Buying a telly......what's the difference between 'HD READY' and 'FULL HD'?

kwikbreaks

iwb100 wrote: »

my relatively well sighted Mother cannot tell SD and HD apart on my 40" TV. Genuinely cannot.

She should've gone to SpecSavers

aliEnRIK

iwb100 wrote: »

I know what you're saying but my relatively well sighted Mother cannot tell SD and HD apart on my 40" TV. Genuinely cannot. So the difference between 720p and 1080p even from 3ft away would completely go over her head.

My mates the same on his 50" tv

Another point is that better tvs allow more detail through so your more likely to see a difference. Also, 'noise' on the mains supply can make the picture worse than its capable of, masking detail

iwb100

aliEnRIK wrote: »

My mates the same on his 50" tv

Another point is that better tvs allow more detail through so your more likely to see a difference. Also, 'noise' on the mains supply can make the picture worse than its capable of, masking detail

And of course most people use the "out of box" settings on TV's and therefore the picture is dependent upon these.

Often people say "HD is not all its cracked up to be" but then you can tweak their settings and make things look much better. Especially on the more modern sets where some of the advanced features do need turning on/off as appropriate depending upon the content!

aliEnRIK

iwb100 wrote: »

And of course most people use the "out of box" settings on TV's and therefore the picture is dependent upon these.

Often people say "HD is not all its cracked up to be" but then you can tweak their settings and make things look much better. Especially on the more modern sets where some of the advanced features do need turning on/off as appropriate depending upon the content!

Absolutely correct. Few tvs are properly calibrated and so detail is lost from the off

Hammyman

iwb100 wrote: »

I know what you're saying but my relatively well sighted Mother cannot tell SD and HD apart on my 40" TV. Genuinely cannot. !

You need a channel that is broadcast on both SD and HD on a high bandwidth channel with a lot of detail in something that is static and then you actually need to point out the difference.

For me the "oh, now I see what you mean" moment with the missus involved the "Are you smarter than a 10 year old?" where on long distance shots you could read the text on the screens on the bottom of the plinths in HD but it was just a blur on SD.

I have no idea what her expectations were but I think they were more than the reality is. :rotfl:

Inactive

Hammyman wrote: »

You need a channel that is broadcast on both SD and HD on a high bandwidth channel with a lot of detail in something that is static and then you actually need to point out the difference.

Surely if you need to " point out the difference ", it really isn't going to make that much difference to the person concerned.

I personally think that HD is over rated and over hyped.