in his workshop. What do you really need to clean your screen. And why should you care well let's talk about this if you make a big enough mistake when he clean. You'll probably needed to HDTV -- repair cost and to be -- it's easily actually. Cheaper to buy an entire new television that you buy replacement parts if you damage them usually is as for things to avoid first I think so -- that what what's the first thing you would avoid. Don't whole Lotta Clint have a window cleaner and start spraying the monitor ammonia based products might strip -- saw the flat panel and oh yeah if you're really lucky to drips and -- inside them -- do something really ugly about it actually -- the plastic on the screen one time and it left. It permanent marks I mean blue or green yellow or there where -- purple -- it was that was really bad now assists and and once you see it you know you did it he will always see that forever on that screen -- need your friends won't notice right away about. You well. You're willing. And then my household because there was Tyler -- your -- to the universal infinitely -- they did not foot baby wipes on your television especially the kind include aloe or let your babies ask you -- really. Like per screen with someone else in my family okay not my wife not my son. Grabbed a baby wipe. And what's really interesting is they leave this amazing film on the screen is beautiful white streak especially if BC TV is hot. Because hot if he -- he's pretty much vaporize the water forty you can run over with the big way out of someone's -- on the screen I don't think wanna crack that in theory should avoid paper towels have you ever seen when they actually. Scratch the screen oh yeah really oh yes especially if you've got a small market -- trying to keep putting enough pressure with your finger running in a circle which is the other thing I'm really avoid trying to do with screens. It's sand paper and you will put a mark on there that's permanent he will not get that off of the bat really -- that apparently I've been lucky with my occasional papers values mean. No what I cartels yet he should also avoid cloth with lots of -- this is part of a sixty -- I picked up at Costco. Which is great for cleaning like aluminum trailer is when you're doing a lot of polishing. But believe it. Thousands of these little bouts of flop on your screen that you'll spend most of the rest of your natural life getting off of there totally so much to talk show me what you should actually use the best. The thing on the planet for -- cleaning your screen. -- a microfiber cloth notice how I keep my dust free. Sealed point that he -- know what that's a really good idea because just."
" I I have outages throwing him into -- war -- all the other junk I have my kitchen and they do you don't collect every little bit of cresting do and everything and and in the drawer if you can't watch them separately and fly them separately because it they're really funny to see what of these it's been like with the right kind of power cotton shirt or sweater. And you have a microfiber cloth with a thousand little tiny bits of what -- it related to one mistakes earlier one thing I did that I learned not to do I had several people pointed out to me was when you're watching these in the washing machine it's great and avoid fabric softener is. Especially in the kind you add into the wash cycle or the dryer sheets. They add it basically coding. To these claws and that too will also leave streaks and gunk on your screen when you're trying to clean it effectively -- and however you re watch them without those via software agents. It usually will recover this the microfiber -- for you so -- that's one thing to keep in mind. What are things you want is you know suit by squeeze if you squeeze your microfiber cloth. If it's dusty. -- microfiber if there's a lot of the -- you can get it whether there's like some fingerprint you on there a little bit of water can help it it's dripping when you bring it it's too. Wet -- put it on the screen. It distilled water too is arguably the best thing you can use because and it doesn't contain any of the minerals you might get from either tap water breathing filtered water for that matter self. It's sometimes a pain to keep -- later on specifically for this cause but I think it's worth it especially if you plan on doing our regular basis just get yourself. A supply of your distilled water and that way -- you know it's a 100% here yet it also works great irons so you can pick these up and single act of what three and an office in computer stores. Places like Costco or or big box construction stores and auto part shops sell the ball back to make some super cheap. Either one works the -- cool -- real ones of the -- ones just begin keeping. Just don't wash with any generates a lot of -- in -- don't wash them with fabricated totally and another great news I mean obviously around right the big another prime usually is for microphone across. Is disks. It's CDs dvds Blu-ray -- went off everything before I put it into the tray especially rental discs I find that he got about a 5050 shot of whoever did this before you. What they're faced down a coffee table or worse face up for weeks on end. And it just collected and I don't grit and grime and it's good to reveal what it smells like -- not yet I had bad balance they -- but nice moment but. If the other thing too is especially -- Blu-ray playback it's important make sure that this is clean because it might skip or not play at all in those players are so tiny dots in the surface that you don't in the substrate."
