Check for HD before RSVP-ing that Superbowl party
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Student Driver @ Jan 29th 2008 1:51PM
Every SuperBowl party I have heard of is advertised as being on some huge HDTV. Also, it's pretty much assumed that if you have an HDTV you will host some sort of gathering for the game (I don't even watch football, but I invited my in-laws anyway).
Brien L Downie @ Jan 29th 2008 6:27PM
i've got a 92" projection HDTV, so yeah, I'm throwing a party :D
Chip Douglas @ Jan 29th 2008 3:01PM
I am going to watch at my In-Laws. he has a new 52" Samsung and gets two stations OTA (We live outside of Denver)Luckily one of them is Fox. Otherwise, he does not have any other HD content. Not sure what he is waiting for. Thankful he has the set up!
The Pepto Pimp @ Jan 29th 2008 3:08PM
Anyone have any ideas about etiquette? I was watching the playoffs at someone else's house. The signal was so bad it made my eyes hurt, literally. How do you offer to help without insulting a man's setup that he's clearly invested tens of thousands of dollars in?
Have there been any EngadgetHD posts on HDTV etiquette? Am I the only one having this problem. Do people get offended when you try to help? I know I'm not that abrasive...
Ted @ Jan 29th 2008 3:48PM
Hey, I would speak up, as long as you picked the right time (i.e. not while that person is beaming at how awesome they think their TV is). I know that with my setup at home, which we spent a lot of money on, had any problems with it, I would want to know what they are and how to fix them. In fact, I'm so paranoid about that that I'm seriously considering having a professional come over and criticize the calibration and whatever just so that I can have the peace of mind that there are no problems.
Yankees368 @ Jan 29th 2008 5:07PM
And you just know 60% of the people watching the game on their nice new HDTV's will have no idea what they are watching either SD, overscanning a 4:3 picture, have their HD signal set to stretch or zoom, or some other crap like that where the owner will NEVER know about.
Max Power @ Jan 30th 2008 7:25PM
The etiquette question is tricky... I've always been somewhat of a geek, especially with hooking up components. (I go into a "Beautiful Mind" trance when I stare at the back of some device, imagining in 3D all of the possible configurations, connections, etc. Kinda scary, but anyway...
What I do know is setting things up (computers, A/V systems, etc.)
I've been at many houses that had components set up in the most in-optimal way (is that a word?) I have such a reaction to seeing things hooked up wrong because I KNOW that they are missing out. I have some weird compulsion to re-hook everything up, but of course, this has to be done tactfully. Often, I'll gently inquire about their set-up and if the opportunity arises, offer some minor suggestion that their cable/sattelite or big box folks set-up wrong and I can tweak it for them.
I've seen too many HD TVs hooked up with RCA video (not component, just the vid), or RF cables coming in from the cable box to the TV instead of HDMI or anything else! It drives me mad.
Too many people are not aware what they are watching and think that it's HD when it's not and they aren't educated by the sellers of the products on how to do it right. I've used that line with people too, letting them know that it's common for things not to be hooked up right and for information not to be passed onto them, in order to make them feel less foolish or stupid, since it's not about intelligence, but some people are a bit more tech-prone than others.