View Full Version : HDTV completes my life
Matt McGuire
01-15-2008, 02:51 PM
Just got it installed today.
I wonder if the Draft will be in HD (ESPN and NFLN) ...mouth watering :) :) :) :) :) :)
Anyways, it's not all great. Can't they just black out John Clayton's ugly head when he talks? Seriously this guy needs a complete makeover, if possible (queer eye for straight guy lolz)
ysuallthetime
01-15-2008, 03:05 PM
wtf does lolz mean?
Matt McGuire
01-15-2008, 03:09 PM
wtf does lolz mean?
laugh out louds (with a z)
Matt McGuire
01-15-2008, 03:10 PM
Yuck, just saw Mike Golic's big pimple on NFL Live...maybe HD isn't all it is cracked up to be :D
First time I saw Clayton I thought he was a zombie.
animal52
01-15-2008, 08:54 PM
I'm a little older than you guys, so I've been fortunate to have been able to build in my basement a 24 foot square home theater with a 106" projection system with HD. Bar included. Anybody coming to Michigan anytime soon can PM me for an invite.
I live down there and I have spent the last three drafts watching it from there. It's awesome, but I can't wait the five years or so for 1080i and Dolby 7.1. Right now, ESPN and TNT have the best HD.
ysuallthetime
01-15-2008, 09:17 PM
laugh out louds (with a z)
What does the "Z" inply. I always say lol
Vbsiena
01-15-2008, 09:27 PM
I'm a little older than you guys, so I've been fortunate to have been able to build in my basement a 24 foot square home theater with a 106" projection system with HD. Bar included. Anybody coming to Michigan anytime soon can PM me for an invite.
I live down there and I have spent the last three drafts watching it from there. It's awesome, but I can't wait the five years or so for 1080i and Dolby 7.1. Right now, ESPN and TNT have the best HD.
draft party at Animal's house!
Matt McGuire
01-15-2008, 09:57 PM
Woot Woot!!!!
animal52
01-15-2008, 09:57 PM
draft party at Animal's house!
It could happen. Got a lotta booze to get rid of.
Matt McGuire
01-15-2008, 10:10 PM
lol Walter is bringing Philly steaks! :P
Leo Fender
01-16-2008, 11:12 AM
I'm a little older than you guys, so I've been fortunate to have been able to build in my basement a 24 foot square home theater with a 106" projection system with HD. Bar included. Anybody coming to Michigan anytime soon can PM me for an invite.
I live down there and I have spent the last three drafts watching it from there. It's awesome, but I can't wait the five years or so for 1080i and Dolby 7.1. Right now, ESPN and TNT have the best HD.
As far as I know Panasonic released their 150 inch tv at CES just a few days ago.
Matt McGuire
01-16-2008, 12:20 PM
Wow are you serious...that's amazing. I heard some TV company is making 2160p. That would be so sick.
giantsfanmike
01-16-2008, 02:25 PM
Don't have HD theres point yet, at least here anyway. Very few channels and the TVs are pretty expensive, so I'm prepared to wait. Infact although my current TV is a widescreen it is 'HD ready' but I just use it in SD.
animal52
01-16-2008, 02:27 PM
It doesn't matter if nobody broadcasts any better than 720i.
Leo Fender
01-16-2008, 03:38 PM
Wow are you serious...that's amazing. I heard some TV company is making 2160p. That would be so sick.
Check it out:
http://gizmodo.com/341909/panasonic-150+inch-plasma-next-to-that-tiny-103+incher-from-last-year
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/panasonics-gigantic-150-inch-plasma-is-official/
Matt McGuire
01-16-2008, 03:47 PM
My god that is so sick...I promise one day guys I will own that TV and host the WalterFootball.com Draft party. You have to bring money for the food though :D :D :D :D
Matt McGuire
01-16-2008, 03:48 PM
It doesn't matter if nobody broadcasts any better than 720i.
Is there a list that says what broadcasts are 720i/p and 1080i/p?
I'd appreciate it.
animal52
01-16-2008, 05:10 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p#720p_versus_1080i
I stand corrected, but the current 1080i is not optimal.
Matt McGuire
01-16-2008, 05:14 PM
Thanks...I'll switch to 720p later tongith I'm busy.
Leo Fender
01-17-2008, 05:00 AM
My god that is so sick...I promise one day guys I will own that TV and host the WalterFootball.com Draft party. You have to bring money for the food though :D :D :D :D
When you do, I'll probably fly over from Sweden to join you guys. :D
jimmyp
01-19-2008, 04:48 AM
Wow are you serious...that's amazing. I heard some TV company is making 2160p. That would be so sick.
My understanding is that it's much harder to film in high definition than standard definition (and look good). I think you need much better light, or big heavy lenses and cameras. Also, unless you sit 3 feet away from your tv, for a 2160p tv to perform as it should, you'd need at least a 100" tv, maybe more.
At the moment, most sports cameras (at least in aus) are 720p at the very most. So, I dunno, I just don't see it happening for a very long time, and even when it does, it'll probably be only for very specific content.
What amuses me most about HDTV is that the US is transferring from 480 horizontal lines to 720 (as I said 90+% of HDTV is only 720P) an increase of 50%, whereas in australia and other PAL countries we're merely going from 576 to 720, a much smaller perceptive change.
The Economist actually ran an article about this a year or so ago, where they reported that countries that ran on NTSC (480) were much higher uptakers of HDTV than their PAL counterparts.
Nevertheless, I can't wait until my aus pay tv country activates their HDTV service (later this year, and hopefully in time for the 2008 season).