" It is they're easy to throw off your car. He got some -- peanut butter covered how low mass and your monitor not that I had any experience -- this right 50% solution of ice approval alcohol. And distilled water. With your microfiber cloth what ever you do for God's sakes don't drink this. I sell it for like 42 dollars a bottle of under the name of alcoholic products cleaner. Or alcohol based electronic cleaner at the various and sundry electronic shops it's rubbing alcohol -- local drugstore and get the 60% its pre mixed for you for a little bit extra water in there. It's 91% mix it down like 40%. Water and again get it -- and don't use the scented kind and you don't want the the that'll be really bad to have like the winter green. Stopped permanently embed in your regular simple just alcohol and -- mixed 5050 like you said that's a great makes it you have."
" Unfortunate do on your screen that's if I had to give one primary lesson -- teach everyone has never put your fingers on the screen especially someone else is -- Teach the kids not to do that either get him out of the habit of running up just. One last tip make sure your monitor is off and well cooled down we start cleaning it. Your bush Rangel a lot farther if you something horrible like use some sort of on. If you use a clean you shouldn't use it's much less likely to dry and becoming permanent part of the surface totally on that are make sure the thing is. Nice and cool I wanted to to keep dust off the surface of the screen the screen service if you're -- it or if you have any way of doing it. -- the -- forward slightly just slightly so that has gravity pulling dust down it will hopefully miss most of the screen you're still gonna get dust on the top edge. And probably dust on the base but. It keeps a majority of an off the screen surface of the really simple you can either you know -- chin behind the TV or it won't -- and hopefully get told Al function. That would be nice and -- this picture is stable and thank one of our sponsors we come back so we're gonna talk it he's going to be talking. HDTV bargain monitors and why you might not -- shy away from the house brands local big box. Signal to respect what of our sponsors."
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" In these tough economic times we ought to save -- you know and that means it's time for. Bar section selection this week's elections are pretty easy TVs and why you shouldn't be your house brands. Now I understand mr. -- he recently got to look at one of those classic who is this company own their own by the big box megastores it's how spread. And it actually -- to be excellent television what are we talking about -- house brands -- authority to -- they -- together. It it definitely could be a couple different things and."
" Talk but house brands normally you're talking about when I think of house and I'm thinking of something like best -- exclusive brands that are manufactured just for them their only sold. In house namely its C a brand called insignia and dynamics those are made and sold only by best buy. Now you can also think about some premium brands like your Sony's -- sharp's. And even Panasonic models that are created exclusively for chain stores like say Costco they have models there that you won't find in any other store. However those models tend to be very similar to. Basically some of the premium brand are at some of the name brands in the regular models that he would be able to find any other stores well. So that's kind of an odd case the Costco slash Sam's Club experience versus say a house brand that's exclusive just about -- the size of Wal-Mart that. And get a big companies to basically -- up a little bit so it's exclusive to them because they want for the exclusive on the shelves or maybe to bring the cost him. What about you mentioned insignia -- of the best buy health program. What was it has figured television you use you have looked at a point six inch LC of theirs and I did a review on that. And it turned out that I was surprised they wish it was amazingly good are right out of the box right from the factory they did it good. Calibration of the color quality and can offer the features I want in a modern looking design and it was that a terrific price it was. Actually as in what is -- is anything could be in terms of the size -- looking so we gotta agree email question earlier this week easily. I saw -- monitor. It's so cheap it must be crap. Not. Exactly in Westinghouse is another one people like -- used to make generators they're making monitors now they can make it monitors for awhile these you know. Basically force the entire industry to step up their game and deliver more for laughs and that is exactly it. And there's also brand to see its stores like when I must presume Wal-Mart they have their wall of televisions. And they include a lot of off brands that you might not -- of including like Emerson solving a symphonic and -- and you haven't heard of it you know over forty. That's true and also to the companies as they were originally named -- starter probably no longer in that same condition -- been bought and sold traded anyway of the brands just mentioned there action all manufactured by one company called denial electric. About Japan and I get put any of those particular TV's under the microscope