"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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i am convinced that the only difference between hd and regular analoug
tv with a digital cable is brightness - every hd screen ive seen is
much brighter which lends itself to crisper colors, but in dark scenes
in a movie or tv show, they are exactly the same - the definition
doesnt matter.

i watched the lord of the rings trilogy on the hd tv in the living
room and when my arm was operated on, watched it in the wreck room -
my office - there really wasnt much difference.


Tom, I really am surprised that you don't notice that much of a difference -
so much so that I wonder if you, like many others, *think* or were led to
believe they were watching HD, but in fact where not.

My brother recently got sucked into the HD thing - (pre Patriots demise).
He bought a true HD Phillips 42" plasma set, got "the box" and watched it
for a week thinking it was HD. He called me one night and told me the
plasma tv picture was great, but he really couldn't see the big advantage of
the HD programming. I told him I was surprised and had expected a call from
him with a "Holy ****!" Turns out he had the system hooked up wrong and
was watching everything in digital, but at 480i. We did some basic
troubleshooting over the phone (his house cable system was a mess, RG-59u
instead of RG-6, multiple splitters without benefit of a distribution amp,
etc., but his biggest problem was that he plugged the cable into a RF
modulator box and then to the antenna input of the plasma set. He basically
was converting everything back to 480i.

We got the wiring straightened out, switched on the NFL game of the week in
HD and his jaw dropped. First thing out of his mouth was "Holy ****!"

I've done a bit of tweaking with my 50" Samsung, mostly with the color
drives. I don't like overly bright or over-driven color. I've got it
tweaked in nice now in the custom setup mode where the colors look very
natural and the contrast between dark and bright is optimized. Also, I have
found that some of the older movies on HBO don't have the clear resolution
of some of the more modern films or live broadcasts using HD cameras. The
Discovery Channel offers some of the best HD content I've seen.

So, I am wondering, are you really seeing HD? To most, the difference
between regular and HD is not subtle - it's breathtaking.

Don't ask me about HD CRT displays. I don't want to start a debate, but,
(can't help it) as good as CRTs are in terms of color purity and contrast,
few of the "HD" CRT monitors being sold now are capable of displaying true
HD. They don't have the required vertical resolution, and you will soon be
seeing some action being taken as to how they are being advertised. CRTs
will become obsolete, for this application, in the next 3-4 years.

Eisboch