Widescreen TV. Is it just a conspiracy?!!!!!
Discussion
A short while ago back in the days where we were all watching those square telly's the 'people in the know' persuaded us all to get widescreen TV's because it was a more 'natural' way to see things and other such reasons.
The Broadcasters started broadcasting in 16:9 format so we had to put up with those annoying black lines top and bottom of our TV's
So off we went spending shed loads of money so we could view the programs the way they were broadcast and also and make sure that the image fitted the size of screen we paid for.
But now it seems more and more films and even some adverts are broadcast in even wider widescreen, cinematic or whatever it's called so we still have to put up with those annoying black lines top and bottom of our TV's.
Are they going to try and persuade us that this is the way forward and then maybe after we have all bought these wider than wide widescreens some bright spark will say that square TV is most definitely the way forward!!!
The Broadcasters started broadcasting in 16:9 format so we had to put up with those annoying black lines top and bottom of our TV's
So off we went spending shed loads of money so we could view the programs the way they were broadcast and also and make sure that the image fitted the size of screen we paid for.
But now it seems more and more films and even some adverts are broadcast in even wider widescreen, cinematic or whatever it's called so we still have to put up with those annoying black lines top and bottom of our TV's.
Are they going to try and persuade us that this is the way forward and then maybe after we have all bought these wider than wide widescreens some bright spark will say that square TV is most definitely the way forward!!!
Edited by Mad Mark on Saturday 15th January 20:57
GTIR said:
And HD is a con.
I've yet to see any difference.
And to the OP, when I was looking for my Sony TV I noticed that they were showing off the latest thing in TV's. Full cinematic widecreen TV. Odd looking thing , obviously very wide and not very high. I think it was 60 inch but I may be wrong.
Apparently this will be the next big thing. Aha.
bigdods said:
And to the OP, when I was looking for my Sony TV I noticed that they were showing off the latest thing in TV's. Full cinematic widecreen TV. Odd looking thing , obviously very wide and not very high. I think it was 60 inch but I may be wrong.
Apparently this will be the next big thing. Aha.
http://www.philips.co.uk/c/cinema-21-9/30849/cat/Apparently this will be the next big thing. Aha.
As you say, an odd looking thing.
Depends on what you're using.
Sky HD runs at 1080i over HDMI or 720p over component unless you change it (or it did, I cancelled mine 18 motnhs ago due to s
te repeats and not watching much tv). The screen receiving the signal on interlaced may be ste at deinterlacing and there are differences between plasma and LCD along with quality of screen to account for. Also to the human eye, depending on viewing distance/size of display, there is a limit to how much difference you will see.
My bedroom 42" LG cheapo is less visible on HD bluray than the 42" panasonic plasma in the living room. But the 1080p projector in the home cinema blows away a real cinema and most other screen I've seen when using full HD sources. It's a world apart. This is purely due to screen size and quality of equipment/signal processing.
From a reasonable distance the human eye can't tell the difference in quality on smaller screens, 50" or above and full HD will really show.
Sky HD runs at 1080i over HDMI or 720p over component unless you change it (or it did, I cancelled mine 18 motnhs ago due to s
te repeats and not watching much tv). The screen receiving the signal on interlaced may be ste at deinterlacing and there are differences between plasma and LCD along with quality of screen to account for. Also to the human eye, depending on viewing distance/size of display, there is a limit to how much difference you will see.My bedroom 42" LG cheapo is less visible on HD bluray than the 42" panasonic plasma in the living room. But the 1080p projector in the home cinema blows away a real cinema and most other screen I've seen when using full HD sources. It's a world apart. This is purely due to screen size and quality of equipment/signal processing.
From a reasonable distance the human eye can't tell the difference in quality on smaller screens, 50" or above and full HD will really show.
Mars said:
HD's awesome. I was totally against the very idea of it - rubbishing why, if the story was good, you needed it. Now I've got it though, I'm addicted and only get movies to watch if they're full 1080p. You can see more detail than you can in the cinema.
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GTIR said:
g3org3y said:
Pearcyy said:
GTIR said:
And HD is a con.
I've yet to see any difference.
If you can't tell the difference between a standard resolution broadcast vs a proper 1080 on a decent HD TV then perhaps you have visual acuity issues.
I was (as ever) sceptical about the benefit of HD but was genuinely impressed. My cousin has Sky HD and a rather nice Samsung LCD - even unexciting things like Sky Sports News HD have astounding clarity and sharpness. Football is a revelation as are films.
I don't watch enough TV to justify any of this malarkey so I'll just stick to a generic £20 Freeview box but to be fair I was (surprisingly) impressed.
There is a massive difference betweed HD and SD, if you cant see it then you,
a) Have a crap TV
b) Need to go to specsavers
c) TV isnt set up correctly
If it isnt set up for HD correctly the chances are it isnt set up for widescrren either, no doubt you have a HD Widescreen TV set up with a SCART lead and your Cable/Sky box is set to 4:3 and composite video. If you have no idea what i just said then why have you got a HD TV? I cant fly a helicopter.........so i didnt buy one!!!
a) Have a crap TV
b) Need to go to specsavers
c) TV isnt set up correctly
If it isnt set up for HD correctly the chances are it isnt set up for widescrren either, no doubt you have a HD Widescreen TV set up with a SCART lead and your Cable/Sky box is set to 4:3 and composite video. If you have no idea what i just said then why have you got a HD TV? I cant fly a helicopter.........so i didnt buy one!!!
headcase said:
If it isnt set up for HD correctly the chances are it isnt set up for widescrren either, no doubt you have a HD Widescreen TV set up with a SCART lead and your Cable/Sky box is set to 4:3 and composite video. If you have no idea what i just said then why have you got a HD TV? I cant fly a helicopter.........so i didnt buy one!!!
This made I larf - - goes to check his own leads n stuff.
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