HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

Lovely scaremongering article in the Daily/Sunday Mail that my mother
in law brought around on Sunday, basically telling everyone who's
bought an HD ready TV has wasted their money as they are, with one or
two exceptions, only capable of 700 lines resolution when 'true' HD is
over 1000.

Dixons helpfully commented "No one can really tell the difference
between 700 and 1000 lines"

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

On 3 Apr 2006 04:34:57 -0700 "Ed" waved a wand
and this message magically appeared:

Dixons helpfully commented "No one can really tell the difference
between 700 and 1000 lines"

What more d'you expect from the likes of chav-friendly outlets such as
Dixons?

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HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

Ed wrote:
Lovely scaremongering article in the Daily/Sunday Mail that my mother
in law brought around on Sunday, basically telling everyone who's
bought an HD ready TV has wasted their money as they are, with one or
two exceptions, only capable of 700 lines resolution when 'true' HD is
over 1000.

Dixons helpfully commented "No one can really tell the difference
between 700 and 1000 lines"



So you gave him a large sheet of paper and pen, then said "write down 'I
will not tell lies to the nice customer who has a wad of notes he wants
to give me for a great deal' and write it down one thousand times before
you go home."


Richard.

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it." Gene Spafford (1992)

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

So you gave him a large sheet of paper and pen, then said "write down 'I will not tell lies to the nice customer who has a wad of notes he wants to give me for a great deal' and write it down one thousand times before you go home."

But you can only get the great deal if you sign up for the master'care'
plan

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

Alex Buell wrote:

On 3 Apr 2006 04:34:57 -0700 "Ed" waved a wand
and this message magically appeared:

Dixons helpfully commented "No one can really tell the difference
between 700 and 1000 lines"

What more d'you expect from the likes of chav-friendly outlets such as
Dixons?

I *don't* expect such discrimination :-)

Spotty sales 'assistant' weighs up approaching customer and thinks
Nah, you really wouldn't appreciate it.....

Daytona

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

"Ed" wrote in message
oups.com...
Lovely scaremongering article in the Daily/Sunday Mail that my mother
in law brought around on Sunday, basically telling everyone who's
bought an HD ready TV has wasted their money as they are, with one or
two exceptions, only capable of 700 lines resolution when 'true' HD is
over 1000.

Dixons helpfully commented "No one can really tell the difference
between 700 and 1000 lines"

Indeed most people wont be able to see the extra definition unless
they sit 2 feet from the box. Mind you your neighbours will be impressed
when you tell them you have a HDTV and that is the important thing.

A standard 4:3 set is as good as it gets, the recent 'improvements'
are a waste of money, ideas dreams up to push up the profits
of Dixon's ,Curry's and the like.

High definition letterboxes - what a laaaarrrrf.

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

Dixons helpfully commented "No one can really tell the difference
between 700 and 1000 lines"

You're meant to say, "Does it have TTDE? I'll only buy it if it has TTDE".
And when the spotty commission-based oik says "Yes", you say "Oh good -
Technology That Doesn't Exist". Smug Look. Walk away.

D.

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:34:57 +0100, Ed wrote:

Lovely scaremongering article in the Daily/Sunday Mail that my mother
in law brought around on Sunday, basically telling everyone who's
bought an HD ready TV has wasted their money as they are, with one or
two exceptions, only capable of 700 lines resolution when 'true' HD is
over 1000.

Dixons helpfully commented "No one can really tell the difference
between 700 and 1000 lines"


Wotsat this month had an article on HD and basically said forget 1080p as
no-one will transmit to for UK specific channels for a long time. This
leaves 1080i as most lines available but SKY who will corner the market as
usual are going down the 720p route.

You can forget HD Terrestrial until more frequency bandwidth is available
after 2012 but even then there will be an auction not necessarily for
Broadcast TV usage but for the phone companies to transmit Mini Screen TV
(definately not HD).

Probably the only way you'll get 1080p will be from HD DVDs.

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

madge wrote:
Wotsat this month had an article on HD and basically said forget
1080p
..
..

Probably the only way you'll get 1080p will be from HD DVDs.

Hmm.

And via Internet downloads, of course. Or possibly via forthcoming
broadband IPTV services.

So we'll modify that advice, shall we? How about: "Forget 1080p unless
you think you might want it within the expected lifetime of your TV"

HD ready sets 'a waste of money'
 

My set has a seemingly 'standard' 1366 x 768 resolution. So if Sky
broadcast 720p what does the tv do with the other 48 lines?


Black bars top and bottom, or scales the picture up to fit?

D.