but. When we go back to episode -- that 98 dollar -- about Blu-ray player was actually crafted by the folks if not under license of course from Philips electronics North America. But consider the quality of a Blu-ray player that would give me some encouragement about the nice build quality for the televisions. Now another brand that's popping up right now is higher. HA IER they did recently I completed a sponsorship of the NBA finals this. And that gave them some decent exposure and the company has a new F series of LCDs that are smaller televisions that are available in a variety of cabinet colors. I believe the F series comes in about five or six different colors. And I personally be keeping an eye and the company's top selling at a seven inch portable LCD. Complete with a built in DV DTV tuner and a rechargeable battery that's for about 110 bucks on line. We what are the basic compare this to his back in the seventies Honda was this weird little brand from Japan now it's one of the most trusted names in the world in the hate you you ago. Well is the cheapest car you could buy it it's really not what the most trusted names of the world in some cases you do your research check the people who review this stuff because. To have you haven't heard of it totally I happened across those some of those. Off brands those that were really disappointing as well but for everything we just talked about right now I'm pretty comfortable dollars and some of them. Bigger off brands like your videos in your Westinghouse's they're going to be. They're going to be solid and even though I consider either one of those off anyway exactly considering in this country at least visit as a top selling LCD -- currently going that just shows you how important value is now it is with everyone and fluid and they're delivering good quality performance on top of it so it's really. It's really hard -- ago. It's not it's not. The top three name brand so to speak you're in the store you're looking at the big ball displays you're seeing -- you've never heard of before you don't have an interconnection in Internet connection. And you just can't wait to get home to do some research how do you protect yourself. If you're eyeballing it really compared detail look at things like bright detail like white shirts. The cloud detail and go from one to -- next -- particular figure it side by side that's the easiest way to do it. Also look at the dark details as well like shadows under the eyes to adjust. How black is black and usually the darker looking black levels are usually the superior television also for LCDs viewing angle. Store viewing is probably one of the best places to do this but walk off to the side of the TV you're considering. All LCDs have relatively poor viewing angles they change brightness and color as you -- angles. Even small angles off axis and some are definitely worse than others so comparing us. You've got big -- living room with a lot of seats. It's gonna stink if nobody can see what's going on this -- an -- here Paula Todd from our long and it's not that often decided it really looks at war but like front center looks beautiful so. -- to keep in mind. Also some of these inexpensive brands will sacrifice features like. Inputs or maybe it doesn't have an integrated channel guide or advanced picture controls you really need to consider your needs. And I think in an upcoming episode will be talking about ways of getting around some of the limitations on the TV you might already -- like say adding I think like any HDMI switch to the next. And while it's easy to use of -- had worried you might ports they too might switch. If you have no ability to control your picture like one of the early sets I played around with it can be insanely frustrating so. Big further promote peace and those around there is totally for LCD is a particular couple things I would really wanna see on just about any TV I buy nowadays is a way to control over scanned. -- basically how how much the picture is being stretched or scaled to fit the screen itself. If you have control over that that's usually a sign of a decent TV and backlight control over all that that's a great way to just control the overall brightness of the TV. And potentially save a lot of electricity as well you don't have to crank it and -- percent. You know after the bargain brands people that may be your well this deal out there it create the movie's for you to movies I didn't want him he's in the movies good. You should be watching film right."
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" Welcome HD nation I'm Robert heron and I'm Patrick Norton initiation as your guide best HD content -- the best at home theater gear no matter what you budgeted. Blu-ray on my satellite cable over the air if it's -- he really likes it benefits Battlestar Galactica the complete series. I'm in love with it. This is not my version this one still boxed up -- boxing for you today in the shoes you're just out out of control it she can get it be frank with you. By the time you're watching this will probably be watching the entire -- when -- set for the second time because they've given up sleep out. That's unfortunately what you all at once they don't say I have to say one show that have been checking out lately it HD of course would be the world's."
