Because even if you do subscribe to the HD channels, mostly you're going to get the major networks and a movie channel or two.
Umm... so mostly you're going to get the channels you watch 99% of the time? WTF? Yeah, you won't get the Home Shopping Network in HD... but you get ABC, CBS, NBC, TNT, PBS, ESPN, Discovery, HBO, Showtime, and probably several others I'm forgetting.
Guess where 95% of all viewing is done? On those channels. So umm... exactly why are you disappointed?
A friend bough an HD display because it would be better for DVDs. Within a week, he regretted buying it because for everything else he watched, everyone was squished.
Umm... doesn't that signal to you that maybe it's set up wrong? Because.... it is.
I've been counselling people to stay away from it for quite some time now. I'll stick with my 43" standard-screen NTSC TV for now.
Bah, if you can get comcast HD, it's well worth it right now. Practically every primetime show is shot in HD, and more of the non-primetime stuff is getting shot that way every day. If you subscribe to movie channels, you could be getting HD movies... quality you can't get anywhere outside a high quality movie theater.
I don't know what the fuck any of that means, this whole article is a mystery to me. HDMI? DVI? WTF? No wonder no-one can set it up properly. I thought the whole point of technology was that it made things easier? All you TV geeks should learn some things about user friendliness from Apple/Google.
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Standard? I thought we were talking about HDTV? That's not standard by any stretch of the imagination. I don't see why you can't just plug the TV into the power socket, plug in the aerial and switch on. That should be it. It's not the users fault that the manufacturers insist in making things as convoluted as possible.
Dude, information has to get from point A to point B. How the fuck does the signal get from the DVD player to the TV if it's not plugged in? It ain't magic. I'm guessing by "aerial" you mean "over the air antenna" in british. Yeah, because *no-one* has cable... oh wait, no, everyone has cable. And you know what? That's just one damn coax cable... all in one... and can people understand that? No! IT CAN'T GET ANY SIMPLER THAN ONE FUCKING CABLE... signal comes out of the wall/cable box and goes into your TV. Why is that so damn hard for you people to understand?
Yes, if you have a receiver, cable box, TiVo, HTPC, DVD player, VCR, XBox, and surround sound speakers, then you're going to have a million cables. Why? Because IT AIN'T MAGIC. Each and every one of those things needs to get a signal.
The problem is that so damn many people are simply scared of "big technology" that they don't even try... even though there are instructions that come with the damn TV. You can assemble a book case with 50 parts, but plugging in 3 wires which are clearly labelled is too difficult?
Thanks for playing, go back to your Teletubbies and let the adults talk.
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Because even if you do subscribe to the HD channels, mostly you're going to get the major networks and a movie channel or two. Umm... so mostly you're going to get the channels you watch 99% of the time? WTF? Yeah, you won't get the Home Shopping Network in HD... but you get ABC, CBS, NBC, TNT, PBS, ESPN, Discovery, HBO, Showtime, and probably several others I'm forgetting. Guess where 95% of all viewing is done? On those channels. So umm... exactly why are you disappointed? A friend bough an HD display because it would be better for DVDs. Within a week, he regretted buying it because for everything else he watched, everyone was squished. Umm... doesn't that signal to you that maybe it's set up wrong? Because.... it is. I've been counselling people to stay away from it for quite some time now. I'll stick with my 43" standard-screen NTSC TV for now. Bah, if you can get comcast HD, it's well worth it right now. Practically every primetime show is shot in HD, and more of the non-primetime stuff is getting shot that way every day. If you subscribe to movie channels, you could be getting HD movies... quality you can't get anywhere outside a high quality movie theater.
I don't know what the fuck any of that means, this whole article is a mystery to me. HDMI? DVI? WTF? No wonder no-one can set it up properly. I thought the whole point of technology was that it made things easier? All you TV geeks should learn some things about user friendliness from Apple/Google.
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Standard? I thought we were talking about HDTV? That's not standard by any stretch of the imagination. I don't see why you can't just plug the TV into the power socket, plug in the aerial and switch on. That should be it. It's not the users fault that the manufacturers insist in making things as convoluted as possible.
Dude, information has to get from point A to point B. How the fuck does the signal get from the DVD player to the TV if it's not plugged in? It ain't magic. I'm guessing by "aerial" you mean "over the air antenna" in british. Yeah, because *no-one* has cable... oh wait, no, everyone has cable. And you know what? That's just one damn coax cable... all in one... and can people understand that? No! IT CAN'T GET ANY SIMPLER THAN ONE FUCKING CABLE... signal comes out of the wall/cable box and goes into your TV. Why is that so damn hard for you people to understand?
Yes, if you have a receiver, cable box, TiVo, HTPC, DVD player, VCR, XBox, and surround sound speakers, then you're going to have a million cables. Why? Because IT AIN'T MAGIC. Each and every one of those things needs to get a signal.
The problem is that so damn many people are simply scared of "big technology" that they don't even try... even though there are instructions that come with the damn TV. You can assemble a book case with 50 parts, but plugging in 3 wires which are clearly labelled is too difficult?
Thanks for playing, go back to your Teletubbies and let the adults talk.