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Posted by on August 22, 2007, 3:16 am
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> >> >> >I heard that in another year or so we will all be forced to either
> >> >> >buy
> >> >> > a HDTV or buy a converter. Having all standard tv sets, and I am
> >> >> > neither able to afford a HDTV, nor am I impressed by their picture,
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > am not at all happy about this. I live in the country where the
> >> >> > only
> >> >> > means to get tv channels is to either spend half my paycheck on
> >> >> > satellite, or use an antenna on the roof. I chose the antenna, and
> >> >> > most of the time I get fairly good reception on a few local
> >> >> > channels.
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> >> >> > I suppose I will have no choice but to buy a convertor, but I surely
> >> >> > will make a big fuss about it with whatever governmental agency is
> >> >> > behind this conspiracy to promote the sales of HDTVs and the crappy
> >> >> > broken up and spotty pictures they produce. I sure hope that the
> >> >> > convertor will produce a better picture on a standard tv than that
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > the actual hdtvs.
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> >> >> > Anyhow, my question is whether I will also have to buy a new rooftop
> >> >> > antenna. My present antenna broke during a windstorm and I
> >> >> > temporarily fixed it with some tubing and ducttape. I was planning
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > buy a new antenna when a friend told me that he thinks I will need a
> >> >> > HDTV antenna too, but was not sure if an old antenna would also
> >> >> > work.
> >> >> > Does anyone know? Will I be able to use the same rotor or does that
> >> >> > need to be changed too?
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> >> >> > If anyone knows what government agency to file a complaint about
> >> >> > this
> >> >> > HDTV conspiracy, please let me know. Tv channels have been the same
> >> >> > since the beginning of television, and now we got these republican
> >> >> > morons forcing us to change just so the HDTV companies can rob
> >> >> > people
> >> >> > charging them ten or more times the price of a regular tv and giving
> >> >> > them a lousy picture. Just the same story as always these days, pay
> >> >> > more, and get less..... I wonder how much money the republicans are
> >> >> > getting to shove this HDTV shit on us?
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> >> >> > James
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> >> >> Unless the program you are viewing on a HDTV is broadcast in HD, your
> >> >> picture will not be very good. If fact it probably wont be as good as
> >> >> the
> >> >> ones you receive on a regular TV set.
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> >> > And on what basis are you making this claim that a std def picture on
> >> > ATSC isn't going to look as good as it would on NTSC? The picture
> >> > should be better. No more ghosting, no more snow. Now, I'm sure
> >> > there are pathological cases, where the ATSC transmitter is located
> >> > somewhere different from the NTSC one, blocked, greater distance,
> >> > etc. But that is the exception, not typical.
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> >> From personal experience and the experiences of many family members and
> >> friends.
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> > Without clarification of what you were watching and on what eqpt, the
> > above statement is just about meaningless. For example,you could
> > take an ATSC signal that is being broadcast at low resolution, ie
> > programming that is not offered in HD and watch it on a 65" HDTV. Of
> > course that will look like crap, because you're blowing up a low
> > resolution signal. You could take the same programming in NTSC, put
> > it on the same big set and it will look like crap too. Put the same
> > thing on a small TV and it will look as good as NTSC. But some people
> > seeing it on the big TV attribute the problem to ATSC, or HDTV.
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> What's so difficult to understand? When a program is broadcast in HD and
> received on a HDTV the picture is fantastic, regardless of the TV size. If
> the program is not HD and it is received on a HDTV, the picture quality is
> not very good regardless of the screen size.
So, you think a std def source looks as good on a 65" HD Display as it
does on a 27" HD Display? Many people have bought big HD sets and
been shocked at how bad a std def cable source looks that looked fine
on their old 27" TV.
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> I spent many hours in a number of different stores looking at and finding
> out about the different HDTVs because I'm in the market to buy one. NTSC and
> ATSC are meaningless to me and I would bet to most other TV shoppers also.
To use your terminology, what's so difficult to understand? And it
would be a good idea to understand what the difference is. Would be
very bad to bring home a a set without an ATSC tuner if you expect to
use an antenna. Until recently, that was a very real problem.
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> I've been looking into HDTV's for a couple of years now, and the quality of
> HDTVs keep going up and the prices keep going down. By February of 2009,
> quality will most likely be even better and prices even lower.
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> >> > However, if it is a HD program the
> >> >> picture will be extremely clear and beautiful when viewed on A HDTV,
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