Quote:
|
Originally Posted by frenchy
The bigger the set, the better and better HDTV looks than standard def, and the more standard def starts to look very cheesy looking, akin to a kinescope.
|
Bingo. IMHO, the real test therefore would be to put one HDTV of a size as similar as possible to a standard def set side by side, with both sets fed the same signal. Just like speakers where louder is perceived as "better", so bigger is perceived as "better" for television pictures. I've tried this in stores with sets around the 27" size, and the differences are (while admittedly marginally better)simply not worth the massive price premium that HDTV commands. When HDTV sets of a similar size drop in price to within around ten percent more than what a standard def set costs, THEN talk to me! Otherwise I will let other suckers... I mean early adopters... subsidize the cost of R&D and marketing and profits.
Tom