Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 11/27/07 00:55

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:11:18 +0000 (UTC), nospam.tv@none.com wrote:

>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.

Most FPDs are quite well calibrated right out of the box.
>
>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.

I doubt he has the aptitude to know what "picture quality" even is.

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