Comments on: The New HDTV Experience http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/ Technology and Geek Stuff by Eric Burke Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:36:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: owen http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-5275 owen Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:14:18 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/#comment-5275 I like watching 2 channels at once, especially when half the screen is a video game. I feel like I'm in one of those movies. Mitsubishi has a tv like that. life would be much simpler if EVERYTHING WERE USB. and I do mean everything. I've yet to find a good excuse to buy a new tv though :( I like watching 2 channels at once, especially when half the screen is a video game. I feel like I’m in one of those movies. Mitsubishi has a tv like that. life would be much simpler if EVERYTHING WERE USB. and I do mean everything.

I’ve yet to find a good excuse to buy a new tv though :(

]]> By: Dean http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 Dean Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:28:30 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/#comment-5180 What is it that's complex that bothers you? You use it like you would a legacy TV. Plug in in your set top box, turn it on, change channels and watch, record, etc. That's exactly how I use 2 of my sets. Got a DVD player? That works the same too. My third HDTV has multiple sources (HD-DVR, DVD, Blu-ray, etc) and is integrated with a Dolby Digital/DTS 7.1 home theater sound system. That's not any more complex than I had with my last SDTV (which had a Dolby Digital 5.1 sound system). What is it that’s complex that bothers you? You use it like you would a legacy TV. Plug in in your set top box, turn it on, change channels and watch, record, etc. That’s exactly how I use 2 of my sets. Got a DVD player? That works the same too. My third HDTV has multiple sources (HD-DVR, DVD, Blu-ray, etc) and is integrated with a Dolby Digital/DTS 7.1 home theater sound system. That’s not any more complex than I had with my last SDTV (which had a Dolby Digital 5.1 sound system).

]]> By: Eric Burke http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-5151 Eric Burke Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:31:04 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/#comment-5151 So you see absolutely nothing wrong with the complexity of today's TV tech landscape. Ok. Yeah. I get it. Uh huh. So you see absolutely nothing wrong with the complexity of today’s TV tech landscape. Ok. Yeah. I get it. Uh huh.

]]> By: Dean http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-5149 Dean Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:02:14 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/#comment-5149 We have 3 HDTVs each with a HD-DVR; and with all the HD channels on DirecTV we hardly watch anything in standard definition anymore. I can't imagine going back to a 4:3 SDTV. Regular TV is a festering smelly wasteland, but all the educational stuff in HD is great. We just finished watching Planet Earth on Blu-ray disk and it is stunning. We have 3 HDTVs each with a HD-DVR; and with all the HD channels on DirecTV we hardly watch anything in standard definition anymore. I can’t imagine going back to a 4:3 SDTV.

Regular TV is a festering smelly wasteland, but all the educational stuff in HD is great. We just finished watching Planet Earth on Blu-ray disk and it is stunning.

]]> By: D Hager http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-5138 D Hager Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:52:09 +0000 http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/01/20/the-new-hdtv-experience/#comment-5138 Isn't this an alternate future where Java stayed in set-top boxes? Isn’t this an alternate future where Java stayed in set-top boxes?

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