Want HDTV Today

[blutach]

Foxtel is still sending it down the S Vid cable - the quality is not up to full component standard and their BR is disgustingly low. I only buy it cos Mrs Tach likes the stuff there.

7 has always been miles behind everyone else - Kerry Stokes don't wanna spend the $$$ till the ACA forces him to. He figures he's got a couple of years left and still only has to b/cast 40 hrs a week of "HDTV", if I am right about the current state of the law (which I am probably not).

10 has been the leader in HD - but who wants to watch Big Bro in high def? Yecch!

Regards

[anonymez]

"10 has been the leader in HD"

correction: WAS the leader in HD http://www.widescreentv.info

click 'widescreen programs', then scroll to the bottom of the page for a listing of upcoming ws/hd movies

[blutach]

Can't say how happy I am that Mornings With Kerri-Anne is now is ws

Regards

[anonymez]

thought i'd mention that they are showing one of the three of my favourite movies, LOTR Fellowship, next Saturday, 22nd October, in australia, in HD!!
this should be awesome in 1920x1088 5.1 audio. time to chuck away the the crappy 720x576 dvd

[anonymez]

thought i'd add that i captured the whole movie, clocking in just under 2 hours 45 min, at an awesome 15GB in size (thats 13mbit/second (or 1.55 megabytes/second) total bitrate).

picture quality was nice, though i wish peter jackson filmed the thing entirely in digital, it was a tad soft... its a keeper once i get rid of that nasty watermark

[blutach]

Sorry to say anon, but I feel asleep yet again

Firey loved it though.

Regards

[anonymez]

i have a feeling you'll fall asleep at exactly the same time next saturday if you're watching ch9

think they're showing harry potter chamber of secrets soon in HD as well. as i recall the PQ of the first (not that i watched it! ) was excellent, some of the best i've ever seen.

[anonymez]

some screenshots

note that some of the grain is because of the jpeg compression

[blutach]

Not bad shots. Who's Frodo?

When is The Simpsons gunna be on HDTV?

Regards

[LT. Columbo]

elijah woods character in the lord of the rings.

[anonymez]

the simpsons is never gonna be HDTV i fear, hell its never going to be 16:9 either, the cast is always asking for pay rises (no kidding!)

[blutach]

Well, just shuttle them into Mr Burns's office - goodbye pay rises!

Regards

[jm1647]

I already have HDTV in my area but I'm waiting for my present non-HDTV in the family room to burn out before I buy a HD TV.

[anonymez]

its not like the simpsons crew actually need to buy any new equipment, they just need to switch over to a4 paper

but its done by computers nowadays, no artists needed, really

@jm1647: don't know if you have any experience with HD equipment, but just some crucial advice that many new users wish they had before they made a purchase. the 'HD ready' sticker/label on many of the lcd/plasma displays you see in stores doesn't mean anything. technically any tv that can be connected to a HD set top box is 'HD ready', that term is just marketing BS. go by the actual resolution. you'd generally want to go >= 720p, depending on your budget and your area's network broadcast specs

[jm1647]

@jm1647: don't know if you have any experience with HD equipment, but just some crucial advice that many new users wish they had before they made a purchase. the 'HD ready' sticker/label on many of the lcd/plasma displays you see in stores doesn't mean anything. technically any tv that can be connected to a HD set top box is 'HD ready', that term is just marketing BS. go by the actual resolution. you'd generally want to go >= 720p, depending on your budget and your area's network broadcast specs

@Thanks anonymez !! None at all myself. My son in law got burnt with that marketing BS, on a I think it was a Sony - ( 52-60"), my future son in law bought one that does not need the set top box to get it. All I know is future son in law and daughter #2 said the SB was awesome in HD TV. But then again we're all on comcast cable and I'm not sure how it is set up. This HD stuff is greek to me I rememebr B&W and rabbit ears When and if the time comes I will check with you and my 2 son in laws if it happens after August next year and my TV goes kaput.