Originally posted by: The Dark One
Its nothing too spectacular, but I like it. HDTV is incredible to watch...sports are awesome in HD.
HDTV hasn't really caught on in the UK the same way it has in the US, mainly I suspect because digital PAL transmissions over an RGB Scart cable look damn fine. While I'm not saying that the RGB signal we get to our sets is better than HDTV, it's not enough worse to warrant changing.
100 Hz is quite common here for the last 6-7 years as well, but I didn't bother with that because I couldn't tell the difference when I saw 2 sets side by side in the store, (and also videogame light guns don't work with them, couldn't give up House Of The Dead).
So your TV auto switches to the correct aspect ratio for a given signal without a pause? Mine's supposed to do that, but I've never got it to work reliably. Which is no great loss.
I do have Hellboy and I will try that (the wife is watching a show right now or I would have done it already). I will get back to you on this.
Its nothing too spectacular, but I like it. HDTV is incredible to watch...sports are awesome in HD.
HDTV hasn't really caught on in the UK the same way it has in the US, mainly I suspect because digital PAL transmissions over an RGB Scart cable look damn fine. While I'm not saying that the RGB signal we get to our sets is better than HDTV, it's not enough worse to warrant changing.
100 Hz is quite common here for the last 6-7 years as well, but I didn't bother with that because I couldn't tell the difference when I saw 2 sets side by side in the store, (and also videogame light guns don't work with them, couldn't give up House Of The Dead).
Just curious: What's the "full" zoom mode, as opposed to the "wide zoom"? Is this the usual thing where one is the 16:9 mode you use for anamorphic DVDs and videogames, while the other is a stretched and distorted image where the edges of the picture get squished out?
Exactly.
Exactly. That why when folks ask if something is anamorphic or letterbox I have watch it on my computer. On the Sony I really can't tell the difference.
Exactly.
I think that you just taught me something here. I don't have the 14:9, but I believe that I can actually move the image up to allow subtitles to appear. I must have brainfarted for not seeing the use in this before. Thanks!
Exactly. That why when folks ask if something is anamorphic or letterbox I have watch it on my computer. On the Sony I really can't tell the difference.
So your TV auto switches to the correct aspect ratio for a given signal without a pause? Mine's supposed to do that, but I've never got it to work reliably. Which is no great loss.
I do have Hellboy and I will try that (the wife is watching a show right now or I would have done it already). I will get back to you on this.
Hellboy's a fairly arbitrary choice. I watched it the other night because my girlfriend hadn't seen it (she loves any film with explosions, gunfights and/or chases) and I was thinking: man, this is one nice looking picture...
Glad I was helpful!
Rich