Hi Roy,
On , you wrote me:

 RW> 26 Jun 08 19:52, Mark Lewis wrote to Roy Witt:

 TW>>>> I think HDTV is not worth one penny more then regular TV.

 RW>>> Then you havn't seen HDTV. There's a world of difference.

 ML>> i don't like the artifacting from the digital processing... blacks
 ML>> aren't always black and i see them blotchy and with very apparent
 ML>> stair stepped edges... black is the main one that gets me as the
 ML>> other colors are moving about too much... i have seen it in white
 ML>> stuff, too but not as apparent...

 RW> You're watching it on an LCD screen.

actually not... i first noticed it on our large screen TV that has a
fullsized CRT... no LCD in that monster...

 RW> Look at the difference when you watch it on a Plasma screen. Plasma
 RW> colors are more vivid than the LCDs, that's also why they're more
 RW> expensive. I have a 60" Sony that almost gets the blacks right, but
 RW> you can see the difference if you have a store with both types on
 RW> display.

yeah, when i was up in pittsburgh, i watched a friend's plasma and it was
pretty decent... but i was still able to see the artifacting on the
analogue stuff as well as the HD stuff... he's got HD cable, too...

but hey, i mean, it is where everything is going for numerous reasons...
and with this stupid law that's been passed... good grief... a law?!?
GMAFB! st00pid is as st00pid does i guess :?

Bye bye!
  mark

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