Three-quarters of viewers prefer HDTV over SDTV - study

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:09:16 -0700, (SAC 441) wrote:

All things being equal,I would surmise most people
would prefer a high definition signal to a standard one.I can only speak
for myself,but I would NOT
prefer a high definition signal *IF* I had to pay a significantly higher
cost to acquire it.
I have seen high defintion;while the picture in MOST cases is a
definite improvement,paying a significant fee just to receive them in my
mind would not be a consideration.It is good,just not THAT good.

SAC441

That's the case with everything. But when we have surveys asking
which would we prefer A or B, they're not asking which we would rather
pay for.

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than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

"LightByrd" wrote in message
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| What rational person would prefer to what SD over High Definition?
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| A_C
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| It was a blind test.
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| How do you do a "blind" test between an HD image in a 16:9
| format and a SD image in a 4:3 format? Unless you cropped
| or stretched, or otherwise distorted, one or both of the
| images?



I think he was punning/joking!!

bingo

I once had a fellow researcher going for several minutes as I explained how
the Helen Keller Institute had developed and patented the process for blind
testing of products and how moving into consumer product testing had paid
for thousands of blind people to be treated.

She thought about it and said it must be better because they could
concentrate without distractions.

I have no shame.

"wbertram" wrote in message
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DockScience wrote:
"Agent_C" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:34:44 -0700, UCLAN
wrote:

Given a choice between watching a programme in SD or HD, 77
percent of viewers
prefer HD and 76 percent find HD quality better, according to
French broadcast
transmission services group TDF's latest digital TV barometer. HD
significantly increases the amount of time spent on a channel.
While zapping,
viewers are 12.5 percent more likely to pick something in HD and
to watch it
for 25 percent more time.

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/art...spx?cid=686526
This study, like almost all of its kind, must be flawed.

What rational person would prefer to what SD over High Definition?

A_C

It was a blind test.

How do you do a "blind" test between an HD image in a 16:9 format
and a SD image in a 4:3 format? Unless you cropped or stretched, or
otherwise distorted, one or both of the images?

HD and SD brail.

Stewart wrote:
"wbertram" wrote:
How do you do a "blind" test between an HD image in a 16:9 format
and a SD image in a 4:3 format? Unless you cropped or stretched, or
otherwise distorted, one or both of the images?


HD and SD brail.

Study title: "In Search of the Holy Braille."

George Cornelius

Howard Brazee wrote:
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:09:16 -0700, (SAC 441) wrote:

All things being equal,I would surmise most people
would prefer a high definition signal to a standard one.I can only speak
for myself,but I would NOT
prefer a high definition signal *IF* I had to pay a significantly higher
cost to acquire it.
I have seen high defintion;while the picture in MOST cases is a
definite improvement,paying a significant fee just to receive them in my
mind would not be a consideration.It is good,just not THAT good.

SAC441

That's the case with everything. But when we have surveys asking
which would we prefer A or B, they're not asking which we would rather
pay for.

And then some of us are all right with paying a lot more for a lot
better picture. Somewhat subjective, though as to what a lot means, no?

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john mcwilliams