I was flicking through (as one does) last night and paused at one of the shopping channels that was flogging some HC kit. They had a Phillips HDD /DVD recorder that was going for £127 which looked a good deal (not that I need one....), but here's the thing - they kept saying that it "upgraded DVD pictures to High Definition". This must be 1080p upscaling (right?) but I always thought that this was most certainly NOT true High Def. It 'approaches' Hi Def, but it ain't the real deal. Misleading, eh?
OK, so there's obviously a Trades Description issue here (but that's true off most of the tatt that appears on these channels, 'allegedly'). But here's the kicker. They kept showing the Phillips box and it had HIGH DEFINITION PICTURE written all over it.
How can Phillips get away with this, or has the definition of what actually is 'High Definition' changed?
OK, so there's obviously a Trades Description issue here (but that's true off most of the tatt that appears on these channels, 'allegedly'). But here's the kicker. They kept showing the Phillips box and it had HIGH DEFINITION PICTURE written all over it.
How can Phillips get away with this, or has the definition of what actually is 'High Definition' changed?