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"eho" <ericmho@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Dave. I'd think that if it's a HDTV movie channel, then it
> should be playing a HDTV copy of the movie. Not sure how to tell though.
If your eyes cannot discriminate the difference, you wasted you money on an
HDTV! ;-)
Seriously, after you get used to it, there is no question. For example,
TNT, in their HD coverage of NBA basketball, actually have a few SD cameras
they use (only) for closeup shots. They convert those shots to widescreen
(I suppose by cropping the SD picture). For most viewers, they may be
getting away with it. But I notice that the resolution is down, even though
it is a closeup shot. Eventually, more folks will be noticing such things.
When I go to record a Showtime movie, I first check on their HD feed to see
if they are actually showing it in HD. If not, I record the SD feed because
it takes up substantially less space on the DVR's hard drive and it does not
display any differently. (When watching upconverted SD stuff from an HD
feed, I use a feature of my 4:3 TV set to zoom the 4:3 middle of the HD
picture out to full screen. It still looks the same as the equivalent
digital SD feed. But it usually looks considerably better than the
equivalent analog SD feed.)
Regards,
David V.