Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I've only seen HD stuff in shops, but from what I can tell, there's no 
> visible difference between HD and SD.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. There's really a tremendous 
difference, but you have to notice it by switching back and forth between HD 
and SD.

It's like playing a game with all the graphics turned up, vs playing in 256 
colors at 640x480.

> If I ever get time to set up my 
> mum's new BluRay player, maybe I can test for myself. 

I do like bluray better than hddvd. I'm glad they won. I prefer the 
speckly-dithering to the blocky compression, especially at more than a foot 
from the screen.

> everybody's going on like it fundamentally transforms your viewing 
> experience. But it's only 4x the resolution.

And digital, meaning no blur or color smear.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The question in today's corporate environment is not
   so much "what color is your parachute?" as it is
   "what color is your nose?"

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