how true.One thing to bear in mind for resolution is that in terms of appearance, distance to the screen and screen size are important factors as to how much is necessary.
Yup.....have a JVC 32" I bought in 93. Paid 1299.00 and be dammed if I am going to get a new TV just to watch BlueRay. Come to think of it, I have never had a breakdown or repair on this TV since I bought it. :scratch2:
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Troubleshoot - I like your last paragraph. My wife has a 14 inch CRT TV in her sewing/hobby room with a VHS machine hooked up. Probably one channel sound but is hooked to cable. She is content with that.
Twenty feet away on the same floor is our home theater setup with plasma TV and six speakers. She says "sometime you'll have to show me how to run those 4 remotes." I can't complain - we're not fighting over the same TV.
I'll consider Blu-Ray when someone takes this $3,000 worth of LD's off my hands. Not to mention all the DVD's and VHS tapes.
I also own a Wii video game system and find it rather amusing that so many gamers say that it's 480p picture is horrible. Since I own the Wii and the PS3, I can say that while the PS3 does have a slightly better picture, it's not the huge difference that so many gamers talk about.
I selected this quote, not to pick on its author, but because it is the latest to espouse this view point. What all of you are saying is totally subjective. And the equivalent of a "normal" person saying that a properly setup separates system with a dedicated power line, and acoustical room treatments only sounds slightly better than the iPod they are used to listening to. The differences are that big between the formats. In audio, the analogy is often made between just hearing the music and "being in the room." Well with video the difference, quite literally, is between being able to see the pattern of a dress (standard dvd), being able to see the intricacies in the pattern (up conversion), and being able to tell what materials the dress is made of-and the difference in texture between the different materials, for example lace fringe on broadcloth, or the stitches in embroidery (blu ray). If video isn't your thing, so be it, but what kind of hypocrisy does it take for audiophiles to crack on videophiles for buying a component they see as only giving modest gain? My question is: modest on whose scale? I know that all of you weren't being disparaging, video just isn't your thing, and apologize to you for the rant. But some people need to take a step back and look real hard at their own hobbies before making pokes at others. just my 2 cents.
In my experience, the Wii graphics on the standard included cable...suck. Buy a replacement component cable and that little white box comes alive.