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Offering an incredible feature set and exceptional quality for its price, Samsung’s fifth-generation 42-inch HP-S4253 plasma TV uses the company’s proprietary electronic chassis and the latest DNIe enhancement circuitry to deliver outstanding brightness, contrast, and image clarity. Use it for home theater and use it for your PC–it’s perfect for both. In addition to a standard-broadcast NTSC tuner, it also features an integrated ATSC tuner that can capture over-the-air digital broadcasts from local network affiliates (the set will still require a set-top tuner for receiving non-terrestrial HD broadcasts from channels like HBO or Discovery).
The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) Video Enhancer refines all analog NTSC and wideband video inputs for an overall improvement in picture quality. DNIe improves contrast, white level, picture detail and incorporates digital noise reduction to improve lower quality video inputs. Thanks to the new 13-bit processing capability of DNIe, the HP-S4253 can produce over 549 billion colors (compared to the one billion colors that TVs with 10-bit processing can produce.

This set features a 1024 x 768-pixel resolution, 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, 175-degree viewing angle, brightness rating of 1300 cd/m2 (candela per square meter), and an amazing 10000:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV’s ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The 3D Y/C digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time to dramatically reduce edge image artifacts while improving transition detail.

The anti-glare plasma panel offers several protective features to resist burn-in, including auto pixel shift, signal pattern processing, and white screen function. It’s rated for a 60,000-hour panel life (6 hours of usage a day for 27 years). Other features include:

* Picture-in-picture (PIP) enables convenient simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC sources.
* Parental Control (V-Chip) helps parents monitor what their children watch on TV by establishing rating limits.
* Auto volume leveler keeps audio volume consistent during channel changing.
* Multi-lingual on-screen displays in English, Spanish or French.
* Side A/V input

High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the speakers built into the sides of the TV. SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass. It produces 10 watts of power per channel (for 20 watts total) and offers the following connection options:

* Composite (RCA audio/video): 2 inputs (1 on the side)
* S-Video: 2 inputs (1 on the side)
*Component (Y/Pb/Pr): 2 inputs
* HDMI: 2 inputs
* PC: 1 D-Sub15 input
* RF: 2 inputs
* Digital audio: 1 coaxial and 1 optical

Tech Talk

HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV–all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats–standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).

TruSurround XT audio adds three new audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.

* Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into Ã’focusÃ“ during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
* TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
* The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
* Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.

What’s in the Box

Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), power cord, printed operating instructions

Product Description

Samsung HPS4253 42″ Plasma HDTV

Product Description

Samsung’s HP-S4253 42″ High-Definition Plasma TV with HDTV Tuner enriches your life. With its incredible new technology you’ll enjoy outstanding contrast and brightness and vivid colors. The powerful, 42-inch plasma display delivers outstanding brightness, contrast and overall picture clarity. The TV comes equipped with an NTSC/ATSC tuner for instant enjoyment of the latest HDTV broadcasts. You’ll also get the latest DNIe picture enhancements for superior graphics, Split-screen and PiP features let you view more than one show at a time, for easier channel browsing. TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround Sound experience through the two-speaker internal playback system. The simple HDMI connection makes it simple to make the HP-S4253 a part of your home entertainment system. 13-bit processing (549 billion colors) Split screen function Picture-in-Picture DNIe (Digital Natural Image engine) FilterBright anti-glare filter Viewing Angle – 175 degrees (horizontal and vertical) 3D Y/C digital comb filter Audio pixel shift (burn-in resistance) 15-watt per channel amplifier Built-in 1-way, 2-speaker system SRS TruSurround XT TrueWide design with narrow bottom bezel speaker Rear A/V Connections – 2 HDMI connections, 2 YPbPr(Component), S-Video, Composite, PC (RGB) in Side A/V Connections – S-Video, Composite input, headphone jack Power save feature 60,000 hour panel life

Technical Details

Screen size: 42 inches
TV type: Plasma
HDTV capable: Yes, with integrated ATSC tuner
Resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Speaker wattage per channel: 10 watts
Number of speakers: 2
Response time: n/a
Brightness: 1300 cd/m2
Contrast ratio: 10,000:1
Viewing angle: 175 degrees
Comb filter: 3D Y/C digital comb filter
3:2 pulldown correction: No
Scan velocity modulation: No
Line doubling: No
Color temperature control: No
Includes DVD player: No
Includes VCR: No
Signal type: NTSC, ATSC
Auto channel setup: Yes
Closed captioning: Yes
Last-channel recall: Yes
Multilingual menu: Yes
Parental control: Yes
Picture-in-picture (PIP): Yes
Remote control: Yes
SAP: Yes
Sleep timer: Yes
Composite A/V: 2
S-Video: 2
Component video: 2
DVI: 0
HDMI: 2
RF: 2
PC VGA: 1
USB: 0
Firewire: 0
Headphone jack: 0
Front/Side AV jacks: Side
Surround sound: Yes, virtual
Sound leveler system: Yes
Item width: 41.5 inches
Item height: 30.1 inches with stand
Item depth: 13.4 inches with stand
Item weight: 108 pounds
Stand included: Yes
Wall mount type: Information unavailable
Power consumption: 380 watts
Warranty: 1 year parts and labor
In the box: Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), power cord, printed operating instructions

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Castle Guard Knight Lamp

Thursday 12 October 2006 @ 6:44 am

Castle Guard Knight Lamp

Castle Guard Knight Lamp is a handsome knight that will help light your way. The knight is cast in polyresin and hand painted with amazing detail.

Castle Guard Knight Lamp stands 30″ tall and is crafted and painted to look like the original vintage. Exquisite realism and quality.

