Seeing my friends HDTV why doesn't every HD program look good as each other...I prefer my Sony CRT any day!!
Answer:
I agree!
The quality of broadcast programs varies enormously. It rarely shows up on normal TV though, as it's usually more than good enough quality for normal TV.
HDTV shows so much more detail than a normal TV though, that you can see all the imperfections in the broadcast picture. Oddly, this can mean that HDTV pictures sometimes look worse than when you see them on a normal (good quality) TV!
Not a lot of programmes broadcast in HD format.
Even if you have a Sky HD box not a lot of channels offer a HD version of that channel.
If you are watching something that is not broadcast in HD, then the video quality will actually look better on an older TV than on a new HDTV. This is because the signal has to be stretched to fit the more pixels a HDTV has.
Also there are two different types of HDTVs, 720p and 1080i. They both look compareable but, if you have a 720p TV then a 720p signal will look better than a 1080i signal and vice versa.
Also, each TV has a different microchip inside that does different things to improve picture quality (remove streaking and blurring are examples). This is why some manufacturers can charge more for their TVs, since they are technically more advanced. However, for the most part you wont see a huge diffence between a cheap HDTV and an expensive one.
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