Jeff Foster
08-05-2005, 10:05 AM
"Richard" <rstaples312@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I even had one viewer in my home watching an HD
> broadcast of golf ask if he was watching HD and this was a college
> graduate AND a very bright person.
>
Intelligence has nothing to do with that. If he hadn't seen an HD broadcast
before, it was likely that he just didn't know what he was seeing.
I have been in stores before and walked by their HD tvs all showing the same
picture and had to stop and look closely to figure out if it was a HD image
or not. Just because an image is HD does not mean that it will be instantly
noticable as being such. With a clear, interference free standard def
moving image right next to a clear, interference free High Def moving image,
ask someone which is the HD pciture. I guarantee you that they will have to
stop and focus on both images and consciously think about it. Now take
those same TVs and freeze the picture. It will become very obvious which is
the HD image.
The point is that with moving images, it is very hard to focus on detail.
The human brain naturally extrapolates the missing picture detail in a
moving image. This is the same principle that you see looking out a screen
door or window. Hold your head still. You'll see a view that is partially
obstructed by the lines in the window screen. Now move your head back and
forth. The image suddenly becomes clear as your head is moving. Your brain
sees a moving image and "upconverts" the image that you see to remove the
lost detail caused by the screen.
I have an HD ready TV. I have seen HD images on it. However, I currently
do not watch anything in HD because I see no need to pay the extra for the
HD satellite or cable right now because I don't think the HD resolution is
worth that much more money. The highest resolution images that I watch on
it right now are from my progressive scan DVD player. I personally don't
see enough difference between 540p (DVD) and 1080i (HDTV) to matter. I just
make certain that my Standard def image is clear and noise free. I still
get people coming over to my house amazed at how clear and sharp the picture
is. They are always surprised when I tell them that it's just regular TV
and not HDTV. Just cleaning up an existing picture does far more than that
extra resolution of HDTV.
Until the prices for HD receviers (Off-air, satellite, cable, whatever) come
down even more, I don't see HDTV images as being worth it.
Jeff
news:uvks61pas2j6e62obsqkt137ann7qn44as@4ax.com...
I even had one viewer in my home watching an HD
> broadcast of golf ask if he was watching HD and this was a college
> graduate AND a very bright person.
>
Intelligence has nothing to do with that. If he hadn't seen an HD broadcast
before, it was likely that he just didn't know what he was seeing.
I have been in stores before and walked by their HD tvs all showing the same
picture and had to stop and look closely to figure out if it was a HD image
or not. Just because an image is HD does not mean that it will be instantly
noticable as being such. With a clear, interference free standard def
moving image right next to a clear, interference free High Def moving image,
ask someone which is the HD pciture. I guarantee you that they will have to
stop and focus on both images and consciously think about it. Now take
those same TVs and freeze the picture. It will become very obvious which is
the HD image.
The point is that with moving images, it is very hard to focus on detail.
The human brain naturally extrapolates the missing picture detail in a
moving image. This is the same principle that you see looking out a screen
door or window. Hold your head still. You'll see a view that is partially
obstructed by the lines in the window screen. Now move your head back and
forth. The image suddenly becomes clear as your head is moving. Your brain
sees a moving image and "upconverts" the image that you see to remove the
lost detail caused by the screen.
I have an HD ready TV. I have seen HD images on it. However, I currently
do not watch anything in HD because I see no need to pay the extra for the
HD satellite or cable right now because I don't think the HD resolution is
worth that much more money. The highest resolution images that I watch on
it right now are from my progressive scan DVD player. I personally don't
see enough difference between 540p (DVD) and 1080i (HDTV) to matter. I just
make certain that my Standard def image is clear and noise free. I still
get people coming over to my house amazed at how clear and sharp the picture
is. They are always surprised when I tell them that it's just regular TV
and not HDTV. Just cleaning up an existing picture does far more than that
extra resolution of HDTV.
Until the prices for HD receviers (Off-air, satellite, cable, whatever) come
down even more, I don't see HDTV images as being worth it.
Jeff