The term “knight” originates from the Anglo-Saxon name for a boy: “cniht”. Most early knights were not much more than hired “boys” who performed military service and took oaths of loyalty to any well-to-do nobleman or warlord offering the most promise of money or war booty.

Overall Height: 30″

Tags: Medieval Figurines, Medieval Home Decor

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Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats–A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners (A 30-Minute Meal Cookbook)

Friday 6 October 2006 @ 11:00 pm

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Food Network darling Ray wants home cooks to become more “instinctual,” and this assortment of quick meals is expansive enough to encourage even novices to wing it. The author hopes readers cook their way through the entire book; to that end, she organizes the recipes not by course or main ingredient (though there are indexes), but by number. The organization takes some getting used to. Helpful but occasionally jarring “tidbits” pop up everywhere, and many “recipes” make more than one dish, so cooking just one requires a fair amount of reading. For example, number 16 encompasses “Oregon-Style Pork Chops with Pinot Noir and Cranberries; Oregon Hash with Wild Mushrooms, Greens, Beets, Hazelnuts, and Blue Cheese; [and] Charred Whole-Grain Bread with Butter and Chives.” Readers making just the hash must read around the instructions for the other two dishes. Still, the recipes are great. They vary in technique and ethnicity, and many give instructions on expanding the dish (after making Spicy Shrimp and Penne with Puttanesca Sauce, for example, “now try” omitting the olives and capers, swapping linguine for the penne, reducing the number of shrimp, and adding lump crab meat and mussels to make Frutti di Mare and Linguine). As Ray would say, “Yummo.” (Nov.)
Copyright Â© Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Book Description
Even your favorite dinner can lose its appeal when itâ€™s in constant rotation, so mix it up! With her largest collection of recipes yet, Food Networkâ€™s indefatigable cook Rachael Ray guarantees youâ€™ll be able to put something fresh and exciting on your dinner table every night for a full year… without a single repeat!

Based on the original 30-Minute Meal cooking classes that started it all, these recipes prove that you donâ€™t have to reinvent the wheel every night. Rachael offers dozens of recipes that, once mastered, can become entirely new dishes with just a few ingredient swaps. Learn how to make a Southwestern Pasta Bake and youâ€™ll be able to make a Smoky Chipotle Chili Con Queso Mac the next time. Try your hand at Spring Chicken with Leeks and Peas and youâ€™re all set to turn out a rib-sticking Rice and Chicken Stoup that looks and tastes like an entirely different dish.

As a best-selling cookbook author and host of three top-rated Food Network shows, Rachael Ray believes that both cooking and eating should be fun. Drawing from her own favorite dishes as well as those of her family, friends, and celebrities, she covers the flavor spectrum from Asian to Italian and dozens of delicious stops in between. Best of all, these flavor-packed dishes will satisfy your every craving and renew your taste for cooking. With so many delicious entrees to choose from youâ€™ll never have an excuse for being in a cooking rut again.

How about a brand-new 30-minute dinner every night for an entire year?

Tired of making the same old same old, week after week after week?

With Rachaelâ€™s most varied and comprehensive collection of 30-minute recipes ever, youâ€™ll have everyone at your table saying â€œYummo!â€ all year long.

Itâ€™s amazing what a half hour can do for your tastebuds â€¦ 365 days a year!

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Friday 23 June 2006 @ 12:57 pm

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Castle Guard Knight Lamp

Thursday 25 May 2006 @ 4:05 pm

Castle Guard Knight Lamp

Castle Guard Knight Lamp is a handsome knight that will help light your way. The knight is cast in polyresin and hand painted with amazing detail.

Castle Guard Knight Lamp stands 30″ tall and is crafted and painted to look like the original vintage. Exquisite realism and quality.

Overall Height: 30″

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F R E E …. did you get that? F R E E web hosting for a year!

Thursday 3 November 2005 @ 11:24 pm

10,000 MB Terabyte Hosting Package

Used to be $7.95/mo, now $0.00 (after rebate)

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Greenies Smart-Treats for Dogs Value Packs

Monday 5 September 2005 @ 3:59 pm

Greenies Smart-Treats for Dogs Value Packs

Greenies Smart-Treats Jumbo Size Value Pack
16 Oz – Jumbo – For Dogs Over 90 Lbs. – 4 Pack

There’s never been anything like Greenies for your dog.
These delicious bone-hard treats clean your dog’s breath while they clean his teeth. Greenies with natural chlorophyll help reduce odors, control dental tartar and plaque, strengthen gums, and diminish oral bacteria.

Greenies is the first and only treat to provide all of these benefits in one nutritious, enjoyable chew:

Dogs can’t resist the taste.
Helps clean teeth and freshen breath.
Abrasive action decreases buildup of dental plaque.
No by-products, preservatives, artificial flavors, or colors.
Created by a veterinarian, clinical nutritionist, and agricultural specialist.
Enhances nutrition.
The Greenies Story
Dr. Joe and Judy Roetheli are dog lovers with a strong interest in animal health and nutrition. But the idea for Greenies was actually inspired by Ivan, their male Samoyed who suffered from terrible breath.

The Roethelis decided to formulate something Ivan would love to chew on that would get rid of his doggie breath and be good for his teeth and overall health.

The results were amazing. With help from a veterinarian and clinical nutritionist, the Roethelis developed Greenies, the first and only smart-treat for dogs. Greenies not only satisfy a dog’s natural desire to chew, they contain the natural green advantages of chlorophyll, which comes from plants. And Greenies offer the most complete list of terrific benefits for you and your dog–from dental care to nutrition to fun.

No artificial coloring added, no preservatives, and no plastics or other inert ingredients.

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