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Originally Posted by ken0042
I'm sure it looks great Shane. I know when I had my Bell HD box connected to my SDTV it also looked amazing. Then during SuperBowl I borrowed a true HDTV and left my old SDTV connected as well- trying to give the "sports bar" look to my house. As soon as the better TV was connected the old one looked like crap.
I'm not saying that an EDTV will look like crap. I'm saying an HDTV will look so much better; so instead of buying a EDTV plasma; buy an HDTV LCD and enjoy a better picture.
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There is a big, big difference between sending an hd signal to a SDTV and sending it to an EDTV.
For one you are displaying it at 2/3s the resolution of even SDTV, since you are only taking advantage of the middle 2/3s of the picture. You are watching something like 640x350 interlaced. It looks better than regular tv because the feed is so much cleaner. An EDTV will display at 852x480 progressive. That is a huge improvement. No interlace lines for one thing.
The next thing is, you are sending an ATSC signal to an edtv through component cables or HDMI, which takes advantage of the better ATSC colour system. This is going give much better colours and picture, than an HDTV signal downconverted to NTSC. You are getting most of the benefits of HDTV in a good EDTV plasma.
Most people can't tell a difference between the HD and ED 42 inch panasonic plasma fed by hd signals side by side from over about 10 feet away.