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Cracked.com weighs in on HD DVD vs. Blu-ray

by Richard Lawler posted Jul 19th 2006 at 2:36PM

While some people evaluate the HD DVD/Blu-ray debate from a rational, educated perspective, humor site Cracked has taken a different route. Using the irrefutable logic that "consumers are at heart, incredibly stupid", and that "no one wants a turd in their living room", they have also come to the conclusion that HD DVD will be the winner between this fight of "two fat kids on a teeter totter". All this talk of codecs, studio support, manufacturing problems and delays seems so unnecessary now. We're sure all of these quotes will be appearing on The Look and Sound of Perfect website any moment.

[Via HDTV UK]

Who has the oldest TV in England?

by Richard Lawler posted May 10th 2006 at 7:31PM

Easy contest, the person with the oldest (still working) television in the land will be upgraded to a lovely new HD-ready 50" plasma TV. The point of the contest is to "raise awareness about the DTV transition" (read: sell lots of new HDTVs). Seems like a good plan to, get people looking at that old television set and imagining something shiny and brand new its place.

Anyone got a TV they think could win this contest if it were open to the U.S.? My money is on this guy.

[Via HDTV UK]

The (in)famous 1080p truth pt. 2

by Richard Lawler posted Apr 25th 2006 at 8:17PM

Do we have to go into this again? I've got to question this piece on The Inquirer that compounds the confusion of the article cited. They're telling people that their CRT TV is going to throw away half the information on 1080i Blu-ray and HD-DVDs giving you a 540p image, and that a 1080p set is really only going to give you 540p, which is not necessarily an accurate description.

One way of getting your information correct is to go straight to the source like HDTV UK did recently. They have an excellent writeup getting information on 1080p from the manufacturers themselves.

The original author has written a new post clarifying a few things. While I'm still puzzled by repeated references to CRTs method of displaying 1080i in relation to why a 1080p television using totally different technology won't be 1080p; it seems we agree on one thing: "I’m not against anyone buying a 1080p HDTV — I just want that person to be a smart shopper and ask plenty of questions to see how the content is actually mastered and delivered to the HDTV."

If you're still wondering what all the hubbub is and if it affects your buying decision, don't take my word for it (© The Reading Rainbow). Check out the further information links and comments on our other post and educate yourself, then take a look to to see if you notice a worthwhile difference in 1080p.

Sneak preview of *football on Sky TV

by Richard Lawler posted Jan 24th 2006 at 5:27PM

The other football. Maybe some of our European friends will be giving HD more respect once their favorite sport is being broadcast in high definition. Last weekend it seems Sky showed a few UK journalists a preview of their high definition broadcasts of soccer, and they came away very impressed.

This isn't really surprising, if HDTV has a single killer app, it's sports. Football, futbol or otherwise, once you've seen your favorite players in HD there isn't any going back.

[Via HDTV UK]




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