Are You Sure You're Watching HDTV?

[Frock7]

Why "AREN'T" we sure we're watching HDTV?

There's a very simple way to fix all of this confusion.
Put some LEDs on the front panel of the display that light up based on the incoming signal. If the HD LED lights then you have a HD source. Are the HD display makers trying to hide something?!?!
Better living through better design.

 

[avaserfi]

There's a very simple way to fix all of this confusion.
Put some LEDs on the front panel of the display that light up based on the incoming signal. If the HD LED lights then you have a HD source. Are the HD display makers trying to hide something?!?!
Better living through better design.

Apparently being an informed consumer is just asking too much so everything must be dumbed down. Personally, I wouldn't want another light, even if it is only an LED, annoying me during my movie experiences. Besides what if the owner doesn't read the user manual and isn't told what that light means, they could just go on not watching HD without ever knowing about the feature.

 

[MDS]

There's a very simple way to fix all of this confusion.
Put some LEDs on the front panel of the display that light up based on the incoming signal. If the HD LED lights then you have a HD source. Are the HD display makers trying to hide something?!?!
Better living through better design.

That's actually not a bad idea but I agree with aversfi that I personally wouldn't want another LED.

Most TVs do have a feature that shows the channel information and one of the pieces of information is the resolution of the incoming signal. If you are familiar with HDTV resolutions that is enough to know if you are getting a HD signal. Of course most non-technical/non-HDTV enthusiasts still wouldn't know the signal was HD even if it said 720p or 1080i in big giant letters.

 

[westcott]

I think this discussion is somewhat wasted on the 25 to 33% of the people who own HD tvs but do not have an HD signal. If I were not so lazy, I would dig up the Audioholic article on just how many people just have to have that big HD display but do not even bother to get HD service.

As my father always said, "Half the people in this world are below average!"

 

[NapaDRB]

You would think if your job title is "cable installer" that you might actually be trained in installing cable.

I don't know about the rest of the country but in my area (Northern California) most of the installers are "independent contractors" and get paid flat rate. So they get $75.00 or whatever per install, I'm sure this doesn't help matters any. I know a person who is an actual employee of Comcast and his job is to follow behind all these guys and clean up their mess.

I too have straightened out many a comcast install. After having my first HD box installed by Comcast and arguing with the installer about connections, etc. (I finally gave up, let him do it his way, and then took it all apart when he left and hooked it up correctly) I now just go straight to their office and pickup the box and install myself