" Toughest fixes home on the -- Nat -- channel national discover. -- National Geographic channel and a guy name Sean Reilly. As a rigor by trade and it's basically. You're going along with this guy on his various -- inch. Basically he goes around to some the largest most impressive fix it jobs in the world gets its quest it's adventure it's his gig it's what he does he wakes up in the morning. And any -- at the 2000 foot aerial moves around out episode of ten ton block of equipment 2000 feet here thousand feet on on a TV tower antenna or an antenna on on a tower this 2000 feet tall. I just have to say it was beautifully done it's risky as -- some things he does and it it's fun it's just funny to you watch and it's again. A little bit of reality TV but. Very cool stuff he's always on unique projects I think they have one of them is the Large Hadron Collider coming up relaxing going to -- Switzerland has put its fix on that as well I like coming -- success with this week. There's another show actually -- stars which is another one at that it's about a family that -- the pawnshop in Vegas and that's Obama's. It's my ink but with -- pawn shop didn't. Is -- did -- that they only like three episodes and I think -- is only three episodes so far but then it's on my DVR on my on my season pass list. Does a pawn -- actually do justice to like 1080. It is yeah like yeah give it is enough so all that it is for sale the great site HT I'm I think that he snob I guess I. It is an HD it's shot really well but now you know if it's more about I'd say the characters and and the content that it is the absolute resolution of the pictures that make sense. Good for some amazing to I'd forgotten what everything recorded data basically using it to you to mixer into work late nights. -- T heater element TT Andy is unbelievably. Beautiful freedom motorcycle racing actually you probably wanna see -- don't get HD net I subscribe to cable and that just makes me angered cycles he deadline in north Katie Daryl yummy. I do and it's -- out there. Email me. It's the news on. Aren't all of box yes yes I've made Patrick Norton mister -- promised and never talk about Battlestar Galactica the complete series again. And he'll be a box in the stunt copy of the massive box that while it reduced. That's -- copy he should self."
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" We'll talk about the Blu-ray releases August 4 2009. Doctor Roger and I did the happy dance when -- big trouble in little China on the list. It also paying the thing that nobody seems to know how well did John Carpenter cult classic has been transferred to do. We do know that it is 1080. AVC mpeg four. Also it's going to be 23521. Aspect ratio and it offers DT SHD lossless master audio five not one surround track. And it features an extended cut version would never before seen footage along with the nine deleted scenes and alternate ending from the news. Now the B fifty gets."
" Gives this movie plenty of room to breathe so let's hope it's from a better source that early dvd was it's been. It's kind of really frustrate a lot of -- from the eighties nobody knows where maybe your original negatives are there working for him Koreans so we're -- yeah. You have we will -- that one but we're looking forward seen on fox and we're happy it's amusing title the last star fighter the 25 anniversary edition. There's one of the very first feature films he's a ton of CG computer generated animation. And given that it basically it was a battle Bollinger who has access to the video game being carted off the space to. Hope save the planet and he ends of the really cool girl in the and you can see why all of us and pretty much everyone who played videogames -- it's really like it. It certainly could not about that. Eight GB version. AG Hebert was -- nobody. No and a lot of us throughout their -- has actually seen that it was a mediocre transfer barely better than watching upscaled dvd and the -- people who didn't see it. Your original film wasn't exactly high budget so. Well like a lot of low budget films out there that means -- film stock which he's not the best images to work with. And it's got early blue screen effects that can -- noticeable when they gets the opportunity. And my babies bills without doing that told a series audio editing. Most of the DG SEC master certified that once Amtrak will be stereo. That's pretty much what they did right now so universal isn't making any noise about this being in the transfer or we can only hope. That they're being very quiet about having taken the time to define negative and make this -- people in reverse and look pretty here. Makes you wonder for a lot of movies out there restored or other being stored but. We can cross our fingers and hope for the best. Now other Blu-ray releases this week include only Bob -- port of course sling blade in 1080 PA BC transferred that isn't spectacularly detailed. But it looks truly color along with race to witch mountain chaos labor pains man on the moon with Walter Cronkite. My Cousin Vinny -- Mutant chronicles -- and so what he's also point out that Adam Sandler is. It's classic the water boy -- the original release date and actually isn't coming out last week that is coming out August 4. Coming up next are gonna talk about how to clean your -- TV screen without this -- We're gonna get well pretty serious about finding bargains televisions and whether I trust the house. Let's take over the fact one of our sponsors and Netflix. Particularly for a place to find a great selection of Blu-ray discs look no further than our next sponsor Netflix -- Netflix you can read over 90000."
