It’s Only Zeros and Ones
For some people, DTV is a lot more zeros than ones. The assumption that things will be perfect next month is not exactly correct if they aren’t so perfect now. What exactly is perfect though?
If beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, then certainly DTV is a clear winner. You can see details never before possible. I remember seeing shows in color for the first time, and noticing wallpaper patterns that I’d never noticed before in black and white. Question is though, how much detail can your eyes see?
I encounter folks every week that say their TV is just fine now, and there’s no reason to change it. Then others that are raving about the picture looking so realistic it’s like looking out a window. The human eye is easily fooled, and different people perceive details differently.
I was just reading an article on Switched.com about a company that plans to produce film for the Polaroid instant cameras. There is some merit to it, especially when you consider the ease of sharing pictures in your hands versus holding up a 1.2″ cell phone camera screen to a room ful of viewers. It’s not just nostalgia, it’s a cool look and feel the pictures have. They weren’t incredibly sharp or detailed, but something about them just looks good. It’s the same as some of my musician friends that prefer the rich sound of a tube amp over a solid state amp. Different people are “tuned into” to it differently.
We have fallen in love with lo fi music players with ear buds, and many have forgotten what a true hi fi stereo sounds like. With many TV sets coming with small tinny sounding speakers, you might not know how great a 5.1 surround sound system can be.
But for some, those small speakers are just fine. That analog TV is just fine. Even that VHS machine is perfectly acceptable. The good thing about digital technology is scalability. You can fit what you want into your budget, and upgrade one piece at a time to build the ultimate home theatre. And yes, I do suggest that investment. You can do it at your own pace and the end result will be phenomenal.
Learn to walk first, get the antenna setup right, then add on components to build your system. You will get used to the clarity and crisp picture, and be amazed when that airplane sound comes through the middle your room as it flys toward the camera.
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