And lo On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:31:50 -0000, UncleHoot
<jer### [at] mutualdatacom> did spake thusly:

> "Neeum Zawan" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message  
> news:4b9297f6$1@news.povray.org...
>> On 03/06/10 02:24, 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. If I ever get time to set up my
>>> mum's new BluRay player, maybe I can test for myself. But seriously,
>>> everybody's going on like it fundamentally transforms your viewing
>>> experience. But it's only 4x the resolution. Not 40x or 400x, just 4x.
>>> And, from what I've seen, this equals to a slight increase in  
>>> constrast,
>>> and not much else.
>>
>> Woah! There's a *big* difference in quality. Try playing 1080p content
>> if your TV can handle it. If not, even 720p should be noticeable. Many
>> stores I've been to just show trash.
>
> Agreed.  The stores suck.    And the difference in quality is huge.   
> Anyone who doesn’t see the difference should switch back to a 640x480  
> interlaced analog monitor.  ;-)

Unless it's a dedicated stand I've yet to see an HD television receive an
HD signal in-store. They're either using a splitter through the standard
aerial port or composite cables, or they're broadcasting the over-the-air
Freeview channels which are all SD.

Just to go off-topic here-in lies another joyous thing in the UK - 'We're
switching off the analogue broadcasts you'll need a digital receiver'. So
off everyone goes to buy either a new television or set-top box. Now it's
- 'We're cutting some of the Freeview channels down to be able to
broadcast HD' Fair enough - 'We'll be using mpeg4 rather than mpeg2 so
pretty much none of the set-top boxes/digital televisions you've bought
will work with it; go and buy a new one'.

Okay back on-topic, the settings on the television also make a difference.
On mine I had to turn the sharpening off with SD broadcasts; terrible  
fringing.

-- 
Phil Cook

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