[TechAssist] Re: low res on a hi res
- From: Phil Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:24:04 -0400
I agree. Back in the 80's when cable expanded their channels none of my
customers threw their sets out to the curb because they were not able to
directly recieve all channels. There were converter boxes available. I'm
sure digital tuners will be available with composite output jacks for a
long time to come. This government grinds along veeeery sloooowely.
Yeah- The guy who best Buy talks into a 65" analog projo with a 36 month
extended warranty... Watch the xxxx hit the fan nationwide.
HD/ digital will be co-existing along with analog for a while.
Phil Bader
Philip Bader
Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
Fax (863) 299-8821
email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Electric Medic wrote:
>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
>Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424)
>Phone: 706-863-3474
>Fax: 706-863-2316
>mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>-----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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