LCD TV 2 buy or not 2 buy ?
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- vespa0
unfortunately, it's not that the shops have crappy feeds.
the problem is that everything in the UK is still being broadcast in standard definition, which was designed for CRT monitors. the old CRT monitors blur everything up so it looks quite soft.
HD monitors are made to display a much higher resolution, and look amazing when the feed is HD but standard def does look pretty shit on them.
currently in the uk nothing is being broadcast in HD - i don't know about the rest of the networks but the bbc are saying HD will probably be standard around 2008.
as of a few months ago no-one in europe is manufacturing CRT monitors, also the US only buys programmes now if they are in HD as it's cheaper for them to process, weirdly enough, so if UK networks want to be able to sell stuff to the US they have to shoot in HD. so it's really just a matter of time.