VirtualSlew
join:2008-01-18
Ambler, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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May 7th, @10:55PM
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Re: Finally upgraded to HD, but the SD channels look like crap!
This is why I will be one of the last people in the USA to go HD. I'm not going to go out and buy a new TV when the technology is still immature. Nearly 1/2 the posts in this forum are from people with complaints about HD. I'm happy to enjoy SD and wait until they get the HD right. |
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
Premium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
| said by VirtualSlew  :This is why I will be one of the last people in the USA to go HD. I'm not going to go out and buy a new TV when the technology is still immature. Nearly 1/2 the posts in this forum are from people with complaints about HD. I'm happy to enjoy SD and wait until they get the HD right. I think you misunderstood what the OP was posting about. The issue is how SD channels look via the HD STBs, not how HD looks.
HD via the QIP6200 is incredible -- sometimes I tune in HDnet just to watch the pretty picture  |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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May 8th, @08:29AM
| reply to VirtualSlew
said by VirtualSlew :This is why I will be one of the last people in the USA to go HD. I'm not going to go out and buy a new TV when the technology is still immature. Nearly 1/2 the posts in this forum are from people with complaints about HD. I'm happy to enjoy SD and wait until they get the HD right. I've been watching and recording HD since 2001. It's an extremely rare occasion that I watch SD programming. Besides I can't stand watching SD. Even the best SD looks like crap when compared with HD. I certainly wouldn't call the technology immature. It's been around for 10 years. |
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lets456
join:2008-01-21
Hainesport, NJ
| Correct....if anything, Digital SD is the immature and "outdated" source.
My dad has a 34" Sony CRT HDTV and to be honest his PQ looks grainy and very bad....even when I hooked up an antenna via OTA. I tried to calibrate it, but it looked horrible...HD was fair, but SD was atrocious....no matter what I did, it looked bad.
I have a Hitachi RP CRT HDTV, 51" and the PQ via SD in very nice...not as good as it was before the IMG upgrade, but very nice. I live in the same area as he does and he also has FIOS.
My TV is larger and therefore would show more flaws, but it looks better.
I don't know what to tell you. But for the most part FIOS' PQ is about the best I have seen. |
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sneskid
join:2008-01-10
Arlington, VA
| said by lets456 :Correct....if anything, Digital SD is the immature and "outdated" source. My dad has a 34" Sony CRT HDTV and to be honest his PQ looks grainy and very bad....even when I hooked up an antenna via OTA. I tried to calibrate it, but it looked horrible...HD was fair, but SD was atrocious....no matter what I did, it looked bad. I have a Hitachi RP CRT HDTV, 51" and the PQ via SD in very nice...not as good as it was before the IMG upgrade, but very nice. I live in the same area as he does and he also has FIOS. My TV is larger and therefore would show more flaws, but it looks better. I don't know what to tell you. But for the most part FIOS' PQ is about the best I have seen. What did you try to calibrate your Dad's CRT with? Mine does excellent HD, and that's even before I took the time to do a full service menu calibration. |
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lets456
join:2008-01-21
Hainesport, NJ
| Avia DVE video essentials.
Don't get me wrong, it's a nice TV, but introduced quite a bit of noise....maybe there is a filter or setting that has to be turned off that I missed? For a 34" set, the "noise" was very prominent....at first I thought the TV was defective. |
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harley3k
join:2007-04-10
Flower Mound, TX
| reply to VirtualSlew
said by VirtualSlew :This is why I will be one of the last people in the USA to go HD. I'm not going to go out and buy a new TV when the technology is still immature. Nearly 1/2 the posts in this forum are from people with complaints about HD. I'm happy to enjoy SD and wait until they get the HD right. Dude, you should skip HD altogether. In another 20+ years, we'll have UltraHD which will be 4X the resolution of today's crappy 1080p.
Get your coupon for that digital converter, some rabbit ears and wait it out man... It'll be worth it. |
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sneskid
join:2008-01-10
Arlington, VA
| said by harley3k :said by VirtualSlew :This is why I will be one of the last people in the USA to go HD. I'm not going to go out and buy a new TV when the technology is still immature. Nearly 1/2 the posts in this forum are from people with complaints about HD. I'm happy to enjoy SD and wait until they get the HD right. Dude, you should skip HD altogether. In another 20+ years, we'll have UltraHD which will be 4X the resolution of today's crappy 1080p. Get your coupon for that digital converter, some rabbit ears and wait it out man... It'll be worth it. hehe
And sad thing is that it will still not even begin to approach a different technology that is now over 100 years old :-P |
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lets456
join:2008-01-21
Hainesport, NJ
| reply to VirtualSlew
said by VirtualSlew :This is why I will be one of the last people in the USA to go HD. I'm not going to go out and buy a new TV when the technology is still immature. Nearly 1/2 the posts in this forum are from people with complaints about HD. I'm happy to enjoy SD and wait until they get the HD right. The complaints are about SD or overcompressed HD....go see an HD DVD or Blu set up on a Samsung A650 or Kuro Plasma or watch a VCR on a 36" crt and tell me your not "blown away" by the HD experience. No comparison. A yugo compared to a Bentley for a few bucks more.
May as well not buy a car, couch, house, hot water heater, air conditioner, etc until there are no problems and they are perfected.....Be for real!!! |
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