Posted by robertking on 11/26/07 22:10

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:05:33 +0000 (UTC), retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.)
wrote:

>
>In article <vnqlk3t2ji7mrnt28kq3jt4eqhjq8957p5@4ax.com>,
>Phisherman <noone@nobody.com> wrote:
>>On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:43:45 -0600, robertking@potmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>I've seen HDTVs in stores, restaurants, and many other places.
>>>What's the big deal with them? They are priced about 10 or more times
>>>the cost of a standard tv, and for what? Their picture is no better
>>>than a newer standard tv.
>>
>>
>>You havn't compared these two technologies side-by-side, or maybe you
>>need your vision checked. And yes, HDTVs are expensive but like most
>>newer electronics they have been declining in price. I have a
>>slightly-used CRT monitor for sale, $5 plus shipping.
>
>Most HDTV's that I've seen in public places are poorly adjusted; and
>worse, usually displaying SD programming stretched to wide screen mode.
>Perhaps this is what the OP is seeing. I have a brother in law who, for 2
>years, has fed an HDTV set using an SD cable box using RF input; he
>insists that "this ***IS*** HDTV".
>

If this is the case, why are the stores that are selling these tvs not
providing a quality source? I've been to several of the electronics
super stores and the signal was terrible. Worse yet was the Walmart
electronics dept. Half the time there was no signal at all. Of
course I cant expect much from Walmart who sells mostly junk. But I
have been at restaurants and bars, and watched a few football games
there, and I was not highly impressed. A few of those games were
probably the best signal I had seen, but even running certain kitchen
equipment seemed to cause picture distortion. Ok, granted, when I was
fixing the house, my electric drill caused interference on my standard
tv too, but static and snow are one thing, blotches and intermittent
picture loss on HDTV are another. Dollar for dollar, I am not
impressed with HDTV for the price, and I really dont care for any of
the flat tv pictures. I dont know which is lcd or plasma. They all
look the same to me. I much prefer an actual CRT tube.

(There's nothing wrong with my eyes).

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