Can you really notice the difference between HDTV and a regular DVD?

Posted on 15. Nov, 2009 by admin in HDTV

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My standard dvd player shows an amazing picture on my HDTV. I am getting an HD receiver next week and just wondering if the picture will be getting any sharper. I am told it will, but how is possible for the eyes to see anything sharper than a dvd?
For you people watching HDTV…Do you really see a difference between HDTV (HD source) and watching a regular DVD?

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3 Comments

Home Theater Guru

17. Nov, 2009

The answer really lies within the DVD player. The receiver will not make any sort of difference unless it has built in upconverting (taking the 480p of res on your dvd, and digitally enhances it to near 720p.) but i’ve been in electronics retail for 6 years and always tell people all the technical they want about tvs, but ultimately if you cant see a difference, then who cares what anyone has to say?

Thinkenstein

20. Nov, 2009

If I understand you correctly you are asking if the picture you will get with an HD receiver will be better than the picture you have gotten with a standard DVD player. The answer is that on channels that are in full HD showing a program in true HD, YES. Not all of the channels you will get are HD and not all of the programming on some HD channels are in true HD. But yes, the improvement will be quite noticeable on true HD sources.

Gandalf

22. Nov, 2009

U can relly see a diff in sound and pic sharpness and colour.
u can spot and see tiny things like bug etc lol because of the high resoulution. basicly its like looking through a window.

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