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18% of Consumers Can't Tell HD From SD

Posted by timothy on from the paying-the-old-standard-a-compliment dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Thinking about upgrading to an HDTV this holiday season? The prices might be great, but some people won't be appreciating the technology as much as everyone else. A report by Leichtman Research Group is claiming that 18% of consumers who are watching standard definition channels on a HDTV think that the feed is in hi-def." (Here's the original story at PC World.)

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  1. Could be the effects of video pollution? by deviated_prevert · · Score: 0, Troll

    All you have to do is listen to the difference between an extrodinary classical recording of say Stravinsky on Columbia from 1960 Le Sacre De Printemps in a digital remaster to high def audio specs...then listen to the same thing on an mp3 download. It is amazing what passes for good audio these days. I am convinced that the average listener is half deaf! So is it any wonder that our eyes are suffering the same degradation from the video pollution that assaults us daily.

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  2. Go Fuck Yourself Loser - HD-DVD Is Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go back to crying over HD-DVD taking a dirt nap you piece of shit.

  3. 1x1 resolution considered perfect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Personally I think the feed needs to be a single pixel that fills the entire screen. That is, the resolution of the screen will be 1x1. And there should be only five possibilities for its color: black, red, green, blue, or white. People will sit in front of this thing and watch the thing change colors at various rates while listening to recordings and it will cause them to become hypnotized and placed under the government's control. That would be good because people have demonstrated that they want to be more tightly controlled by the government.

  4. I could not give a flying fuck. by tregeagle · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm so sick of everyone banging on about their HD, plasma/LED, 42 inch tiny dick replacements. Yes we're geeks but that shouldn't stop us getting a life. Go for a walk, a swim, a cycle or just get laid.

    Live it, don't watch it.

  5. 18% of polled... by bakedpatato · · Score: -1, Troll

    have a Wii. or have their HDTV hooked up with Composite cables.

  6. Re:Are they nuts? by dilvish_the_damned · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...but my brain could still see the hot blonde in the white noise

    Racist much?

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