Still no HDTV in this household and no real interest in getting it. We visited my wife’s sister & husband over XMAS as usual who are now a 3 HDTV household. Frankly, I don’t see anything warranting the additional cost. My 32” flat screen is only 3 years old. When we bought it, HDTV’s were very expensive. Sure, the prices have dropped, but why should I replace a 3 year old TV? Not gonna happen...
Earlier this year, I dropped DirecTV and got cable. Best move I’ve made in years. The cable company has a bunch of HD channels, most of which they also have as an SD channel elsewhere ‘on the dial’, so to speak. I have SD TVs, no HDTVs.
Well, the broadcasters are broadcasting in HD format (either 1920 X 1080 or 1280 X 720) on those HD channels, but they’re broadcasting both HD and SD material. Depending on how you have your HDTV set up, the SD material might appear smaller on the display or stretched out.
But then there is the case of the broadcaster who is showing SD material on their HD channel, so it looks smaller if your HDTV is set up that way, but then along comes a commercial spot that is in HD. So, what you see is an HD formatted picture inside the SD formatted portion of the display.
I’m not sure that makes sense the way I wrote it, but it makes that HD formatted commercial look ‘right’, but much smaller than it should be.
Then again, I don’t have any HDTVs in my house either. I’m not going to buy any until the economy comes out of this tailspin. In fedgov keeps injecting itself and our tax money into the economy, that might be several years.
For watching football there’s nothing like a large HDTV screen. We watch on a 67” Samsung DLP and it is an experience you can’t get in the stands even in the best seats. A 67” like ours is optimal from no more than 13’ away. Smaller sets like a 47” don’t cut it and with a tiny 32” screen it’s hardly worth it.
Also the food’s better at our house.