Seen it, on several good sets. It's pretty. But the quality gain isn't all that much over a good analog set, certainly not enough to justify the massive increase in cost. And there is no quality gain over a good monitor playing back high-bitrate video. In fact, for quality, the HD sets (even the best) aren't up to a good widescreen LCD. Since I'd have at most 1 other person watching as I have a small apartment and rarely have anyone other than my GF over, a 21" or 24" widescreen is more than sufficient.
And the DRM on HD broadcasts is obnoxious. Enough that I'll not get an HD tuner even for a PC. Frankly, I've seen some HD and Blu-Ray DVD's. So far most look actually worse than the plain DVD version and notably inferior to a Superbit DVD. This will change as they get native versions rather than poorly upsampled from DVD versions. But currently you'll get the best quality from a good DVD on a progressive scan set rather than an HD format, and 480i isn't all that far behind. Outside of gaming and maybe sports, HD offers absolutely nothing I value. And I don't watch much sports. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > ARE YOU BLIND? I have been enjoying > glorious HDTV for several years now and after > the first few months I couldnt even watch > the old analog signals anymore. Its incredible and > has approx 10 times the resolution of an > analog signal on a letterboxed 4:3 screen. > Even more if you want to compare to VHS > which is too absured to even mention. > > 1080i format is SIX times rez of DVD format and > you cant even get progressive scanning > with any old 4x3 sets. > > You are DEAD WRONG about HDTV being > "mostly a scam". Its the greatest > home entertainment product of all time > IMHO and I cant imagine ever going > back to crappy analog, it looks > so fake compared to what good HD > looks like. Your crediblity has > been seriously breached with these > comments, thats for sure because > these new HDTV sets simply BLOW AWAY > anything ever possible on the > old NTSC sets with analog signals. > Its not just defintion either, they > have better contrast range, less > electronic artifacts, less luminance > and chromanace noise, better color > accuracy, better color gamut, and > better sound too. Its a "blowout" > compared to ntsc. > > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:22 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: It's snowing in hell --OT > > > Seen HDTV, not worth the cost. A good HD set costs more than my laptop, > for little benefit (unless you host several people at once and thus need > > a larger screen further from you). > > HD is mostly a scam to get you to buy new HD-DVD's or Blu-Ray DVD's to > replace your DVD collection, while ensuring you can't record TV > broadcasts for your archive. > > -Adam > Who *may* go HD when he gets an Xbox 360, but only for the games which > actually do benefit from more resolution. > > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> My God, this is the HDTV era for 8 years >> already! Get yourself >> a good HDTV and get free DVDS ( they look >> way better on a progressive scan HDTV >> than any analog 4x3 set can ) from the >> library. You dont know what you're missing, >> especailly if you can appreciate good >> imaging/cinematography and being a photographer already kinda proves >> that. jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of graywolf >> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:16 PM >> To: PDML >> Subject: It's snowing in hell --OT >> >> >> Graywolf got a new pet, a television. There it was sitting in the >> thrift >> >> store looking all sad and abandoned, so he paid $15 + tax to spring >> it. >> It sulked at first shutting itself off after less than an hour, and >> graywolf thought he was going to have to turn it out on the streets. > But >> a thorough cleaning, wasn't filthy but 25 years of dust on its circuit >> boards mostly came off and a night to get used to its new home, and it > >> seems to be working nicely. >> >> Like any new pet graywolf is going to have to buy it some things, a >> remote, and a longer cable as the one he has is not long enough to >> tether it to the splitter and he has to change back and forth between > it >> and the modem in the mean time. And later a VCR so graywolf can watch >> movies from the local public library. Maybe an upgrade in cable > service. >> This could be a very expensive pet. >> >> OH? The breed? Magnavox 27in stereo console. By its tag it was born >> early in 1983 and cost $539.97 ($849.95 list). Does that make it an >> antique, or just an old TV? >> >> One would think the thing would take up a lot of space, but actually >> instead of taking up space it provides a table to place things like > the >> DVD player and the Epson printer on. >> >> Anyway as the subject line implies graywolf buying a TV is a very rare >> occurrence, it has only happened twice in 63 years. >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
