|
||||||||
My mum is such a moron! |
![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#76 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 22,791
|
Quote:
Just bought a 50 this year. It's about the right size. It's a Samsung and I am very pleased with it.
|
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#77 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 22,791
|
Quote:
Only way people should be watching SD now is when both the TV and there receivers do not have the HD channels. That and the local news on BBC1.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#78 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Liverpool/sarf London.
Posts: 11,740
|
Quote:
I hate Samsung TV sets, a lot of people I know got one because they think they are great and yet the sound quality is awful, the picture seems dim and no contrast, even after fiddling with the menus, the menus are slow and the the TV build seems cheap and nasty.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#79 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: The Pit of Despair
Posts: 50,183
|
Quote:
There are some HD channels on freeview too.
I just tried African Queen on C5 then C5HD - no difference. Mind you my TV is 20" and was bought when we first went over to Freeview, so it's hardly the best TV in the world - but it does the job, I can watch (limited) TV shows on it, which is all that matters. The quality in image is a lot better than an old TV, so anything's an improvement I mostly watch online anyway! With the lack of channel choice, I'm hardly going to waste money buying a larger, fancier TV when I have a world of viewing available online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#80 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 1,034
|
Quote:
are there no Courses she could go on ?
Just admit some people are beyond rehabilitation |
|
|
|
|
|
#81 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,976
|
Quote:
If you can't tell the difference between HD and SD then the chances are you haven't set up your TV properly. Out of the box settings are generally quite poor.
There are a couple of sites out there which will give you good ballpark settings for your TV. You'll notice the improvement. Then of course the horrible processing that creates the soap opera effect. Most people don't know what a good picture is like as they're also used to a blue tint but they've been so used to it feels normal. |
|
|
|
|
|
#82 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 2,878
|
Quote:
Thats the new feeling though. Months later it feels small. To me 50 feels like a 40.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#83 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,905
|
Quote:
Back in my day we only had four channels and a bit of teletext to look at!
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|
#84 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: The Pit of Despair
Posts: 50,183
|
Quote:
can't you move your sofa closer to the telly?
If you can't see a 50 screen and it's seeming smaller by the day, glasses might be in order (or a white stick ).
|
|
|
|
|
|
#85 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 3,167
|
I treated myself earlier this year to an Amazon Echo, it's amazing. So, I brought Mum a Echo Dot, you can control your heating etc from it, she keeps shouting at it to play her music. I keep telling her you only need to speak clearly but she gets close to it and shouts into it. "Mum, you can speak to it from your chair, that's the point you don't have to keep getting up"
|
|
|
|
|
|
#86 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,976
|
Quote:
can't you move your sofa closer to the telly?
Quote:
Even better, get your eye-sight checked
If you can't see a 50 screen and it's seeming smaller by the day, glasses might be in order (or a white stick ). |
|
|
|
|
|
#87 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hull
Posts: 15,887
|
I knew this thread would be full of tv snobs. If you don't tell me I'm watching SD or HD I probably wouldn't know. My teenage son can tell or so he reckons. Sometimes I actively choose SD when I'm opting for my exodus source as our internet can be crappy and there's usually less buffering on an SD source, don't ask me why.
If my son called me a moron, he'd be in big trouble. |
|
|
|
|
#88 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 12,197
|
Quote:
I treated myself earlier this year to an Amazon Echo, it's amazing. So, I brought Mum a Echo Dot, you can control your heating etc from it, she keeps shouting at it to play her music. I keep telling her you only need to speak clearly but she gets close to it and shouts into it. "Mum, you can speak to it from your chair, that's the point you don't have to keep getting up"
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|
#89 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Posts: 6,354
|
OP! Your poor Mum! Have you shown her this?
Personally I have HD on my TV and my parents have a big TV with HD and I truthfully don't notice any difference between HD and the usual channels. It might come on slightly louder but where the picture is concerned it looks the same to me.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#90 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 2,878
|
Quote:
Who said anything about unable to see? I can clearly tell the differences between SD and HD whether it is 5ft or 12ft away but the fact remains 50 inches is small. 65 is the sweet spot.
Missus |
|
|
|
|
|
#91 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: London
Posts: 16,527
|
Quote:
Back in my day we only had two channels...and!!!!......it was all black and white
, we used to stare at a cornflakes box for our entertainment and we were glad of that
|
|
|
|
|
|
#92 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: At college, in L.A.'s office
Posts: 54,215
|
I only ever watch SD channels. I've seen HD a few times and never really noticed the difference, plus my TV isn't HD. It doesn't affect the quality of the programmes at all.
|
|
|
|
|
#93 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: London
Posts: 16,527
|
Quote:
I only ever watch SD channels. I've seen HD a few times and never really noticed the difference, plus my TV isn't HD. It doesn't affect the quality of the programmes at all.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#94 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 159
|
Quote:
OP! Your poor Mum! Have you shown her this?
Personally I have HD on my TV and my parents have a big TV with HD and I truthfully don't notice any difference between HD and the usual channels. It might come on slightly louder but where the picture is concerned it looks the same to me.![]() She would not let me visit her again for weeks, maybe months even if I showed her this thread.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#95 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 626
|
In the good old days when we had Comet shops everywhere our local one had a TV demonstrating HD v SD. One half of the screen was in HD and the other in SD
I could not see any difference and despite the salesman's desperate efforts to persuade me of the benefits I bought a Toshiba 52" SD model Perfect picture and just as good today |
|
|
|
|
|
#96 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 9,177
|
Quote:
My mum is the same. She uses buttons 1 , 2 and 3 mostly for normal bbc1, 2 and Itv ( her hd itv is for some reason, the wrong local news itv one).
|
|
|
|
|
|
#97 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: The Pit of Despair
Posts: 50,183
|
Quote:
I treated myself earlier this year to an Amazon Echo, it's amazing. So, I brought Mum a Echo Dot, you can control your heating etc from it, she keeps shouting at it to play her music. I keep telling her you only need to speak clearly but she gets close to it and shouts into it. "Mum, you can speak to it from your chair, that's the point you don't have to keep getting up"
![]()
|
|
|
|
|
|
#98 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 19,601
|
Quote:
Who said anything about unable to see? I can clearly tell the differences between SD and HD whether it is 5ft or 12ft away but the fact remains 50 inches is small. 65 is the sweet spot.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#99 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,572
|
Quote:
I've had Virgin cable for years but only got an HD box a few months ago
I tend to still watch in SD because I know the channel numbers............. ![]() to be fair though on Virgin cable I can't tell the difference between SD and HD. |
|
|
|
|
|
#100 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central London
Posts: 43,693
|
Quote:
I've been doing it wrong the whole time
![]() https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/...ighereducation How to make a perfect cuppa: put milk in first After months of research the Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the answer to a question that for generations has shattered households, sundered friendships, splintered relationships: the milk should go in first. It is all to do with denaturing milk proteins, according to Dr Andrew Stapley, a chemical engineer from Loughborough University. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...up-of-tea.html |
|
|
![]() |
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 03:54.




I mostly watch online anyway! With the lack of channel choice, I'm hardly going to waste money buying a larger, fancier TV when I have a world of viewing available online.

Personally I have HD on my TV and my parents have a big TV with HD and I truthfully don't notice any difference between HD and the usual channels. It might come on slightly louder but where the picture is concerned it looks the same to me.
, we used to stare at a cornflakes box for our entertainment and we were glad of that

