http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2008/04/29/memor32/ Ramblings of an Old Man on Old-Time and Contemporary Radio, Television, the Arts, and the News; includes OTR Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2008/04/29/memor32/#comment-7782 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:54:11 +0000 http://blogs.oldradio.net/archives/2008/04/29/memor32/#comment-7782 [...] Don’t misunderstand me, there’s much to be said for digital television…after all, for quite some time we’ve been watching digital television on the Internet, and via downloads, and DVDs. There’s no question that with a good source and a good television, digital is seriously amazing, even while prone to compression artifacting during high-motion sequences. As someone who recently acquired a 55″ television (relax, kids, I didn’t suddenly become rich; we have a “guy” who acquired for us a gently-used huge screen for less than the price of a small tube set - seriously, d*mned thing looks a little like the viewscreen on the Starship Enterprise), there is nothing like watching a high-definition signal…the other day I even watched a few minutes of football just to see the scenery, it’s that impressive. Even 4:3 television looks cool, although a great picture doesn’t do much for Airwolf or That’s Incredible!, as I discovered watching RTN. [...] […] Don’t misunderstand me, there’s much to be said for digital television…after all, for quite some time we’ve been watching digital television on the Internet, and via downloads, and DVDs. There’s no question that with a good source and a good television, digital is seriously amazing, even while prone to compression artifacting during high-motion sequences. As someone who recently acquired a 55″ television (relax, kids, I didn’t suddenly become rich; we have a “guy” who acquired for us a gently-used huge screen for less than the price of a small tube set - seriously, d*mned thing looks a little like the viewscreen on the Starship Enterprise), there is nothing like watching a high-definition signal…the other day I even watched a few minutes of football just to see the scenery, it’s that impressive. Even 4:3 television looks cool, although a great picture doesn’t do much for Airwolf or That’s Incredible!, as I discovered watching RTN. […]

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