Originally posted by: Mielr
As it stands, she's getting free cable (due to a cable company screw-up) so I don't think she wants to make any waves right now, but I told her that she could probably pull in some HD channels with an antenna.
Her TV also needs to be properly calibrated, I'm sure.
So, SD sources still look bad on a HD-CRT? I was going to try and get one of those 34" Sony HD-CRTs before they're gone for good, because I'd heard they were better for standard cable/DVDs. I may not bother now if all of my DVDs are going to look like crap on that, too. I have no plans for buying a blu-ray player anytime soon.
As it stands, she's getting free cable (due to a cable company screw-up) so I don't think she wants to make any waves right now, but I told her that she could probably pull in some HD channels with an antenna.
Her TV also needs to be properly calibrated, I'm sure.
So, SD sources still look bad on a HD-CRT? I was going to try and get one of those 34" Sony HD-CRTs before they're gone for good, because I'd heard they were better for standard cable/DVDs. I may not bother now if all of my DVDs are going to look like crap on that, too. I have no plans for buying a blu-ray player anytime soon.
She can use the antenna, until it rains. Then the signal will get choppy (picture/audio will freeze, blanks out, then comes back). A guy at work tried this and he said it wasn't worth it. It can be done if you live in a clear area with very little rain. Unfortunately it's not like analog where the signal can be really poor and you still have TV. As soon as the signal goes below a certain level, your picture is gone.
SD sources look alright on an HDTV CRT. They don't look fantastic. It's a noticeable difference.
That news release from LFL doesn't surprise me at all. I won't expect to see Star Wars on an HD format until people (or standards groups) start talking about the next format. So yeah, around 2015.