[OAC_Sparky]

paolo,Apr 28 2010, 08:46 AM Wrote:

OAC_Sparky,Apr 27 2010, 08:22 PM Wrote:Quoted for posterity.  :P
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what does that word mean? u tryin to be funny?
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Yes, but there is no "try". If you don't get it, you don't get it. Darkpuppet does.

[Drivesthebeast]

paolo,Apr 27 2010, 07:29 AM Wrote:Don't even get me started on 3DTV.   Apparently, some people can't watch 3DTV, it affects their eyes in such a way.
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I experienced this when I went to watch "Alice" with my wife, and my brother-in-law at the South Keys Cineplex here in Ottawa.

Some of the highspeed scenes that used 3D heavily bothered my eyes a lot, and I just felt "Off" after watching them. I actually had to take the 3D glasses off and look away from the screen in the scene where she fell down the rabbit hole...it just made my eyes and part of my head/face hurt trying to watch it. Ever since, we have gone to the 2D showings of other movies if they were offered in both versions. That turned out to be great actually, there were a lot more seats in better locations that way in the 2D screenings...hehehe.

And listening to you guys talk about the Flat panels and 3D Full HDTV's that everyones buying or watching is kinda funny. It's funny because I only have a 30" 16:9 widescreen JVC I'Art CRT that displays 1080i and 720p. What's even funnier, is that I just bought a 2nd one...exact same model and build year as the first one, for our bedroom, from http://www.usedottawa.com I got it for $100, which isn't bad considering my original one was around $1100 about 5 years ago. Both work fine though, since we have Rogers Digital VIP with the HD channels (which are only 720p anyways), and an Upscaling Marantz DVD player running into a Marantz THX Certified HT receiver that predates HDMI by a year (though the TV and DVD player have it).

Anyways, I guess the short version of what I'm saying, is that I'm ok with older technology at the moment...

[paolo]

i wish i had an hd crt... actually the hd channels on rogers some are actually 1080i. usually the american networks like to broadcast in 720p.

[Drivesthebeast]

I've had people in shops tell me that the CRT's I have are actually better quality, and capable of just as good a picture as the older generations of LCD and Plasma Tv's (the ones that are only capable of 60Hz and 720p/1080i).

I spent my money on my receiver, speakers, and interconnects, and I will eventually get a flat panel for the rec room, and put one of the JVC's in the Livingroom. I actually own 4 CRT's still...the 2 30" JVC I'Art Pro's, a 27" Sony Trinitron, and a 20" JVC I'Art...lol

[darkpuppet]

the CRTs are just fine -- and probably display slightly better colour gamut and contrast ratio than most LCDs.

the whole 240Hz tv thing is only handy if you watch movies filmed at 24FPS. .but broadcast signals are 60Hz interlaced.. or 30FPS. (60, 30, and 24 all divide into 240Hz, so TVs don't have the conversion issues when displaying in their native refresh rates).

I guess 240Hz is handy for 3d too, since you can refresh the glasses at 120Hz/eye (at least if the content is 30 or 60fps).