Posted by Luke Hooft on 10/22/07 21:33

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.
>
> 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. 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. 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.
>
> So I hate to risk my new-tech-at-any-costs reputation, but I am not sure
> that a whole lot of money for a small increase in clarity is a good
> financial choice at the moment.
>
> EVMan

I think it's really just a future-proofing thing where eventually we'll
have such big screens that SD will just not look good on it. 1080p
projectors, for example, are getting more affordable, and that's
definitely going to need HD to look really good.

Put simply, 6 times the resolution (for NTSC DVDs anway) is 6 times the
resolution. You can't say that that difference is negligable. You can
say that not everyone has equipment that will actually give 6 times
better picture (I certainly don't), but that'll change.

LH

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