HD - anyone think it is vastly overrated?
Crazyeyeskiller
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Really am sick to death of SKy and others banging on about it every ad break :yawn:
It's OKAY, i'd have it rather than not but it's not like they've invented colour telly, satellite tv or Skyplus - i'll get it when i can be bothered and whilst i don't have it it makes not one jot of difference to my life or viewing pleasure.
It's OKAY, i'd have it rather than not but it's not like they've invented colour telly, satellite tv or Skyplus - i'll get it when i can be bothered and whilst i don't have it it makes not one jot of difference to my life or viewing pleasure.
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Big TVs came along which meant that the normal pictures weren't good enough when blown up to a size to suit the bigger screens,
So HD came along to get us back to where we were before - but with bigger screens.
thats my take on it
Tha's what i always figured....good for nature but hardly the end of the world for sport if you ain't got it. My mate was flicking between regular and HD and showing me difference - i was struggling to seem impressed!
I guess what I've never had I'm currently not missing at the moment
I don't have Sky but Digital tv is actually poorer than analogue channels .
Its very clever.
It's called marketing.
They have to keep bringing in new things to try to keep people interested in buying new TV's, or shelling out bigger subscriptions etc.
Things get hyped up and many people fall for it.
The truth about H.D is that it is good; but not the earth- shattering experience they would have us believe.
Have to disagree there I'm afraid. You can see a helluva difference on my TV between HD footy and non-HD footy. The HD is so much more clearer and sharp.
Football is greatly improved by HD
surprising stuff
That’s the trouble for big businesses. They know they have to flog us something new, even if our current TV’s, computers, DVD players etc… are perfectly good, so they hype the differences like crazy hoping we fall for it.
When HD has died and something else comes along that is even less noticeable, they will hype that and we will fall for it again, because it seems so shiny and new and we don’t want to be the loser that is behind the times (ad companies will make sure we feel like this if we don't have it)
It's also the reason why your phone will have a load of crap on it you don't need, or maybe even want, but why you still change it every 6 months when a new one comes along
I agree it makes the most difference on sport for me, the difference is incredible when you switch between the channels. The poster who didn't notice much difference on their mate's TV, I expect they are one of the many people who have their HD Box connect via a scart cable and not HDMI
It's not life changing, it may make already good content visually more enjoyable, but certainly wont make crap not crap.
It is going to become standard though, so I wouldn't worry that much about people trying to sell it to you. Just ignore it and eventually you will come to replace your tv/box/dvd player and you wont be able to get anything else. And lo everything will become a bit clearer
As for 3D...
In any event, what's the point of being able to see some of the rubbish served up on all channels "better?"
Can't think of anything I particularly want to see in HD. Nice, but not essential. Wd much prefer a good SCRIPT, but that's now quite a rare thing ........
I must admit when I watch the footy on my brothers HD tv it is significantly sharper. Although I find the real difference is in the studio. The pundits seem to have texture, Shame the HD doesn't make them say anything more interesting.
No point in me splashing out for it now, i only have 6 months left here.
3D on the other hand is a pointless gimmick.
From one cold country full of muslim terrorists to another.
But they are actually in HD.
35mm film has a higher resolution than HD TV. So as long as the transfer is done properly, very old films can still be in true HD.