When the new season of Survivor starts shooting this summer, they will finally be doing so in HD. When the show airs early in 2009, it’ll be the first of CBS’s reality shows to be broadcast in better than 480i. Not sure why you took so long CBS but its about time.
Here are some specs….
Reportedly, FSN Detroit has locked up deals with the Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings to “televise nearly all their games — exhibition, regular season and playoff — for at least the next decade.” Apparently, the revised deals will enable FSN to pick up the rights to all telecasts not claimed by a national network, and we’re already told that it’ll air 152 Tigers games this season, with 103 being in high-definition.
Newegg.com offers the Sceptre 42″ Widescreen LCD HD Television, model no. X42GV-NAGA, for $899.99. This $150 mail-in rebate chops it to $749.99. It features a native resolution of 1920×1080 (1080p), 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 550 cd/m² brightness, 8ms response time, built-in ATSC, QAM, and NTSC tuners, and HDMI, VGA, component, S-Video, and RCA video inputs. Rebate ends March 31.
Today at SecondAct.com, the Samsung HPT4254 42″ Plasma HDTV is on clearance for only $699.99! For an additional $150, you can have it shipped to your door. The resolution is 1024×768, so not quite 1080p but hey, its $700….
