Honestly, who cares what definition the Disney channel is in?
My question is why do certain providers damage the channels that have shows that are filmed in HD which really count, like sports, nature, and movie type channels? My NTSC set shows more detail and clarity than HD sets do, when viewed over a cable connection. And satellite seems even worse to my eye. I'm a photographer so I have a good eye for overall picture quality, and color gradations and edge quality are sorely damaged with most HD content compared to NTSC.
HD over the air seems to be the best to my eye, and in marginal areas it can be beaten by the analog signals. I live right downtown in Portland, but because of the terrain most signals I get are multipath and HD seems to cope better. But farther out the analog signals are still viewable, whereas many HD signals cut out completely.
"China has transformed in to a Fascist regime with a cheap, repressed, work force just like Nazi Germany."
Of course, in Germany as the war dragged on labor conditions deteriorated. Before the war, however, many German workers were the best treated in the world, and had benefits that would make a modern employee of a Fortune 500 company jealous (and feel overworked!).
"Graphics apps (Gimp, Inkscape, Maya, etc) have been very mature for several years. Unless you need to stay with your current programs (and play Games For Windows(TM),) Linux is ready for you now."
As a professional photographer, I can assure you that Linux is NOT ready for me now. The Gimp is hardly more useful to me now than it was in the 90s - OK for web graphics, pitiful for production color critical work. If I was willing to compromise on the quality of my finished prints, and my time was worth nothing, then I could see using the Gimp for my graphics work.
As it stands, I own a Mac. Best color management in the world.
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Honestly, who cares what definition the Disney channel is in?
My question is why do certain providers damage the channels that have shows that are filmed in HD which really count, like sports, nature, and movie type channels? My NTSC set shows more detail and clarity than HD sets do, when viewed over a cable connection. And satellite seems even worse to my eye. I'm a photographer so I have a good eye for overall picture quality, and color gradations and edge quality are sorely damaged with most HD content compared to NTSC.
HD over the air seems to be the best to my eye, and in marginal areas it can be beaten by the analog signals. I live right downtown in Portland, but because of the terrain most signals I get are multipath and HD seems to cope better. But farther out the analog signals are still viewable, whereas many HD signals cut out completely.
Depends on the drivers. APSlive drivers really punch the same hardware up a lot.
"China has transformed in to a Fascist regime with a cheap, repressed, work force just like Nazi Germany."
Of course, in Germany as the war dragged on labor conditions deteriorated. Before the war, however, many German workers were the best treated in the world, and had benefits that would make a modern employee of a Fortune 500 company jealous (and feel overworked!).
"Graphics apps (Gimp, Inkscape, Maya, etc) have been very mature for several years. Unless you need to stay with your current programs (and play Games For Windows(TM),) Linux is ready for you now."
As a professional photographer, I can assure you that Linux is NOT ready for me now. The Gimp is hardly more useful to me now than it was in the 90s - OK for web graphics, pitiful for production color critical work. If I was willing to compromise on the quality of my finished prints, and my time was worth nothing, then I could see using the Gimp for my graphics work.
As it stands, I own a Mac. Best color management in the world.
Correct. Microsoft doesn't merely want you to have something of theirs, they want you to NEED it.