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Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/22/07 19:28
EVman wrote:
> I am old enough to remember the VHS/BETA wars and have no intention of
> being cannon fodder in another fight like that. So I will wait for the
> unconditional surrender of either side before upgrading to HiDef.
Unfortunately, you've not going to GET "unconditional surrender" with
Microsoft/HD-DVD, so the best you can hope for is getting as close to
invading the Berlin Bunker as possible and seeing what happens.
> However, I was over at a friend's video room watching a movie on his
> cutting edge HiDef gear and I have to agree that it was really spectacular
> when first examined.
....Yyyyep. :)
> But... After a few minutes the wow factor was gone
> and I was just watching a movie and the experience was just as pleasant as
> if it had been on my not-quite-so-new but still very good
> satellite/dvd/lcdTv setup.
So, then it just became another excuse for getting a digital LCD to keep
up with the FCC'09 digital-broadcast requirements.
Eh, two birds with one stone, fine with that.
> In fact, I have found that the average person
> cannot tell the difference between Dvd and HD-DVD quality unless both sets
> are sitting side by side. I can, but I know what to look for, but even
> for me, once in the easy chair with the Dr. Pepper and popcorn, it all
> fades into the movie experience.
Having just set up my first Blu-ray/PS3/LCD setup this weekend, let me
introduce myself as a REAL "Average person", who gets mythologized about.
And after downloading a few 1080 trailers....ohhh, yah. There's a
difference. ^_^
So far, I've saved my Netflix rentals for movies I missed in theaters,
and if the whole tech upgrade was just to keep up with a changing disk
industry...eh, whatever. Fine with that, too. :)
Derek Janssen (it stopped being about The New Neat Stuff months ago, and
now it's just about Keeping Up)
ejanss1@verizon.net
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