EDTV is not the same as HDTV, it is somewhere in between analog and HD, closer to analog however on resolution as its usually DVD resolution and sufficent for analog broadcasts. But at that size, you dont really need HD resolution. They (EDTVS) have kinda disappeared from the market which is nearly all HD and a few cheap small analog model sets now. If you dont have a HD STB or at least a digital cable box, you wont even be getting EDTV signal quality with anything but your DVDs. All the rest will be signal limited by analog ntsc resolution which is less than EDTV. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 11:44 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: It's snowing in hell --OT-some actual numbers A year ago when my old TV died I got a 13 inch SHARP TV with an LCD screen _ I had never bought a tv for myself before, that I recall (had none at all between 1960 and 1980) The thing is called "EDTV" Enhanced Definition TV - Am I right that it is the same as HDTV? It really has saved my eyes... but there are some things I would prefer not to see in detail . It is easier to watch even 70 year old movies on it , I will say. For those of us in North America we have Turner Classic Movies - no commercials, great old films . I go to films in real life only about 3 or 4 times a year - and much prefer to watch them at home in general. (also, it is $7 even with my senior discount here) I can't sit through 2 hours of anything without having to get up - the volume of the 10 to 15 minutes of trailers for the next film to be shown is at an intolerable level and even the volume of the films show are sometimes too much for me. The few times I go to a film during the year are to see something I'm really eager for and to share it with a friend. For the most part, the quality of the films shown these days are no better than what is on TV and there have been some compelling shows on the tube in the last year or two. Spielberg's TAKEN comes to mind. Only movies I saw in a threater this year were "An Inconvenient Truth" "The Queen" "Prairie Home Companion" and "Thank you for Smoking" I can't say the first one was "enjoyable" - that would be inappropriate - and I'm a choir member anyway . But I'd have been just as happy watching any of them in an easy chair at home with my homemade popcorn and a bathroom close at hand. ann Paul Stenquist wrote: >I watch Planet Earth. It's broadcast in HD on the Discovery Channel. >Beautiful. I frequently turn the sound off and accompany it with music >from a CD. >Paul >On Dec 18, 2006, at 2:38 AM, Cotty wrote: > > > >>On 17/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >> >>>I have the noise box on most mornings for about an hour to catch the >>>latest gaa on the news. I hardly watch it otherwise, but I do turn it >>>on to see movies from my DVD and LD collection. Probably about an >>>hour or two a month of broadcast/cable television. >>> >>> >>Godfrey, if you can try and catch up with a series called 'Coast' and >>'Planet Earth' on BBC World at some point. Coast follows the British >>mainland coast and is simply unmissable. Planet Earth is >>Attenborough's latest outing and contains some unique footage and all >>of it is jaw-dropping. >> >>HTH >> >>-- >> >> >>Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >>___/\__ >>|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >>||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >>_____________________________ >> >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
