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One solution I found for the crappy looking SD stuff on my HDTV was to mount a projector on my back wall and a pull down screen. I have all of my signals going into a receiver/switcher before it hits my TV so I just ran a feed to the projector and I watch any SD from that. Works for me
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I have a 10 year old DVD player, a TV set that's about a foot and half deep, and no desire to part with them.
I also play my old vinyl LPs. And some of my VHS tapes.
And it all goes well with my collection of 1970s action figures....
In these days of hi-tech drowning our way of life, the people cry out for a hero.
I am that hero. Call me....Retro-Man!!!!!!.
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"When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."Comment
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Kate Jackson had pock marks on her face????Comment
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My DVDs look fantastic on my screen. Just a nice big clean image. No need to re-buy blu-rays AND my movies aren't shrunk down by letter-boxing now.
I can totally understand if it's a cash thing - or there's other practical reasons - but sometimes new stuff is a genuine improvement over old stuff.
I love records, typewriters, old toys, old comics, most of my movies are pre-1980 and I've never owned a cell phone - CRT screens are more like 8-tracks or video tapes to me. Some stuff deserves to die because it's been improved on.
Just the fact that my new TV is mounted on the wall and takes up less living space is a huge bonus over my old clunker.Comment
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>LCD screens are the greatest thing that's happened as far as I'm concerned.
....until we find out they emit Shizuma waves, which kill birds and fish....
Don C.Comment
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If I wasn't such a big sports fan, I'm pretty sure I would have resisted the HDTV movement much longer than I did. With that being said, I'm not sure I've seen anything more gorgeous on television than Wrigley Field in the middle of summer.Comment
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I am definitely a late technology adopter. I held out what seemed like forever on HDTV due to price. I finally bought an HDTV when the Summer Olympics were held a couple of years ago. It was jawdropping to say the least. I moved our nice CRT to the basement mostly if me and/or my wife wanted to watch a program or DVD that wouldn't be appropriate for my kids to watch....like the Sopranos, The Tudors, etc. I finally have had a chance to watch the entire Sopranos series on DVD (even though I have had them for years). The picture quality is adequate but doesn't even compare to HD or if I were to play the same non blu-ray Sopranos DVD in our blu-ray player. My cable company (Comcast) has just recently converted almost every channel with an option to watch in HD. As an example, if I turn our non HD local NBC station, there is now an option that pops up for a few seconds that says "Watch in HD"....if I hit ok on my DVR, the channel jumps up into the 800 range and all of a sudden it is in HD. I agree that watching non-HD channels on an HDTV is not great (even though you can fiddle with the settings to make it look as good as a CRT). But, it is now at the point that for me at least almost every channel has the option to be watched in HD or non-HD mode...my choice."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
~Vaclav HlavatyComment
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As a side note, we still own the first CRT tv we bought which is a 19 inch Zenith purchased around 1990 for $400 on sale!!! That was considered a great deal at the time. Now for $400, you can purchase a 36-40 inch 1080p HDTV. It won't be a Sony, Samsung, or Panasonic but still much better than the 19 inch CRT purchased in 1990. For those of you that don't want to convert, there will always be CRT's around. I see them all the time at Goodwill for about $25. It looks like the next gen of TV's is 3-D HD but it isn't for me. Watching movies in 3-D is a fun experience but not something I'd want all the time. I suspect if and when the need arises, The newer TV's will have an option to switch to a non-HD mode giving it the CRT look. I would think there will be a need for it at least from people who still enjoy playing older gaming systems that were made for CRTs."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
~Vaclav HlavatyComment
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That would be the settings to view 4:3 (Square) picture material on the 16:9 display. Many select the "fill" option that stretches the sides out but leaves the middle unstretched. I hate that option with a passion and any 4:3 material on my HDTV is views with black bars at the sides.Comment
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