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i am stunned -- STUNNED, I SAY -- over the naysayers on the wonders of hdtv.

to me, it's close to the move from black-and-white to color. the difference in picture quality is so vast when compared to the non-hd channels.

difficult to believe anyone doesn't find the picture quality a significant upgrade.

 

Watch a movie on HD and then on regular TV.

If you don't think there's a huge difference, well, as someone said, go back to he 13" black and white.

HD quality is leaps and bounds superior to regular TV.

 

I'm not saying I don't see a difference. I'm saying it doesn't make a difference to me.
I don't enjoy TV more because I'm watching HD.
There are a few exceptions - 'Planet Earth' and things like that.
But I don't enjoy sports more because they're in HD.

 

Time to get a new club, Dools.

 

An Olive Garden once had to stop serving the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl after my college cross-country team left because they ran out of pasta.

 

How about the HD camera that allows Planet Earth to be made, the slow motion of a golf swing or a baseball swing or the clear overhead shot or the QB's view of a football field?

 

That would definitely be a downgrade. The difference between black and white and color is huge. The difference between regular definition and HD is not, not most of the time to me, anyway. When it is, it's a huge difference in regular definition's favor, as I've explained. I'm the kind of guy who only gets what I need and nothing more. If I don't think the upgrade makes things better, I don't bother.

I don't use my remote control because I can't be bothered to look for the darn thing when I can just go to the box and manually change the channel. I didn't upgrade to NCAA Football 09 because I liked NCAA 08 better. I'm not going to upgrade to HD ever because I get a better experience with regular definition. Unless regular definition is phased out, I'll never get HD. I really think it's overrated.

 

I suspect in a few years (or less) you won't have a choice about regular or HD.

Regular TV's will go the way of eight tracks and VCR's.

Once new technology is made affordable, you can kiss the old stuff good-bye.

Yeah, I'd much rather watch a hockey game on a regular 15" TV than on a 37" flat screen Sharp Aquos any time. Much better experience.

 

I'm not saying regular definition is better than high definition. HD doesn't detract from my viewing pleasure.

 

In about eight seconds.

 

If you're getting that much of a delay maybe it's not hooked up right, or something's wrong with your setup.