Re: 5 Things AppleTV needs to be a MUST BUY by Apple Gazette

[LuKreme]

On 7-Apr-2007, at 03:43, Ashley Aitken wrote:
> On 07/04/2007, at 11:14 AM, LuKreme wrote:
>> I think I speak for the majority when I say that by in large, HD  
>> content has simply no appeal for me at all.
>
> I don't want to speak for you or the majority, but I would suggest,  
> perhaps, that you (and the majority) haven't experienced real HD  
> content in the right setting (screen size, distance from screen etc.)

I've seen an HD broadcast of an NFL game on a 42" plasma.  The person  
I was with was quite happy pointing out the quality of the image.

Yes, it was a lot sharper picture.  That said, I couldn't suddenly  
see things of any import that I hadn't seen before.  Yes, there was  
more detail, but that's all it was, detail.  After I watch the BBC/ 
Discovery Channel Planet Earth on my 1600x1080 flat panel maybe I'll  
change my mind.  DOn't go holding your breath though.

Detail for the sake of detail is not a compelling reason to jump on  
the HD bandwagon.

> The best way others have described it, and I agree, is that its  
> like "looking through a window" (at the world outside).  For me it  
> represents an exciting future for video.

I'm not sold on it.  Certainly not enough to encumber myself with all  
the crap that HDTV brings with it (the draconian DRM abilities of the  
broadcasters, primarily.)


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