Hdtv

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Watching “ugly betty” in high def and it’s kind of cool, not necessarily the show, but because it’s my fist time or first set in my home. Sort of reminds me of the first color set I had in my parents home, back in the mid 1960’s. I think we were the last family on the block to make to jump from black and white to color TV. Had to upgrade cable too, for the HD, that is something else as well, went from about 20 channels to 200. I distinctly remember cable back in the mid 60’s had only (10) ten whole channels but it was a really big deal at the time. I guess it's true that the more things change the more they stay the same.
I’m I lame to get so excited about dumb old TV?

[CatherineM]

I remember when we got the last color TV on the block. It's okay to be lame about some stuff. We have an HDtv, but don't have cable. We got it for the size, and how cheap it was, not because it was HD. Canada is behind in HD programing anyway. When they turn off the old stuff here in a couple of years, I guess we'll have to get cable, and then can see what HD looks like.

[SaintOlaf]

Once you go HD it's hard to go back. I used to love certain channels, but I don't get them in HD so I never watch them anymore.

[DemonSlayer]

I don't think HD is that great unless if you sit further away from the TV.

[icelandic_iceskater]

[quote name='DemonSlayer' post='1647785' date='Sep 4 2008, 11:08 PM']I don't think HD is that great unless if you sit further away from the TV.[/quote]iawtc.

[scardella]

HD makes a big difference in quality...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but not only is HDTV a higher resolution, it also has a better color gamut so that it displays a wider range of colors, making the pictures more vivid as well. I watched Ratatouille in HD and was quite mesmerized by the sheer vividness of it all.

[SaintOlaf]

[quote name='scardella' post='1648041' date='Sep 5 2008, 12:35 PM']HD makes a big difference in quality...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but not only is HDTV a higher resolution, it also has a better color gamut so that it displays a wider range of colors, making the pictures more vivid as well. I watched Ratatouille in HD and was quite mesmerized by the sheer vividness of it all.[/quote]

I'm not sure that there are more colors in the spectrum for HD, but it certainly is a sharper picture with more contrast possible.

Smaller TV's will see less benefit from HD, since the pixels are kind of "smashed" into a smaller space, the larger TV you get, the better you can see the difference (since the pixels are more "stretched" out over a larger area). I watch my HDTV on a 61" screen, so I can tell a huge difference, I'd say anything smaller than 24" the difference is almost undetectable.

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My son was home from college for the weekend and returned the blu-ray disk player I purchased to watch HD movies and exchanged it for a playstation 3 (PS3). He informs me that the PS3 will play blu-ray format disks, so for the same cost of the blu-ray player I can have the PS3 games too.
I have no idea about what a playstation does, as I never have used one. O’ well live and learn, I always say.

[Brother Adam]

The PS3 is an extremely powerful multimedia player. It is all but a computer with a powerful graphics card. The Playstation 2 had a DVD player on it. The playstation 3 is one of the reasons blu-ray beat HD-DVD. The PS3 not only plays blu-rays and playstation 3 games, but you can use it to use your tv as a gaint rotating digital photo frame, you can get on the internet on the PS3, it has a wireless card and ethernet port. You can also play DVD and CD/music on the PS3. It has a 40, 60 or 80 GB hard drive. Some models also play Playstation 2 and Playstation 1 games. You can also download movie trailers, game demos, and full games from online, you can play games online, you can us BD-Live features to access blu-ray online features from your PS3, and your PS3 will never become obsolete as new firmware is released for blu-ray players - you can automatically download free updates.

[rachael]

[quote name='SaintOlaf' post='1648055' date='Sep 5 2008, 11:51 AM']I'm not sure that there are more colors in the spectrum for HD, but it certainly is a sharper picture with more contrast possible.

Smaller TV's will see less benefit from HD, since the pixels are kind of "smashed" into a smaller space, the larger TV you get, the better you can see the difference (since the pixels are more "stretched" out over a larger area). I watch my HDTV on a 61" screen, so I can tell a huge difference, I'd say anything smaller than 24" the difference is almost undetectable.[/quote]
HDtvs are like digital cameras: if you have one in high amounts of megapixels, you cannot usually tell the difference unless it is bigger. So, HDtv is not very detectable in smaller TV screens, but very detectable in larger ones. The reason it looks better is because of it's resolution. The most common ones are 780p, 1080i, and 1080p. The difference between in the i and p is how it refreshes: i means interlaced and the pixels only refresh every other line, while p means progressive that the pixels refresh every line.

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Okay, so (my son headed back a couple of hours ago) I put in a movie and with the help of my nephew we finely got the show started using the PS3 controller, but it was very awkward.
Guess I will run down to Wally-World and pick up a PS3 Blu-ray TV remote control.

Edited September 14, 2008 by apparently

[Brother Adam]

[quote name='rachael' post='1655442' date='Sep 14 2008, 07:17 PM']HDtvs are like digital cameras: if you have one in high amounts of megapixels, you cannot usually tell the difference unless it is bigger. So, HDtv is not very detectable in smaller TV screens, but very detectable in larger ones. The reason it looks better is because of it's resolution. The most common ones are [b][color="#FF0000"]720p[/color][/b] , 1080i, and 1080p. The difference between in the i and p is how it refreshes: i means interlaced and the pixels only refresh every other line, while p means progressive that the pixels refresh every line.[/quote]

[mommas_boy]

[quote name='DemonSlayer' post='1647785' date='Sep 4 2008, 11:08 PM']I don't think HD is that great unless if you sit further away from the TV.[/quote]

I've noticed that it depends a good deal on the size of the TV, too. Like, my parents have a 55". It makes a big difference on that. Smaller TVs I can still notice the difference, especially on sports games/action movies, but not so much. Regular, non-HDTV on a 55" is kinda disgusting-looking, actually.

[rachael]

[quote name='mommas_boy' post='1655651' date='Sep 14 2008, 11:02 PM']I've noticed that it depends a good deal on the size of the TV, too. Like, my parents have a 55". It makes a big difference on that. Smaller TVs I can still notice the difference, especially on sports games/action movies, but not so much. Regular, non-HDTV on a 55" is kinda disgusting-looking, actually.[/quote]
That's because most non-HDtvs (SDtvs) use interlaced scanning (refreshes every other line) and have a lower resolution. Viewing them on a bigger screen just means you're blowing the picture up.

Edited September 15, 2008 by rachael

[mommas_boy]

[quote name='rachael' post='1655655' date='Sep 14 2008, 11:08 PM']That's because most non-HDtvs (SDtvs) use interlaced scanning (refreshes every other line) and have a lower resolution. Viewing them on a bigger screen just means you're blowing the picture up. [/quote]

What a dork.

J/K