HD TV advice ( beginner)

"Stephen" wrote in message
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In article , Dr Zoidberg wrote:
As there are no full HD cathode ray tube model TV's on the market
(AFAIK)
is
that a realistic comparison?


Samsung did make a HD CRT for a while but discontinued it ages ago.

That would have been this one then...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-WS32.../dp/B000FMRXPI

Paul

In article , Stephen wrote:
Most the HD displays at trade shows in the 1980s used CRTs, some of them about
40" as I recall. That seemed to me then, and still does, to be about the
smallest screen size where the extra detail would be worth the bother.

Try connecting an old VGA ony (480 lines) monitor to a PC and see what
a difference losing 50% of the lines in HD makes.

last time i tried this windows didnt like it even during the setup
process.....

Granted a computer screen is working with a different type of source
material.

Indeed. And typically it will be a great deal closer to the viewer.
In other words, it is a completely different situation.

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In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:
In article , Stephen wrote:
Most the HD displays at trade shows in the 1980s used CRTs, some of
them about 40" as I recall. That seemed to me then, and still does,
to be about the smallest screen size where the extra detail would be
worth the bother.

Try connecting an old VGA ony (480 lines) monitor to a PC and see what
a difference losing 50% of the lines in HD makes.

last time i tried this windows didnt like it even during the setup
process.....

Granted a computer screen is working with a different type of source
material.

Indeed. And typically it will be a great deal closer to the viewer.
In other words, it is a completely different situation.

Is there a 'typical' viewing distance from a TV? I'd say it depends on the
room. So comments like 'HD isn't worthwhile on anything smaller than 45"
or whatever are meaningless.

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In article , Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Granted a computer screen is working with a different type of source
material.

Indeed. And typically it will be a great deal closer to the viewer.
In other words, it is a completely different situation.

Is there a 'typical' viewing distance from a TV? I'd say it depends on the
room. So comments like 'HD isn't worthwhile on anything smaller than 45"
or whatever are meaningless.

A TV set of any sort is used for looking at moving pictures. Whatever the
screen size, I think most people would want to watch from a distance where
the whole picture can be seen at once without the need to keep moving one's
head, otherwise it would become tiring pretty quickly.

Rod.
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