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" Blistering wives -- great sort 200 dollar blue -- rollers originally designed for high dollar print shops like mr. -- has -- in his workshop. What do you really need to clean your screen. And why should you care well let's talk about this if you make a big enough mistake when he clean. You'll probably needed to HDTV -- repair cost and to be -- it's easily actually. Cheaper to buy an entire new television that you buy replacement parts if you damage them usually is as for things to avoid first I think so -- that what what's the first thing you would avoid. Don't whole Lotta Clint have a window cleaner and start spraying the monitor ammonia based products might strip -- saw the flat panel and oh yeah if you're really lucky to drips and -- inside them -- do something really ugly about it actually -- the plastic on the screen one time and it left. It permanent marks I mean blue or green yellow or there where -- purple -- it was that was really bad now assists and and once you see it you know you did it he will always see that forever on that screen -- need your friends won't notice right away about. You well. You're willing. And then my household because there was Tyler -- your -- to the universal infinitely -- they did not foot baby wipes on your television especially the kind include aloe or let your babies ask you -- really. Like per screen with someone else in my family okay not my wife not my son. Grabbed a baby wipe. And what's really interesting is they leave this amazing film on the screen is beautiful white streak especially if BC TV is hot. Because hot if he -- he's pretty much vaporize the water forty you can run over with the big way out of someone's -- on the screen I don't think wanna crack that in theory should avoid paper towels have you ever seen when they actually. Scratch the screen oh yeah really oh yes especially if you've got a small market -- trying to keep putting enough pressure with your finger running in a circle which is the other thing I'm really avoid trying to do with screens. It's sand paper and you will put a mark on there that's permanent he will not get that off of the bat really -- that apparently I've been lucky with my occasional papers values mean. No what I cartels yet he should also avoid cloth with lots of -- this is part of a sixty -- I picked up at Costco. Which is great for cleaning like aluminum trailer is when you're doing a lot of polishing. But believe it. Thousands of these little bouts of flop on your screen that you'll spend most of the rest of your natural life getting off of there totally so much to talk show me what you should actually use the best. The thing on the planet for -- cleaning your screen. -- a microfiber cloth notice how I keep my dust free. Sealed point that he -- know what that's a really good idea because just."
" I I have outages throwing him into -- war -- all the other junk I have my kitchen and they do you don't collect every little bit of cresting do and everything and and in the drawer if you can't watch them separately and fly them separately because it they're really funny to see what of these it's been like with the right kind of power cotton shirt or sweater. And you have a microfiber cloth with a thousand little tiny bits of what -- it related to one mistakes earlier one thing I did that I learned not to do I had several people pointed out to me was when you're watching these in the washing machine it's great and avoid fabric softener is. Especially in the kind you add into the wash cycle or the dryer sheets. They add it basically coding. To these claws and that too will also leave streaks and gunk on your screen when you're trying to clean it effectively -- and however you re watch them without those via software agents. It usually will recover this the microfiber -- for you so -- that's one thing to keep in mind. What are things you want is you know suit by squeeze if you squeeze your microfiber cloth. If it's dusty. -- microfiber if there's a lot of the -- you can get it whether there's like some fingerprint you on there a little bit of water can help it it's dripping when you bring it it's too. Wet -- put it on the screen. It distilled water too is arguably the best thing you can use because and it doesn't contain any of the minerals you might get from either tap water breathing filtered water for that matter self. It's sometimes a pain to keep -- later on specifically for this cause but I think it's worth it especially if you plan on doing our regular basis just get yourself. A supply of your distilled water and that way -- you know it's a 100% here yet it also works great irons so you can pick these up and single act of what three and an office in computer stores. Places like Costco or or big box construction stores and auto part shops sell the ball back to make some super cheap. Either one works the -- cool -- real ones of the -- ones just begin keeping. Just don't wash with any generates a lot of -- in -- don't wash them with fabricated totally and another great news I mean obviously around right the big another prime usually is for microphone across. Is disks. It's CDs dvds Blu-ray -- went off everything before I put it into the tray especially rental discs I find that he got about a 5050 shot of whoever did this before you. What they're faced down a coffee table or worse face up for weeks on end. And it just collected and I don't grit and grime and it's good to reveal what it smells like -- not yet I had bad balance they -- but nice moment but. If the other thing too is especially -- Blu-ray playback it's important make sure that this is clean because it might skip or not play at all in those players are so tiny dots in the surface that you don't in the substrate."
