Hi all
I've just recently re-subscribed to this NG (and others) after a fairly long absence. Dial up was too slow. Now that I have finally got Broadband, things are much better. It is good to see that some things in this NG haven't changed. It is with great fear & trepidation that I type my first post :-)
I just want to add my comments on this thread
My first real experience with Digital TV was last night (Friday) when I went over to my neighbours place to see the AFL on his new 42" Plasma & HDTV DTB etc. I did have a bit of a preview of HDTV a few days earlier & was considerably impressed, BUT when Ch9 started showing some fast live AFL action with lots of background (crowd), the HDTV seemed to lose the plot. Pixelation & jaggies where all over the place. The spectators were reduced to blotches & squares. My neighbour kept saying, "It's out of focus". We switched to the Standard Definition mode which seemed to improve things abit. I did notice that there were very few fast camera pans which included the crowd after the first 1/4.
Maybe the camera crew etc are still coming to grips with some of the 'ways' of Digital TV so things may improve.
Maybe the neighbours equipment wasn't setup properly
Ian implies below that his AFL is not good. He did not elaborate here as to why.
What is means to me is that if this is typical of DTV, I will keep my good old analogue for a while yet. (I would like the wide screen bit though)
BTW all things aside, viewing the AFL on wide screen was far better than watching it on his old set which had the goal posts at about 25deg to the vertical when viewed from behind.
Regards
Chopper Playne.
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