Just thought I would like to set the cat amongst the pigeons. I have been deliberating about buying a new TV for a while now. I have a 10 year old 26" Sony CRT fed by a sky + box i.e. standard definition. On the whole the images prove to be most satsfying. My only gripe apart, from the TV's monumental size, is it's 4:3 ratio, so stuff to the edge is 'cut off'. I suppose I've got caught up in the whole buy a whacking big, new, improved, skinny, smart TV hooha(sic) that has fantastic detail and clarity. It's funny when you do go in to a store to look at a new TV they are always showing freeview HD transmissions but when you ask the TV to be switched to standard definition the picture is always terrible.
I've noticed so many of the strong points in TV reviews derive from 'material' based on Blu-ray and HD pictures. This is to be expected surely... so hardly seems such a feat at all. Most people, unless they have the whole sky HD package and strangely only watch Blu-ray films watch TV in STANDARD DEFINITION and will continue to do so. Can someone out there tell me of ANY TV that has unusually good pictures in SD? Yes I know the transmission is limited to the number of lines covering the screen. Please no more exultations on, "oohh the 3D/HD/BLU-RAY image is sublime (et al)!!"
I've noticed so many of the strong points in TV reviews derive from 'material' based on Blu-ray and HD pictures. This is to be expected surely... so hardly seems such a feat at all. Most people, unless they have the whole sky HD package and strangely only watch Blu-ray films watch TV in STANDARD DEFINITION and will continue to do so. Can someone out there tell me of ANY TV that has unusually good pictures in SD? Yes I know the transmission is limited to the number of lines covering the screen. Please no more exultations on, "oohh the 3D/HD/BLU-RAY image is sublime (et al)!!"