HD quality

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Well, lately I have been thinking about getting a new HD TV. I sense it is
going to cost me big bucks, so I want to make sure that it will be worth the
money.

First, how good is the HD picture over regular analog? I have DirecTv - the
non-hd package, of course, and I can't really complain about the picture. On
the other hand, I have never seen what HD picutures look like, so I have
nothing to compare my current service.

And then, what about features such as CableCards, DVI (?) outputs, etc. Can
anyone provide me with the basics of HD tv?

Thank you in advance...

-Guicho.

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I suggest you get yourself down to a local TV store and look at HD. Go
somewhere they have cable input, so you can see a football game or
prime-time show in HD on a big screen, not just their internal tape (disk?)
loop.

For my money (and that's a good way to put it) HD is dramatically, wildly,
better than standard definition television. With something like a football
game, where there are many shots of distant people who are, in an SD
picture, made up of very few pixels, the difference is just stunning. Once
you see a football game in HD, you are never going to be satisfied with
watching them in SD again.

Keep in mind, though, that HD and big screens go together. Yes, an HD
picture on a 27" screen will be better, but an SD picture is not too bad
that small, either. It's on a 50" or larger screen that you really get the
benefits of HD.

mack
austin


"Guicho" <guichov@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Well, lately I have been thinking about getting a new HD TV. I sense it is
> going to cost me big bucks, so I want to make sure that it will be worth
the
> money.
>
> First, how good is the HD picture over regular analog? I have DirecTv -
the
> non-hd package, of course, and I can't really complain about the picture.
On
> the other hand, I have never seen what HD picutures look like, so I have
> nothing to compare my current service.
>
> And then, what about features such as CableCards, DVI (?) outputs, etc.
Can
> anyone provide me with the basics of HD tv?
>
> Thank you in advance...
>
> -Guicho.
>
>