" It is they're easy to throw off your car. He got some -- peanut butter covered how low mass and your monitor not that I had any experience -- this right 50% solution of ice approval alcohol. And distilled water. With your microfiber cloth what ever you do for God's sakes don't drink this. I sell it for like 42 dollars a bottle of under the name of alcoholic products cleaner. Or alcohol based electronic cleaner at the various and sundry electronic shops it's rubbing alcohol -- local drugstore and get the 60% its pre mixed for you for a little bit extra water in there. It's 91% mix it down like 40%. Water and again get it -- and don't use the scented kind and you don't want the the that'll be really bad to have like the winter green. Stopped permanently embed in your regular simple just alcohol and -- mixed 5050 like you said that's a great makes it you have."
" Unfortunate do on your screen that's if I had to give one primary lesson -- teach everyone has never put your fingers on the screen especially someone else is -- Teach the kids not to do that either get him out of the habit of running up just. One last tip make sure your monitor is off and well cooled down we start cleaning it. Your bush Rangel a lot farther if you something horrible like use some sort of on. If you use a clean you shouldn't use it's much less likely to dry and becoming permanent part of the surface totally on that are make sure the thing is. Nice and cool I wanted to to keep dust off the surface of the screen the screen service if you're -- it or if you have any way of doing it. -- the -- forward slightly just slightly so that has gravity pulling dust down it will hopefully miss most of the screen you're still gonna get dust on the top edge. And probably dust on the base but. It keeps a majority of an off the screen surface of the really simple you can either you know -- chin behind the TV or it won't -- and hopefully get told Al function. That would be nice and -- this picture is stable and thank one of our sponsors we come back so we're gonna talk it he's going to be talking. HDTV bargain monitors and why you might not -- shy away from the house brands local big box. Signal to respect what of our sponsors."
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" In these tough economic times we ought to save -- you know and that means it's time for. Bar section selection this week's elections are pretty easy TVs and why you shouldn't be your house brands. Now I understand mr. -- he recently got to look at one of those classic who is this company own their own by the big box megastores it's how spread. And it actually -- to be excellent television what are we talking about -- house brands -- authority to -- they -- together. It it definitely could be a couple different things and."
