Are you getting HDTV quality picture? Or are you getting ripped off?
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Are you getting HDTV quality picture?
One of the most common mistakes (heck I made it at first too!) when buying an HDTV is not getting HDTV content.
Just because CBS shows CSI in HD doesn't mean you are getting High Definition.
It may look good on your TV because the quality is so much better than your old junky tv. The picture is "upconverted" to look better than the old standard definition 480i picture.
In order to see real HDTV you've got to have HDTV content. From your cable company this means you have to get the HD version of CBS and tune into that channel to watch the show. You'll notice a clearer picture and you'll also notice you can see a wider picture than you saw before. You may also notice that when commercials come on the black bars appear on the sides of your screen. This is because most of the commercials are in regular standard definition format not HD.
Another tell-tale sign of having your tv upconverting is that suddenly everything looks a little wider than it did before. That's because your tv is zooming in to fit everything to the wide screen. Sometimes people prefer to watch standard tv in this format because they don't like the black bars on the side. I don't mind them because I'm focused on the picture, not the black bars.
Do you have the black bars?
Are you watching True HD yet?
- Ben Fitts
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