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So THIS is HDTV?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by imjustagirl2, Jan 22, 2007.

  1. Buck will be back in eight seconds.
     
  2. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    HAve a home theater system with upconversion and a Vizio LCD tv...
    Threw Slapshot in the dvd player tonight and laughed my ass off. what a classic.
    Denis Lemieux looks like he's got gray hair....
     
  3. Twoback

    Twoback Active Member

    If it's dark and fuzzy, it's not HD.
    No way.
     
  4. Precious Roy

    Precious Roy Active Member

    On a side note to that, the ladies are not that happy with what is going on.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/business/media/22porn.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&ei=5124&en=158fe05b6a73dab3&ex=157680000&partner=digg&exprod=digg&oref=slogin
     
  5. ballscribe

    ballscribe Active Member

    The size of your screen probably had something to do with it, too.
    I suspect a hotel TV is not exactly a big screen.

    On our new 40-inch wide screen, which we moved to from an aging 27-inch old-schooler, the different set my hair on fire.

    We really didn't give a crap, but the old one was dying and we went for it. Nothing like the really huge screens out there, but big enough.

    Apples and oranges. We started flipping back for forth from a game on DirecTV, digital but not HD, to the same game on the HD digital cable package, on the same TV. The difference was really noticeable then. And the DirecTV signal's not bad at all.

    In fact, I've realized that absolutely nothing sucks on a 40-inch wide screen LCD. Not even something taped on the VCR.
     
  6. Pastor

    Pastor Active Member

    My wife can tell the difference. I can tell the difference. It is very noticeable.
     
  7. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    I find these days, when I'm watching HDTV, my eyes close every time I talk.

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  8. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    I, for one, will not rest until I can see every single zit on Jenna Jameson's ass.
     
  9. Twoback

    Twoback Active Member

    Look, a 92 Grand Am is going to get you to a grocery store just as surely as a late-model Lexus. It's just not as sweet a ride.
     
  10. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    I was at a party the afternoon that New England beat San Diego ... the folks had a big HD flatscreen and the difference in the picture was quite apparent. When they showed the obligatory blimp shot, I swear I think you could have counted every individual fan in the stands of you had so wished. Like watching the game through a window.

    I first encountered HD in Europe in 1992 ... they were showing it off in Albertville. Still the best trick I've seen ... an HD TV showing a tight shot of an aquarium. Looks real.
     
  11. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Junkie, they're not all pricey. I just bought one in November for roughly $1000. Best of both worlds ... rich color and reliability of CRT with HDTV.

    The difference is striking, though. Sounds like IJAG's hotel forked out for the plasma and did very little with making the connections worthy of telling that it's HDTV. Which basically means the hotel doled out money for flash and forgot the substance ...
     
  12. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    If I'm going to spend money, it's tough to think of anything I'd get better bang for the buck than a good TV. I certainly spend enough time with it.
     
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