r. Some Plasma TVs have a built-in analog tuner that will enable you to watch any "regular" television that would be available to a conventional television, though the picture quality would be about the same as a typical large-screen conventional TV. For those Plasma TVs that do not have the built in tuner, the signal can be passed through a satellite box, cable box, HDTV receiver, VCR/VHS device, or an outboard tuning device.

Yes, your cable TV line can carry the TV signal while you send and receive information on the Internet. Depending on how many TVs you have connected to the cable coming into your home, you may also be in need of a Signal Splitter to allow more cable connections to areas within your home. Click here to learn more about our Signal Splitter and Signal Booster products. Currently, most Internet service providers do not provide cable Internet access. See similar questions...

Yes. Currently FAU contracts with Adelphia Cable Television for general programming, at no additional cost to you. No “premium” channels are available. See similar questions...

Plasma monitors do not come with built in tuners. An NTSC/ATSC television signal must be passed through a satellite box, cable box, HDTV receiver, VCR/VHS device, or an outboard tuning device. Most of these components offer an RF style cable input (what we think of as a cable connection). See similar questions...

Yes. You can watch regular TV on your projector. To do this, you must have some sort of tuner. If you have standard cable with no box, you can use your VCR as a tuner. Simply connect your coaxial cable from the cable company to the VCR and run a composite video (Yellow) cable out from the VCR to the in on the projector. If you have a cable/satellite box, they will work as your tuner as well. See similar questions...

Typically the plasma TV will come without a TV tuner unless stated. You may use a VCR hooked up to the plasma TV to view television channels. See similar questions...

r. The way a plasma TV works is by having cells containing red, blue, and green phosphors, pressed against small glass chambers containing gas in a plasma state. When the gas is energized by electrical impulses it emits ultraviolet light. When cells are struck with the UV light they display images. See similar questions...

good as they possibly can, with the right display. Not all Plasmas are geared for hi-def; you should look for one that can make the most of any signal. See similar questions...

r. Yes, plasma TVs are much better than the conventional TV for working as a PC monitor. Most plasma TVs have a digital scaling engine that accepts various computer signals and maps them out accordingly to your plasma screen, though you cannot use your PC and watch TV at the same time. r. Absolutely, the advantage of a flat screen is the abolishment of the distortion caused by the curvature of most conventional televisions. See similar questions...

After several years of requests, it seems the University does not think Lawrence needs Tigernet. (Tigernet is a University subsidized package of several cable TV channels.) The community room in building 14 has basic cable and its rate of usage does not encourage the purchasing of a second package for the community room in building 1. Please use building 1 for DVDs for that reason. See similar questions...

Yes. Picture-in-Picture (PIP) allows you to watch two programs simultaneously with four selectable window positions. Picture-on-Picture (POP) allows you to watch two programs side by side. PIP/POP is available when your video source is set to TV, AV, S-Video, Component 1 or Component 2. For example, you can watch two analog TV programs simultaneously with PIP/POP by using the built-in TV tuner and an external tuner such as the one inside your VCR. See similar questions...

A Plasma TV is new type of flat screen display that uses new technology using plasma gas to illuminate a large number of light bulbs. Slim, slick, and larger in design, these futuristic looking TVs have almost lifelike images with their fantastic picture quality, and can hang on your wall like a picture. See similar questions...

r. With early generation models the proper distance for viewing was 8 to 12ft. on a 42" plasma TV and 12 to 16ft. or more on a 50" plasma, but with the many advancements that have been made to the units, the latest 50" models can be viewed comfortably from 9ft. Though it is always a matter of preference. See similar questions...

Click to the left or above on Departments. Each Town Department has a set of FAQs specific to their role. See similar questions...

First of all, TV watching is now your job. So tell everyone to get off your case. You have to watch TV to write TV. In particular you have to watch the hot shows everyone's talking about. You have to watch both the new shows, and the shows that keep coming up in conversation. You should be watching shows by accomplished writers like Amy Sherman-Palladino and Steve Bochco and Chris Carter and David Kelley. See similar questions...

My neighbor has a dog who completely and literally will watch TV in the same fashion as we. He can watch a movie from start to finish. Certain things set him off, excite him, or upset him. Controversy, kissing, shooting, this type of thing gets him very agitated - too much emotion involved in what he's seeing. See similar questions...

All apartments are cable ready, some buildings with with your choice of two different cable providers. See similar questions...

A VCR, monitor, and educational tapes are provided in the lodge library, but we do not have television reception. See similar questions...