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derFunkenstein wrote:Man this thread is just full of fail.
My wife likes HD, but it has more to do with the shape of the image than the clarity, though she doesn't mind stretching 4:3 content. That also makes me bonkers.
Flying Fox wrote:Cuhulin wrote:I think the problem with hockey went beyond definition. The puck is small. You're right that made it easy to lose in SD. However, the puck also moves fast through most of the game. Early HD sets, LCD's in particular, tended to have lots of pixel and lag, so the puck almost disappeared. Combined with the fact that it often is obscured by a player or the near edge of the rink, and the game did not work on older tv's. I will say this, though: Sluggo's wife is right -- Go Wings!
That's why they had that experiment with the blue and red streaks. Great comedy material for Canadian outlets on how non-Canadians can't follow the puck/action.
What happened to that experiment?
derFunkenstein wrote:what you quoted and what you're ranting on about have nothing to do with each other. In my wife's case she prefers HD content and will watch in HD if available, but if it's not she likes to stretch the image.
vargis14 wrote:...and if my wife put one of those shows on with those rich women arguing and yelling at each other it wakes me up instantly...
kamikaziechameleon wrote:What is wrong with HD TV's they ask, why ignorant @#$%s who simply don't care to format the content properly or mess up the display frequency. I hate sitting in front of a 1,200 dollar TV that is not setup properly. You step forward and pickup the remote and in 15 seconds fix all the settings only to get yeld at by the owner for messing up the TV. Kill me now please!
Yeats wrote:Flying Fox wrote:Cuhulin wrote:I think the problem with hockey went beyond definition. The puck is small. You're right that made it easy to lose in SD. However, the puck also moves fast through most of the game. Early HD sets, LCD's in particular, tended to have lots of pixel and lag, so the puck almost disappeared. Combined with the fact that it often is obscured by a player or the near edge of the rink, and the game did not work on older tv's. I will say this, though: Sluggo's wife is right -- Go Wings!
That's why they had that experiment with the blue and red streaks. Great comedy material for Canadian outlets on how non-Canadians can't follow the puck/action.
What happened to that experiment?
I think it died from embarassment, even in the US it was mocked
Go Devils!
Edit: oops, Captain Ned beat me to it.
Flying Fox wrote:Hahaha, in that case don't complain anymore that you can't follow the puck now (not you, but whoever were complaining previously)!
Captain Ned wrote:And on a plasma that's the safest thing to do anyways.
derFunkenstein wrote:what you quoted and what you're ranting on about have nothing to do with each other. In my wife's case she prefers HD content and will watch in HD if available, but if it's not she likes to stretch the image.
derFunkenstein wrote:Captain Ned wrote:And on a plasma that's the safest thing to do anyways.
A good point, though our TV is an LCD.
Captain Ned wrote:Arclight wrote:The problem you face is rather that she likes and watches shows that you don't find intesting. But hey, what the [f] do i know?
Which means I can crank the Netflix data rate to its bare minimum so as not to run into the Comcast cap.
annabel wrote:I 100% do not care about HD.
It's not nice seeing all the make up on the hunks in my hunky telly. It makes them not so hunky.
It's like IMAX, ugh I hate IMAX. It's so loud and in your face and gives me a sore head.
annabel wrote:There's been a revolution required in TV makeup since HD became pervasive. Just slapping on a thick cake doesn't cut it anymore.It's not nice seeing all the make up on the hunks in my hunky telly. It makes them not so hunky.
I also get distracted looking at make up on ladies and stop paying attention. Mascara can be crazy distracting.