Same content, still boring. Pretty isn't everything if the content sucks. And by-and-large, it does.
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > You are clueless. NTSC is boring, > HDTV is not and you dont have to > watch "TV SHOWS", there are HD > movie channels and sports, etc. I guess > I value movies much more than you > do, and part of it is propably the fact that > I can actually see the beauty of what they really > look like and you still cant. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:40 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: It's snowing in hell --OT > > > I spend far more time shooting than I do watching TV. I watch maybe 1-2 > hours a week (mostly Anime Fansubs of stuff currently airing in Japan) > and play 1-2 hours a week on the Xbox. I don't have cable as the only > show on there I'd watch (Top Gear) isn't worth the cost of a full > subscription. > > Why the hell would I pay several grand for a TV I'm never going to use? > TV is boring. Go out and shoot. > > -Adam > > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> Isnt owning a world class HD home theater worth way more than owning a > >> K10D? (excepting if you are a full time pro photographer and need one >> to earn a living), I think it certainly is. How much use do you get >> of each during the life of the product? I spend way more time watching >> home theater >> than I do using cameras. If I had to take only one or the >> other, they K10D ( or ALL my cameras! ) would go without a second >> thought. >> I just couldn't live without HD home theater now. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of Boris Liberman >> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:00 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: It's snowing in hell --OT >> >> >> Hi! >> >>> I applaud Graywolf's economical choice, but I disagree with Adam's >>> evaluation of HDTV. I have a 61 inch Pioneer plasma on the wall. >>> There's a lot of HD broadcast these days. Most of the time I'm >>> getting at least 15 HD channels over Direct TV. Today, with football > >>> and the Superfan package, I'm getting all the NFL games in HD. I'm >>> watching the Bears of course. But the difference between HD and SD is >>> substantial. No, it's more than substantial. It's like the difference >>> between a 2 megapixel point and shoot and a 10 megapixel DSLR. No >>> comparison. I haven't gone for HD DVD in either format yet. I'll wait >>> until it's affordable. But like JCO said, standard DVDs upsampled to >>> 1080i are far better than the same played in low resolution. >> Let me see, 61 inches... It is more than meter and a half across... >> Mister Stenquist, you thereby attain the title of the most diagonal of > >> all people whom I have in acquaintance. >> >> ;-) >> >> I am starting to think about 32 inches of LCD screen, but even this >> small it will cost me more than brand new K10D ;-). >> >> Boris >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