" Talk but house brands normally you're talking about when I think of house and I'm thinking of something like best -- exclusive brands that are manufactured just for them their only sold. In house namely its C a brand called insignia and dynamics those are made and sold only by best buy. Now you can also think about some premium brands like your Sony's -- sharp's. And even Panasonic models that are created exclusively for chain stores like say Costco they have models there that you won't find in any other store. However those models tend to be very similar to. Basically some of the premium brand are at some of the name brands in the regular models that he would be able to find any other stores well. So that's kind of an odd case the Costco slash Sam's Club experience versus say a house brand that's exclusive just about -- the size of Wal-Mart that. And get a big companies to basically -- up a little bit so it's exclusive to them because they want for the exclusive on the shelves or maybe to bring the cost him. What about you mentioned insignia -- of the best buy health program. What was it has figured television you use you have looked at a point six inch LC of theirs and I did a review on that. And it turned out that I was surprised they wish it was amazingly good are right out of the box right from the factory they did it good. Calibration of the color quality and can offer the features I want in a modern looking design and it was that a terrific price it was. Actually as in what is -- is anything could be in terms of the size -- looking so we gotta agree email question earlier this week easily. I saw -- monitor. It's so cheap it must be crap. Not. Exactly in Westinghouse is another one people like -- used to make generators they're making monitors now they can make it monitors for awhile these you know. Basically force the entire industry to step up their game and deliver more for laughs and that is exactly it. And there's also brand to see its stores like when I must presume Wal-Mart they have their wall of televisions. And they include a lot of off brands that you might not -- of including like Emerson solving a symphonic and -- and you haven't heard of it you know over forty. That's true and also to the companies as they were originally named -- starter probably no longer in that same condition -- been bought and sold traded anyway of the brands just mentioned there action all manufactured by one company called denial electric. About Japan and I get put any of those particular TV's under the microscope but. When we go back to episode -- that 98 dollar -- about Blu-ray player was actually crafted by the folks if not under license of course from Philips electronics North America. But consider the quality of a Blu-ray player that would give me some encouragement about the nice build quality for the televisions. Now another brand that's popping up right now is higher. HA IER they did recently I completed a sponsorship of the NBA finals this. And that gave them some decent exposure and the company has a new F series of LCDs that are smaller televisions that are available in a variety of cabinet colors. I believe the F series comes in about five or six different colors. And I personally be keeping an eye and the company's top selling at a seven inch portable LCD. Complete with a built in DV DTV tuner and a rechargeable battery that's for about 110 bucks on line. We what are the basic compare this to his back in the seventies Honda was this weird little brand from Japan now it's one of the most trusted names in the world in the hate you you ago. Well is the cheapest car you could buy it it's really not what the most trusted names of the world in some cases you do your research check the people who review this stuff because. To have you haven't heard of it totally I happened across those some of those. Off brands those that were really disappointing as well but for everything we just talked about right now I'm pretty comfortable dollars and some of them. Bigger off brands like your videos in your Westinghouse's they're going to be. They're going to be solid and even though I consider either one of those off anyway exactly considering in this country at least visit as a top selling LCD -- currently going that just shows you how important value is now it is with everyone and fluid and they're delivering good quality performance on top of it so it's really. It's really hard -- ago. It's not it's not. The top three name brand so to speak you're in the store you're looking at the big ball displays you're seeing -- you've never heard of before you don't have an interconnection in Internet connection. And you just can't wait to get home to do some research how do you protect yourself. If you're eyeballing it really compared detail look at things like bright detail like white shirts. The cloud detail and go from one to -- next -- particular figure it side by side that's the easiest way to do it. Also look at the dark details as well like shadows under the eyes to adjust. How black is black and usually the darker looking black levels are usually the superior television also for LCDs viewing angle. Store viewing is probably one of the best places to do this but walk off to the side of the TV you're considering. All LCDs have relatively poor viewing angles they change brightness and color as you -- angles. Even small angles off axis and some are definitely worse than others so comparing us. You've got big -- living room with a lot of seats. It's gonna stink if nobody can see what's going on this -- an -- here Paula Todd from our long and it's not that often decided it really looks at war but like front center looks beautiful so. -- to keep in mind. Also some of these inexpensive brands will sacrifice features like. Inputs or maybe it doesn't have an integrated channel guide or advanced picture controls you really need to consider your needs. And I think in an upcoming episode will be talking about ways of getting around some of the limitations on the TV you might already -- like say adding I think like any HDMI switch to the next. And while it's easy to use of -- had worried you might ports they too might switch. If you have no ability to control your picture like one of the early sets I played around with it can be insanely frustrating so. Big further promote peace and those around there is totally for LCD is a particular couple things I would really wanna see on just about any TV I buy nowadays is a way to control over scanned. -- basically how how much the picture is being stretched or scaled to fit the screen itself. If you have control over that that's usually a sign of a decent TV and backlight control over all that that's a great way to just control the overall brightness of the TV. And potentially save a lot of electricity as well you don't have to crank it and -- percent. You know after the bargain brands people that may be your well this deal out there it create the movie's for you to movies I didn't want him he's in the movies good. You should be watching film right."
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