High definition TV sucks

Posted by Gary
May 23, 2006

So says Mr Biffo, anyway. Is a slight improvement in picture quality worth the extra cash and the hassle of a constantly crashing Sky HD box?

If my sense of deflation could be measured in cows, it would be forty eight cows strong.

Media, TV and Radio, Technology

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Comment by Jerry licious on July 25, 2008 @ 2:37 am

I think high def is too high def. I really don’t want all that definition. It looks like I am watching a video tape. Also, movies with stuff that isn’t real makes it look fake. Just my opinion though.

Comment by Gary on July 28, 2008 @ 7:43 am

I really don’t know what I think of HD. My TV is HD-capable but I just use an upscaling DVD player rather than Blu-Ray or whatever, and I’m quite happy with that - not least because DVDs are a damn sight cheaper than Blu-Ray.

Comment by Squander Two on July 28, 2008 @ 12:08 pm

All those years of VHS, I hated the crappy low-quality format and kept wishing someone would invent something decent. Since the invention of DVD, I’ve never had those thoughts.

Comment by Gary on July 28, 2008 @ 6:45 pm

Yeah, same here. Maybe it’s different if you have an *enormous* TV, but at sub-40 sizes I don’t really see the point.

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