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Analoguesat · 23-01-07, 08:39 AM

I was wandering around our Tesco Extra last night doing the weekly shopping..

In the entertainment section theres the usual wall of tv of all shapes and sizes from 14" portables right up to 36" flat screen monsters.

And what was playing out on every single tv - including the 40 quid portables? BBC HDTV.

The screen settings were all to hell and back - squishy vision (tall thin people) on the smaller screens

They must be running it through an rf distribution system which isnt set up right as the picture on at least 2 of the tellys was snowy :roflmao:

Some advert for HDTV.

BGonaSTICK · 23-01-07, 03:48 PM

Typical isn't it. The vast majority of the population still haven't got to grips with 4:3, 16:9, 14:9 etc. and now they have to experience 'poor quality' HDTV too.

How will it ever be successfully sold to the nation, so that we can all enjoy it with this kind of stuff going on?

diapason · 23-01-07, 08:29 PM

I really do wonder if some of these demonstrations are really High definition - I get pretty good definition off satellite on a standard AIWA 19 inch TV - the trick is go up close to the screen and look - I think some of it might be a bit of "kidology"!! - it's not how big it is, it's what you do with it!!!

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Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	HDTV demo in supermarkets I was wandering around our Tesco Extra last night doing the weekly shopping.. In the entertainment section theres the usual wall of tv of all shapes and sizes from 14" portables right up to 36" flat screen monsters. And what was playing out on every single tv - including the 40 quid portables? BBC HDTV. The screen settings were all to hell and back - squishy vision (tall thin people) on the smaller screens They must be running it through an rf distribution system which isnt set up right as the picture on at least 2 of the tellys was snowy :roflmao: Some advert for HDTV. __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

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BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 163 Times in 57 Posts	Re: HDTV demo in supermarkets Typical isn't it. The vast majority of the population still haven't got to grips with 4:3, 16:9, 14:9 etc. and now they have to experience 'poor quality' HDTV too. How will it ever be successfully sold to the nation, so that we can all enjoy it with this kind of stuff going on? __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

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diapason Resident Organgrinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Paisley, Scotland Posts: 526 Thanks: 11 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: HDTV demo in supermarkets I really do wonder if some of these demonstrations are really High definition - I get pretty good definition off satellite on a standard AIWA 19 inch TV - the trick is go up close to the screen and look - I think some of it might be a bit of "kidology"!! - it's not how big it is, it's what you do with it!!! __________________ An eight foot long diapason sounds bottom C Technomate 1000D Super, Two dishes receiving three satellites