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I love when people with old fashioned TVs complain.

FelixDeCat

FelixDeCat

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Every once in a while I get a good laugh at the people who complain about broadcasters who are showing programs in HD format, despite the fact that this is supposed to be the norm now.

These people are using still using their old TVs with HD converters, but it doesnt change the format of the display on the smaller screen. So a good portion of the show is not displayed and get "chopped off" including things like scores during football and baseball games, etc.

Should I stop laughing at these people? 😕
 
FelixDeKat said:
Every once in a while I get a good laugh at the people who complain about broadcasters who are showing programs in HD format, despite the fact that this is supposed to be the norm now.

These people are using still using their old TVs with HD converters, but it doesnt change the format of the display on the smaller screen. So a good portion of the show is not displayed and get "chopped off" including things like scores during football and baseball games, etc.

Should I stop laughing at these people? 😕
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No because there are still broadcasts out there that have those scores and stuff inset so they do display on non-HD sets. Which is fucking stupid. I'll be happy when they stop that shit.
 
0roo0roo said:
It just annoys me that sub channels and others are being still broadcast in 480p.
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Whats even worse is commercials that go back and forth between SD and HD. Make up your minds people! I want learn about Pop-Tarts, Geico and Chevrolet in full HD damnit!
 
shiner said:
God damned poor people!
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I get your point, but think about it this way. There was a time when color TVs came out and everyone who could afford one, bought one. For the couple of years you had shows there made in both color or black and white to appease what they thought was the largest audience.

Finally, all shows were made in color and you still had people complain that their 10 year old black and white TVs werent made for colorized broadcasts.

At some point you just had to laugh about it. At some point.
 
FelixDeKat said:
I get your point, but think about it this way. There was a time when color TVs came out and everyone who could afford one, bought one. For the couple of years you had shows there made in both color or black and white to appease what thought was the largest audience.

Finally, all shows were made in color and you still had people complain that their 10 year old black and white TVs werent made for colorized broadcasts.

At some point you just had to laugh about it. At some point.
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At some point you mature to the point where you realize not everyone has the same interests or wants/needs as you do. At some point.
 
FelixDeKat said:
I get your point, but think about it this way. There was a time when color TVs came out and everyone who could afford one, bought one. For the couple of years you had shows there made in both color or black and white to appease what thought was the largest audience.

Finally, all shows were made in color and you still had people complain that their 10 year old black and white TVs werent made for colorized broadcasts.

At some point you just had to laugh about it. At some point.
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You are wrong.

That never happened.

No person ever complained that their B/W TV didn't show colorized broadcast.
 
Squisher said:
This.

Grey Poupon?
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feralkid said:
The standard is digital broadcast; not HD.
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this.


thsoe people do not have HD boxes. they have rinky dink digital converters that do nothing to improve their signal. those digital boxes (which were being pushed by cable companies well before the OTA switch) are there simply to convert the now digital signal from a black screen to a broadcast signal.

This was done only to make descramblers useless. The conversion to digital OTA transmission is an unrelated issue...but that also is not all HD.
 
zinfamous said:
this.


thsoe people do not have HD boxes. they have rinky dink digital converters that do nothing to improve their signal. those digital boxes (which were being pushed by cable companies well before the OTA switch) are there simply to convert the now digital signal from a black screen to a broadcast signal.

This was done only to make descramblers useless. The conversion to digital OTA transmission is an unrelated issue...but that also is not all HD.
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link please?
 
FelixDeKat said:
Every once in a while I get a good laugh at the people who complain about broadcasters who are showing programs in HD format, despite the fact that this is supposed to be the norm now.

These people are using still using their old TVs with HD converters, but it doesnt change the format of the display on the smaller screen. So a good portion of the show is not displayed and get "chopped off" including things like scores during football and baseball games, etc.

Should I stop laughing at these people? 😕
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Bad camera work and bad graphics creation. It's the network's fault. Anyone who's worked in or taken a course on television production should know about the 4:3 safe.

There's basically two ways to shoot HD to make it safe for SDTVs. Letterboxing, which is my personal preference. Shows the wide image but displays black bars at the top or bottom.

The other is 4:3 Safe. It allows the image to fill the screen on an SDTV, without bars. When shooting and designing graphics, you take into account the portion of the image that will be lost on a SDTV. Most HD cameras show the area in the view finder. The important information is kept within that area. It's why when you watch an HD station, the network logo is about a quarter of the way in instead of on the edge of the screen. That way, the graphic is visible on both HD and standard sets.

Typically, HD only networks won't follow the 4:3 safe principle. However, these stations are only available through premium television services that don't broadcast over-the-air. You also have to buy HD specific packages to get them.
 
shortylickens said:
I love it when losers act pretentious.
And then brag about it.
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My thoughts exactly.

Not everyone can or wants to spend hundreds of dollars on a new TV and would prefer to deal with the worse picture and issues from having a TV with a different aspect ratio. I was using an old tube TV after the digital conversion and would still be if it hadn't died. I didn't see a need to spend the money when I had something that worked well enough for what I wanted at the time.
 
slayer202 said:
huh? what sources only provide the HD format?
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FNC is wide-format-only. This makes sense for a news broadcast because it's extremely difficult to make sure screen elements are in the right places for two different formats.

Fox's entire lineup of sports networks are doing this very soon.
 
Bignate603 said:
My thoughts exactly.

Not everyone can or wants to spend hundreds of dollars on a new TV and would prefer to deal with the worse picture and issues from having a TV with a different aspect ratio. I was using an old tube TV after the digital conversion and would still be if it hadn't died. I didn't see a need to spend the money when I had something that worked well enough for what I wanted at the time.
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Uh...the point isn't that you have an old TV. The point is that you shouldn't feel entitled to complain about screen format changes. You know why they did it, so just live with it.
 
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