My parents have an HDTV and have never once, to my knowledge, had any kind of HD signal on it. They watch the same crappy SD Dish network box & VCR/DVD all stretched out and horrible looking and they ooh and ahh at how awesome their "HDTV" looks. I keep harassing them to upgrade but they just don't think there's anything wrong with it and have no interest in spending any more money for an HD package or a new receiver.
Fixing retail prices is a violation of U.S. antitrust laws. Retailers are free to sell products for any price they want to sell them for. The FTC brought charges against New Balance (shoe company) a few years ago for this exact thing. Threatening to stop supplying stores that under-cut the MSRP, etc.
I don't have an HR2X but I do have an H21 (HD, no DVR) and it froze up over the weekend, either Saturday or Sunday... I can't remember. I woke up and it would turn off and on but would not respond to any remote control or front panel buttons. I had to pull the plug and reset it before I could use it again.
"With all the new multitouch capable monitors coming out, which one is the best? With the release of Windows 7 I really want a touchscreen monitor for my desktop. I'm looking to get a Full HD monitor that supports multitouch and can still look great during gaming and movies. Which one has the best specs for the price?"
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