Comments on: HD envy http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/05/hd-envy/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Marc http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/05/hd-envy/#comment-6124 Marc Wed, 20 May 2009 04:42:40 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=408#comment-6124 I'm looking to upgrade to HDTV and I'm having a hard time deciding between CRT, LCD, and rear projection. I think I want a 42" and I don't want plasma because of the half-life and burn-in. The rear projections (e.g.: DLP) bug me, because the bulbs burn out once a year or so and cost a lot of money. LCD can have dead pixels. Sheesh - makes me just want to have a good old reliable CRT, except that they seem very hard to find now, especially in larger sizes. I'm looking to upgrade to HDTV and I'm having a hard time deciding between CRT, LCD, and rear projection. I think I want a 42″ and I don't want plasma because of the half-life and burn-in. The rear projections (e.g.: DLP) bug me, because the bulbs burn out once a year or so and cost a lot of money. LCD can have dead pixels. Sheesh – makes me just want to have a good old reliable CRT, except that they seem very hard to find now, especially in larger sizes.

]]> By: Marc http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/05/hd-envy/#comment-670 Marc Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:41:34 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=408#comment-670 I'm looking to upgrade to HDTV and I'm having a hard time deciding between CRT, LCD, and rear projection. I think I want a 42" and I don't want plasma because of the half-life and burn-in. The rear projections (e.g.: DLP) bug me, because the bulbs burn out once a year or so and cost a lot of money. LCD can have dead pixels. Sheesh - makes me just want to have a good old reliable CRT, except that they seem very hard to find now, especially in larger sizes. I’m looking to upgrade to HDTV and I’m having a hard time deciding between CRT, LCD, and rear projection. I think I want a 42″ and I don’t want plasma because of the half-life and burn-in. The rear projections (e.g.: DLP) bug me, because the bulbs burn out once a year or so and cost a lot of money. LCD can have dead pixels. Sheesh – makes me just want to have a good old reliable CRT, except that they seem very hard to find now, especially in larger sizes.

]]> By: B.Greenway http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/05/hd-envy/#comment-669 B.Greenway Tue, 30 May 2006 16:23:50 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=408#comment-669 Hey Dave, I'm not sure but if you divide .2 by the number of years it will take them to squeeze that much resolution into a 56” screen, we just might have an answer! Seriously though, it took manufacturers quite a while just to get 1080p plasmas up to speed but once they did it seemed like an afterthought. I'm not sure that 4000+ lines of resolution on any screen under say 70” inches or so would even be fully appreciable. Hey Dave,

I’m not sure but if you divide .2 by the number of years it will take them to squeeze that much resolution into a 56” screen, we just might have an answer!

Seriously though, it took manufacturers quite a while just to get 1080p plasmas up to speed but once they did it seemed like an afterthought.

I’m not sure that 4000+ lines of resolution on any screen under say 70” inches or so would even be fully appreciable.

]]> By: Dave http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/05/hd-envy/#comment-668 Dave Tue, 30 May 2006 16:10:50 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=408#comment-668 Exactly how far away from a 56" set would you have to sit to notice the difference between 1080p and 4320p? Exactly how far away from a 56″ set would you have to sit to notice the difference between 1080p and 4320p?

]]> By: whodisbe http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/05/hd-envy/#comment-667 whodisbe Tue, 30 May 2006 15:59:41 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=408#comment-667 I agree with that 100%. I was a semi-early adopter of HD. In my circle of friends, I was the first to get an HD TV, while everyone else was busy waiting for 1080p. All it took was an hour on Discovery HD, and by the next month I wasn't the only friend with HD anymore. Ironically, we were watching the Discovery HD special on Super HiDef. I agree with that 100%. I was a semi-early adopter of HD. In my circle of friends, I was the first to get an HD TV, while everyone else was busy waiting for 1080p. All it took was an hour on Discovery HD, and by the next month I wasn’t the only friend with HD anymore. Ironically, we were watching the Discovery HD special on Super HiDef.

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