Your digital TV could soon stop working.

[hardcorestitch]

Don't underestimate the gullibility/stupidity of the average consumer.

We have to have the best!

Why would I watch ATSC 1.0 1080i on my 75 inch 4k TV when I could be watching glorious 2160p from an ATSC 3.0 signal?

Forget the fact that I am sitting 12 feet from my TV and can not physically discern the difference using my human eye, my human brain knows it is better so I have to have it!

It seems as back then HD was the in theater experience… and now 4K is just that too… boy, tech is a quick evolving animal…

 

[sam_gordon]

It seems as back then HD was the in theater experience… and now 4K is just that too… boy, tech is a quick evolving animal…

The difference between analog and HD, IMO, was pretty easy to see. From HD to 4k? Not so much.

I will say I remember trying to show my dad the difference between analog and HD, took VHS & DVD copies of Toy Story, cued them to the same part in the film, and switched back and forth on the TV. He couldn't see a difference.

I'd love to see a challenge where people have to choose which image is HD and which one is 4K (everything being as equal as possible).

 

[tvguy]

The difference between analog and HD, IMO, was pretty easy to see. From HD to 4k? Not so much.

I will say I remember trying to show my dad the difference between analog and HD, took VHS & DVD copies of Toy Story, cued them to the same part in the film, and switched back and forth on the TV. He couldn't see a difference.

I'd love to see a challenge where people have to choose which image is HD and which one is 4K (everything being as equal as possible).

I just remember some of our engineers complaining that people could not see any difference with HD and they would investigate further. The people had HD TVs but they were not feeding an HD signal into them. Now so many program producers us camera setting that IMHO do not take advantage of the capabilities of HD.

 

[sam_gordon]

I just remember some of our engineers complaining that people could not see any difference with HD and they would investigate further. The people had HD TVs but they were not feeding an HD signal into them. Now so many program producers us camera setting that IMHO do not take advantage of the capabilities of HD.

Well, I know (and knew) the difference, so I was providing an analog to digital test. The difference was plain as day to me. My dad couldn't see it.

 

[BrianL]

The difference between analog and HD, IMO, was pretty easy to see. From HD to 4k? Not so much.

I will say I remember trying to show my dad the difference between analog and HD, took VHS & DVD copies of Toy Story, cued them to the same part in the film, and switched back and forth on the TV. He couldn't see a difference.

I'd love to see a challenge where people have to choose which image is HD and which one is 4K (everything being as equal as possible).

But DVD's weren't in HD - was that a Bluray?

I think it matters more when the screen gets larger. As big as some TV's are these days, the higher resolution the better.

 

[sam_gordon]

But DVD's weren't in HD - was that a Bluray?

Probably?

I think it matters more when the screen gets larger. As big as some TV's are these days, the higher resolution the better.

But how far you're sitting from the TV makes a difference too. Again, I want to see the difference.

 

[hardcorestitch]

But DVD's weren't in HD - was that a Bluray?

I think it matters more when the screen gets larger. As big as some TV's are these days, the higher resolution the better.

Yep.. Blu-Rays were in HD… and they also had lots of internet capabilities in the earlier days. Disney tinkered with this for a few years…

 

[BrianL]

Probably?

But how far you're sitting from the TV makes a difference too. Again, I want to see the difference.

Well, the jump from VHS to DVD is still noticeable - from 240 to 480, but HD is defined as 720 or 1080, and Bluray delievers that., 4K "UltraHD" discs can deliver 2160.