[TechAssist] Re: low res on a hi res
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:23:24 -0400
Unless the enviro Nazis find a way to make this an environmental thing, it
ain't gonna happen.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
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From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:25 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: low res on a hi res
> Does anybody think in two years there will only be HDTV? I cannot believe
> all 300 million Americans will have HDTV sets in all rooms in house in two
> years. That would be a logistic and cost nightmare for all the old and
> rural
> customers that use these stations advertisers. Where are they going to put
> all the useless analog TV's. You could stack them to Mars. It would cut
> off
> so many customers. Plus two years is almost in a blink of a eye, how could
> this happen? I believe that all stations and cable would have to start now
> advertising and telling all customers to junk their sets and buy a HDTV
> because there is a cutover date. There would be a real panic in my opinion
> and we would get a lot of customers saying don't fix my TV and millions of
> phone calls from panicked customers. Heck, they call about hooking up a
> VCR.
> And what about the folks buying $1800 analog sets today, some don't let
> you
> trade it in for a new HDTV like Mitsubishi does. I'll believe it when I
> see
> it in two years. 730 days and counting down. Any wagers.
>
> Perry Bower
> Electric Medic
> "It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
> http://www.electricmedic.com
> 3850 Washington Road Suite 4C
> Martinez, Georgia 30907
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kevin
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:37 PM
> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: low res on a hi res
>
>
> First thing: The bigger the picture the more the faults show up.
> Sitting further back will make them less noticeable.
>
> Second thing: HD TV's are designed for high definition pictures.
> Different brands look better on cable, but still are not very good
> compared to a HDTV signal. In 2 years when then is nothing but HDTV (in
> the US, 2010 in Canada) all signals will be Hi-Def and their set will
> look great on all channels.
>
> Kevin Wilks
> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
> Penticton BC Canada
> kevintv@xxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mitchell TV
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:25 AM
> To: Tech Assist
> Subject: [TechAssist] low res on a hi res
>
> Any of you guys running into customers with high dollar plasma, DLP, or
> LCD
> wide screen sets, hooked up to a standard cable box only? These people
> are
> complaining of pixelization, fuzzy pictures, etc. when they are watching
> a
> NTSC picture from the cable box on channel 3. They cant understand why
> this
> new expensive TV looks worse than their old TV.
>
> Seems the sales staff at Circuit Buy, etc., have, as usual, promised the
> moon, and failed to deliver. These customers (mostly elderly) have no
> idea
> what 480i, 720p,1080i is, they have never heard of up conversion, don't
> know
> a component video cable from a garden hose, and simply don't understand
> why
> the TV picture pretty much stinks.
>
> I have even been to a few places where the customer had a HD Sat
> Receiver,
> outputting 1080i, hooked up with component cables, and the customer is
> watching local broadcast NTSC programming, crappy, pixels, and
> stretched. HD
> programming looked great. Customers question: why does the game on CBS
> look
> so bad on my new HDTV? duh, IT'S NOT IN HD!! (no, cant say that,
> customer
> service specialist you know.)
>
> What kind of stuff are you guys using , or saying to help the old guy
> down
> the street understand the HD experience.
>
>
> Greg Mitchell
> Mitchell TV
> 408 S. 11th Street
> Niles, MI 49120
> 269-683-0868
> 269-683-1501 Fax
> mitchelltv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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