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nicadair · 21-07-2006

Rubbish in, rubbish out...You can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
Most of this high definition is hype, it’s just an excuse for Sky TV, the BBC and the rest to get on the bandwagon and to bump up their revenues.
Go in to a TV show room and the plasma TVs are usually separated from the traditional CRT tube TVs so you cannot compare the picture quality.
Also there is usually a non- suppressed high definition DVD playing on the plasma to impress the potential buyer.
When you get them home and watch an ordinary digital broadcast, I mean the ones that are compressed to bits which are grainy, have picture blockiness and a low refresh rate making a nasty shimmering effect you will be back in the real world.
If you want to see a good picture tune into BBC4 on freeview on a Thursday at 19:10 BST.
The Avengers (The Diana Rigg era) beginning in 1965 and ending late 1967 early 1968ish were shot onto 35mm film.
They appear to be broadcast only slightly compressed and the picture quality is exceptional.

21-07-2006	#16 (permalink)
nicadair CD Freaks Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England. Posts: 149	Re: Old Movies In High-Def Rubbish in, rubbish out...You can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Most of this high definition is hype, it’s just an excuse for Sky TV, the BBC and the rest to get on the bandwagon and to bump up their revenues. Go in to a TV show room and the plasma TVs are usually separated from the traditional CRT tube TVs so you cannot compare the picture quality. Also there is usually a non- suppressed high definition DVD playing on the plasma to impress the potential buyer. When you get them home and watch an ordinary digital broadcast, I mean the ones that are compressed to bits which are grainy, have picture blockiness and a low refresh rate making a nasty shimmering effect you will be back in the real world. If you want to see a good picture tune into BBC4 on freeview on a Thursday at 19:10 BST. The Avengers (The Diana Rigg era) beginning in 1965 and ending late 1967 early 1968ish were shot onto 35mm film. They appear to be broadcast only slightly compressed and the picture quality is exceptional.