"Chuck Olson" wrote in message
news:[email protected]_s04...
:
: Yes, movies are about the worst examples of HDTV you can find. If they were ever
photographed
: in the degree of resolution that HDTV is capable of displaying, by the time they
reach the
: airwaves, most have been filtered and softened to fit within the bandwidth of DVD
or worse.
==================

Film is FAR superior to HDTV resolution.
Some movies have been the BEST example of what HDTV offers.

Studios use film... they have for some time. Film doesn't necessarily
cost alot, and the various studious want high-grade material to transfer to
DVD's eventually. When they are filming digitally they are still going for
a "film like" look, and in many cases they can film it then transfer it to
digital with a telecine machine.

You can even get old TV series on DVD now, because they used film, and it
still looks good. Check out "The Twilight Zone", and you can see the film
quality in most of the episodes, but in some episodes, they went with
videotape and you can actually see the difference- the videotape looks
smoother motion, but has less resolution.

Reality programs, news, soaps, etc. are all videotape because this is
basic "throw away" entertainment. Nobody will be wanting to see the reruns
that badly.

In article .net, "Steve K."
wrote:

Yes you are wrong. Some shows are done on video tape. The vast
majority are done on film.

Tape is disapearring from the world real fast. Most of what you see on any
major-market TV station is airing off of file servers. When tape is used,
it's almost always digital (SX or d-beta).

--
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:26:25 GMT, Anon wrote:
Yesterday I had the opportunity of watching HDTV for the first time. I was
at a friends house for Thanksgiving and they had a 55" Mitsubishi rear
projection TV. The movie Home alone 2 was on a channel called INHD. I
noticed that it was coming from a Comcast HDTV cable box. When I hit 'info'
on the remote, it indicated that the input was 1080I so I know that the box
was sending out the movie in High Definition.

Is there something I'm missing?? The picture was good put certainly not
worth paying 4-6K dollars. --Greg--

This is how I felt about HD, too... until I had my set calibrated by an
ISF technician. All I can say about that is, "Wow".

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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:41:49 -0500, Jeff Rife wrote:

Thumper ) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
It looks like HD was touted to look to me.

Go take a look at an SD version of most soap operas. They all have that
"everything in focus" look. HD that looks like that but shouldn't (like
a drama or comedy) looks "cheap" and "fake" to me.

SD versions? HD doesn't look like that.
Thumper
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:20:31 -0800, "Richard C."
wrote:


"Chuck Olson" wrote in message
news:[email protected]_s04...
:
: Yes, movies are about the worst examples of HDTV you can find. If they were ever
photographed
: in the degree of resolution that HDTV is capable of displaying, by the time they
reach the
: airwaves, most have been filtered and softened to fit within the bandwidth of DVD
or worse.
==================

Film is FAR superior to HDTV resolution.
Some movies have been the BEST example of what HDTV offers.

For instance?
Thumper
To reply drop XYZ in address

"bearman" wrote in message
...

Why are you watching this "non-watchable" stuff? To get your money's
worth?
Why not sell the set and move on with your life. Or maybe get a life.

Bearman

What the **** business is it yours? When we want YOUR opinion, we'll ask you
for it.
ITM, shut yer yapper.



"Stan" wrote in message
hlink.net...
You think YOU have it bad, I bought my Toshiba Widescreen HDTV 18-months
ago
and there's STILL nothing to watch unless you like endless reruns of "C"
movies on HBO, SHOW, and HDNET.

ESPNHD has maybe 2 HD games a week. CBS primetime is a horrid
non-watchable
mess that caters to the uneducated masses. They have one game of the
week.

DISCHD is endless reruns. If I see one more HD iguana, I'm going to
puke.

18-months later and the programming is no better than it was then. My
set
is
18-months old and getting older everyday. It's $$ down the drain.



on" wrote in message
news:[email protected]_s53...
Yesterday I had the opportunity of watching HDTV for the first time. I
was
at a friends house for Thanksgiving and they had a 55" Mitsubishi rear
projection TV. The movie Home alone 2 was on a channel called INHD. I
noticed that it was coming from a Comcast HDTV cable box. When I hit
'info'
on the remote, it indicated that the input was 1080I so I know that
the
box
was sending out the movie in High Definition.

Is there something I'm missing?? The picture was good put certainly
not
worth paying 4-6K dollars. --Greg--

If necessary, email me privately at this address:
GREG DOT CA AT ATTBI DOT COM

Thanks --Greg--

This whole newsgroup is about opinions. Even yours, puerile as it is.


"Ricky Kamoniwannalaya" wrote in message
hlink.net...

"bearman" wrote in message
...

Why are you watching this "non-watchable" stuff? To get your money's
worth?
Why not sell the set and move on with your life. Or maybe get a life.

Bearman

What the **** business is it yours? When we want YOUR opinion, we'll ask
you
for it.
ITM, shut yer yapper.



"Stan" wrote in message
hlink.net...
You think YOU have it bad, I bought my Toshiba Widescreen HDTV
18-months
ago
and there's STILL nothing to watch unless you like endless reruns of
"C"
movies on HBO, SHOW, and HDNET.

ESPNHD has maybe 2 HD games a week. CBS primetime is a horrid
non-watchable
mess that caters to the uneducated masses. They have one game of the
week.

DISCHD is endless reruns. If I see one more HD iguana, I'm going to
puke.

18-months later and the programming is no better than it was then. My
set
is
18-months old and getting older everyday. It's $$ down the drain.



on" wrote in message
news:[email protected]_s53...
Yesterday I had the opportunity of watching HDTV for the first time.
I
was
at a friends house for Thanksgiving and they had a 55" Mitsubishi
rear
projection TV. The movie Home alone 2 was on a channel called INHD.
I
noticed that it was coming from a Comcast HDTV cable box. When I hit
'info'
on the remote, it indicated that the input was 1080I so I know that
the
box
was sending out the movie in High Definition.

Is there something I'm missing?? The picture was good put certainly
not
worth paying 4-6K dollars. --Greg--

If necessary, email me privately at this address:
GREG DOT CA AT ATTBI DOT COM

Thanks --Greg--

"Anon" wrote in message news:[email protected]_s53...
Yesterday I had the opportunity of watching HDTV for the first time. I was
at a friends house for Thanksgiving and they had a 55" Mitsubishi rear
projection TV. The movie Home alone 2 was on a channel called INHD. I
noticed that it was coming from a Comcast HDTV cable box. When I hit 'info'
on the remote, it indicated that the input was 1080I so I know that the box
was sending out the movie in High Definition.

Is there something I'm missing?? The picture was good put certainly not
worth paying 4-6K dollars. --Greg--

Well, it doesn't cost 4-6K, but the problem as I'm sure others have
pointed out is that movies are on film, and there is an inherient
graniness to film.

Have your buddy put on Discovery HD or the PBS loop and you'll change
your mind. If not, either get the TV or your eyes checked.