On Saturday, March 31, 2012 05:37:49 Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "Walter Bright" <[email protected]> wrote in message > > Dudes, get an HD TV. It really is transformative. And yes, it kills me > > that my expensive old large screen standard def TV is just a POS in > > comparison, even though it is in perfect working order. > > > > I can't even stand to watch standard def anymore. > > YMMV, but it *honestly* just > doesn't do much for me. Certainly not enough to blow hundreds of dollars on > it. [snip]
Personally, I can stand SD less and less, and poorer video quality annoys me more and more. But I deal with video-related software for a living, and I've transcoded enough video (especially HD video) in my free time that I _really_ notice the flaws. There are DVDs that I watched 5 years ago and thought were fine that I see now and have a very hard time standing them, because they look so bad. There are even encoding issues that I see in blu-rays quite often that drive me nuts (especially banding), but that's the best that you can get at this point. My parents, on the other hand, don't have any HD anything, don't see the point, and don't seem to care much about video quality at all. So, it really depends on what you're used to and what you expect. I've just dealt with video encoding and the like in enough detail long enough to get really picky about it (my Mother thinks that I'm a snob about video and audio quality). I don't have a TV right now (I just watch everything on my computer - 24" 1920 x 1200 display), but if I did, I sure wouldn't put up with an SD TV. I'd be looking to get a high quality, HD TV. But there's no question that YMMV. - Jonathan M Davis
