I'm not necessarily talking about the HD aspect of the new big, flat screens but the overall experience. As some of you know, I recently joined you all in the 21st century and bought and LCD (just 47" but it's huge to us). I am in that new user stage where I can sit and watch just about anything right now because it looks so nice. Romanian outdoor tetherball championships anyone?
In the couple of weeks I've had this new luxury, I've decided that the sport that most benefits from the new picture is soccer. I feel like I'm seeing 2 or 3 players that didn't even show up on my old screens because of the edges. On our old 32" 400 pound t.v.'s we couldn't even read the first and last few letters of text on the screen, and scrolling tickers at the bottom of a picture were half missing or worse. I think all sports benefit greatly from the new set-ups, but like I said, for now I'd rate soccer first. I'd put basketball 2nd and football 3rd. Football zooms in a lot more than the others it seems and so the edges don't always matter as much. I'd like to see a broadcast for football where the camera stayed wide the whole game. I think that could be very revealing.
So, am I high? Is the only difference that everyone is bigger? Who knows. But it really does look like I'm seeing more.
In the couple of weeks I've had this new luxury, I've decided that the sport that most benefits from the new picture is soccer. I feel like I'm seeing 2 or 3 players that didn't even show up on my old screens because of the edges. On our old 32" 400 pound t.v.'s we couldn't even read the first and last few letters of text on the screen, and scrolling tickers at the bottom of a picture were half missing or worse. I think all sports benefit greatly from the new set-ups, but like I said, for now I'd rate soccer first. I'd put basketball 2nd and football 3rd. Football zooms in a lot more than the others it seems and so the edges don't always matter as much. I'd like to see a broadcast for football where the camera stayed wide the whole game. I think that could be very revealing.
So, am I high? Is the only difference that everyone is bigger? Who knows. But it really does look like I'm seeing more.
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