Originally Posted by d'@ve:
“So are you implying that my 27 inch HD monitor can reasonably be described as an HD TV? I use it to display TV pictures all the time, fed by an HDMI cable from my computer... but an HD TV? No.
It also displays SD pictures, fed by the same HDMI cable... but an SD TV? I think not.
So if it's neither an HD TV nor an SD TV, it isn't a TV. If it had an in-built SD tuner it would be an SD TV but not an HD TV... and that is the point of the O/P.
The descriptions of some TVs are in this day and age wrong and they should be changed. I have no problem with the "HD Ready" or "Full HD" logos as they can equally apply to TVs and monitors (my monitor has "Full HD" on it) - but the "TV" bit ("vision at a distance") is the issue here.
See my answer to Nigel, above. It's an SD TV and an HD monitor.”
“So are you implying that my 27 inch HD monitor can reasonably be described as an HD TV? I use it to display TV pictures all the time, fed by an HDMI cable from my computer... but an HD TV? No.
It also displays SD pictures, fed by the same HDMI cable... but an SD TV? I think not.
So if it's neither an HD TV nor an SD TV, it isn't a TV. If it had an in-built SD tuner it would be an SD TV but not an HD TV... and that is the point of the O/P.
The descriptions of some TVs are in this day and age wrong and they should be changed. I have no problem with the "HD Ready" or "Full HD" logos as they can equally apply to TVs and monitors (my monitor has "Full HD" on it) - but the "TV" bit ("vision at a distance") is the issue here.
See my answer to Nigel, above. It's an SD TV and an HD monitor.”
In the UK yes, but the the same set may be sold in other countries where the tuner is probably perfectly capable of receiving HD broadcasts on modern sets. The tuner is usually capable of receiving and decoding HD broadcasts over DVB-T, it's just that in the UK we chose to move to DVB-T2 for HD instead.
So in effect, it is indeed an HDTV, it's just that we don't broadcast HD in DVB-T.
The inclusion of the Freeview HD logo in the UK is designed as any easy way for consumers to know the TV has a DVB-T2 tuner and can receive UK HD terrestrial broadcasts, namely Freeview HD.
