My parents say the damnest things...

[Corporate Thug]

Let me start by prefacing that my parents are not the most sophisticated people around - just good ole hard worker types.

Anyway, I decided to swap out their cable box for a HD tuner (it was the same price, so I thought why the hell not). So I get the thing set up and what not. I see my dad watching some basketball game on TNT so I tell him that he can get the same game in HD if he just puts it on TNTHD. So I change it for him and he says "what happened?" I say what do you mean? He says it looks exactly the same.

WTF? A blind person can tell the difference between HD and non HD content!

/end blog

 

[olds]

Do they have an HD TV?

 

[Newbian]

If your father blind?

That can be why.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Do they have an HD TV?

LOL, yes. 3 or so months ago, they got an Samsung LCD HDTV

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Newbian
If your father blind?

That can be why.

that was my exact same reaction. Every time I see him watch TV, he is watching non HD...

 

[newb111]

My parents are the same way. I blame it on old people eyes.

 

[dougp]

My sister-in-law is the exact same way. I think people like that need to get their eyes checked, because there's a considerable difference. Even my wife wants to smack her upside the head when she says that.

 

[Alone]

He might be...old?

 

[zerocool84]

I can't tell the difference between VHS and 1080p Blu-ray

 

[Banzai042]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Do they have an HD TV?

LOL, yes. 3 or so months ago, they got an Samsung LCD HDTV

What size and how far away is he sitting?

 

[Bignate603]

My grandfather is going mostly blind so he bought this massive 50 inch HDTV and sits about 3 feet in front of it to watch football games. I think he wouldn't notice if I swapped it out with a lower definition one because he can't really see the difference. He just wanted something MASSIVE.

 

[MrPickins]

My 85 y.o. Grandad is literally half blind due to macular degeneration, and even he can tell the difference between HD and SD.

He loves the HD football, btw. :thumbsup:

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

8732

 

[Squisher]

Are these the same parents that eat at places that you might call diners where the food is so bland, but so cheap you wonder how they stay in business?

Yeah, I know them.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
My grandfather is going mostly blind so he bought this massive 50 inch HDTV and sits about 3 feet in front of it to watch football games. I think he wouldn't notice if I swapped it out with a lower definition one because he can't really see the difference. He just wanted something MASSIVE.

That's what she said.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I can't tell the difference between VHS and 1080p Blu-ray

That explains the glasses on your avatar...

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I can't tell the difference between VHS and 1080p Blu-ray

That explains the glasses on your avatar...

Oh I forgot to put a sarcastic smilie

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: johnjohn320

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I can't tell the difference between VHS and 1080p Blu-ray

That explains the glasses on your avatar...

Oh I forgot to put a sarcastic smilie

<-- Sarcastic smile. (There is actually no difference between a sarcastic smile and a smile, REALLY!)

Anyone wanna play L4D demo... I'm kinda board.(Turnin' hard, har-har) >_<

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: johnjohn320

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I can't tell the difference between VHS and 1080p Blu-ray

That explains the glasses on your avatar...

Oh I forgot to put a sarcastic smilie

<-- Sarcastic smile. (There is actually no difference between a sarcastic smile and a smile, REALLY!)

Anyone wanna play L4D demo... I'm kinda board.(Turnin' hard, har-har) >_<

It's too damn hard to play with you. You tear it up with the smg. No one else can get a kill in.

 

[quackagator]

I can tell the difference

 

[alkemyst]

well HD on cable/satellite may not be full definition anyway...that could be it. I think it's the discovery channel that has some of the best HD (may be a regional/market thing).

I know a guy that swears he can tell 1080i vs 1080p at 20+ feet though...this is what's called 'rationalizing' your purchase though in my book.

I really want to upgrade to a 50" Pioneer Plasma, but my 32" Toshiba Cinema Series tube from 1997 is still so nice looking. Even people with average flat panels comment on the picture quality (it's semi-calibrated with the DVD and filters)

 

[MotionMan]

I have heard a lot of people say that. It is mostly because they are really fucking stupid and too lazy to pay attention for 5 seconds.

MotionMan

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Do they have an HD TV?

LOL, yes. 3 or so months ago, they got an Samsung LCD HDTV

That's my parents to a "T". They even avoid the HD channels because sometimes SD broadcasts put bars with logos on the sides of the screen. They would rather watch fat, stretchy people----can't waste the real estate.