Posted by nospam.tv on 11/26/07 22:11

Mike S. <retsuhcs@xinap.moc> wrote:

> 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".

You cannot judge the quality of HDTV by looking at the sets in the
store. Most of them are poorly calibrated and are not fed a HD signal
to begin with.

When the TV is reasonably calibrated, and connected to a HD source
using a good connection (component/hdmi), the resulting picture should
be noticibly better than DVD, especially the HD signal from those
Saturday football games. ;)

Since the OP is happy with a $50 21-inch TV, I doubt he's the kind
that pays attention to picture quality, so he's not missing much.

Raymond

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