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Posted by Dan Luke on 02/14/06 12:41
"grant kinsley" <sawbones@uniserve.com> wrote:
>>Only somebody who has only watched DVDs can possibly think that HDTV
>>is
>>anything but a very minor improvement.
>
> I have HDTV and DVD, and the difference is significant, very near the
> difference between OTA and DVD.
Agree. I find OTA 1080i HDTV notably superior to progressive scan DVD.
> The real question that comes to mind, is what level of compression are
> you watching your HDTV at. Certainly NBCs Olympic broadcasts show how
> bad overcompression can be, but PBS shows like the latest season of
> Rick Steves and Rudy Maxa's smart travels show how excellent HDTV is
> (like walk into the screen detail)
Yes, PBS is some of the best. In my experience, CBS's NFL HD OTA
broadcasts are also (usually) excellent; ESPN's 720p via DirecTV is
often quite poor by HDTV standards.
> Mind you, I am projecting at 100 inches diagonal, and the difference
> is certainly going to be seen more at this size than on a 28 inch
> monitor.
I'm watching a 50" Panasonic plasma and a 23" Sony LCD. The difference
between DVD and HDTV is quite apparent on both, to me.
> ...only an idiot (or a blind man)( can say
> that well displayed HDTV isn't a significant improvment over well
> diplayed DVD,
....or someone who only receives heavily compressed HDTV. My experience
is only with OTA and DirecTV; how bad does it get with other providers?
--
Dan
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