Hello all,
I recently bought a Sony 32LL150 LCD TV. It is a decent 720p LCD TV with good image rendering at 720p (480p channels look very pasty/plastic). As I was using an old 20" RCA TV earlier without any cable TV, the digital TV is a big upgrade. And to solve the problem of US channels going digital last year (especially PSB), I'm driving it with a home brewed digital antenna (Cost less than $10 ).
One thing I really miss the the scheduling clock. The old RCA TV could be programmed to start at a certain time and then turn off at another. The new one has much more advanced technology running it but SONY has (as usual) forgotten to give a basic feature to the user. All it has a sleep timer which is useless as compared to the clock schedule feature.
I have already checked for a firmware upgrade, but it has the latest one available on the Sony website. I'm sure it won't be difficult for manufacturers to provide this feature. They advertise much more advanced technologies like several HDMI connections, VGA/DVI connections, optical/s-video, etc. but seem to be leaving behind some very basic things.
Is there anyway one could get the feature? Do HDTVs today have clocks? Would SONY listen if I called them up and ask them how to set clock for this model?
Thanks.
I recently bought a Sony 32LL150 LCD TV. It is a decent 720p LCD TV with good image rendering at 720p (480p channels look very pasty/plastic). As I was using an old 20" RCA TV earlier without any cable TV, the digital TV is a big upgrade. And to solve the problem of US channels going digital last year (especially PSB), I'm driving it with a home brewed digital antenna (Cost less than $10 ).
One thing I really miss the the scheduling clock. The old RCA TV could be programmed to start at a certain time and then turn off at another. The new one has much more advanced technology running it but SONY has (as usual) forgotten to give a basic feature to the user. All it has a sleep timer which is useless as compared to the clock schedule feature.
I have already checked for a firmware upgrade, but it has the latest one available on the Sony website. I'm sure it won't be difficult for manufacturers to provide this feature. They advertise much more advanced technologies like several HDMI connections, VGA/DVI connections, optical/s-video, etc. but seem to be leaving behind some very basic things.
Is there anyway one could get the feature? Do HDTVs today have clocks? Would SONY listen if I called them up and ask them how to set clock for this model?
Thanks.