Works great on junk channels too

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Posted by Victor Khomenko on April 29, 2000 at 07:49:49

In Reply to: that's surprising . . . posted by Mart on April 29, 2000 at 07:34:05:

***black & white VHS movies on a HDTV?

My large set-up is not HDTV, it is a good projector with 100" screen. It has a doubler, but it is a 3:4 screen.

***I'd think that the increased clarity would reveal distracting medium limiting artifacts

Actually, I found opposite to be true. Old movies are EXTREMELY enjoyable on a large screen, even if the source is just a VHS. The picture is smooth and utterly involving. I remember the first such film on that large screen - Wages of Fear. I was afraid that I would not want to watch it that way. Turned out that it was just great.

As far as the HDTV set, since there is no HDTV material to watch, I use it for "normal" cable channels. It works exceedingly well. In addition to making the picture smooth and line-free, it also seems to improve the color purity a lot. I have never seen our cable channels that good before - I used to watch on a 27" Trinitron. The aspect ratio is a bit of a problem, but by now we are used to the cropped format. I found that none of several "stretch" modes is worth a penny. They are all awful. With the crop mode you lose some picture, but the net effect is good.

***I thought you'd be expiramenting with different internal parts & circuit designs with your home stuff, or using rare tubes, or economicly inviable to produce.

There is some of that going on, of course. But you still have to maintain that illusive work/home separation. So yes, there ARE those mean amps with unobtainable Russian tubes, but as much as we can, we put whatever is ivailable in production.

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Topic - UB-571 - Tranny 11:39:57 04/27/00 (23)

is Keitel's butt unnecessarily exposed in this movie? (nt) - caa 14:38:17 05/03/00 (0)

Re: UB-571-- comparisons to other WW2 sub movies? - Bruce from DC 12:04:04 04/27/00 (21)

Well its sure no... - Joe S 14:30:58 04/27/00 (20)

Re: Well its sure no... hmmmmm . . . - Bruce from DC 15:22:24 04/27/00 (19)

Re: Well its sure no... hmmmmm . . . - Mart 00:24:44 04/28/00 (5)

Re: Well its sure no... hmmmmm . . . - Victor Khomenko 05:19:26 04/28/00 (3)

that's surprising . . . - Mart 07:34:05 04/29/00 (2)

Works great on junk channels too - Victor Khomenko 07:49:49 04/29/00 (1)

Yes, but to the point ... - Mart 22:02:27 04/30/00 (0)

oops, meant for VK <nt> - Mart 00:25:57 04/28/00 (0)

Hey, if you like sub flicks... - Joe S 21:36:20 04/27/00 (0)

Maybe not accurate but still entertaining> - Tranny 16:03:19 04/27/00 (11)

Definitely not accurate but maybe still entertaining> - Joe S 21:31:25 04/27/00 (5)

Re: Definitely not accurate but maybe still entertaining> - Victor Khomenko 05:15:24 04/28/00 (4)

Re: Definitely not accurate but maybe still entertaining> - Joe S 07:02:31 04/28/00 (3)

LOL, I see.... and how about that Stuka Pilot? - Victor Khomenko 07:17:42 04/28/00 (2)

Or the fighter pilot... - Joe S 09:14:10 04/28/00 (0)

Hans-Ulrich Rudel - The Stuka Pilot - Victor Khomenko 07:46:28 04/28/00 (0)

And speaking of Keitel... - Victor Khomenko 18:37:38 04/27/00 (4)

VK, if you like Harvey.. - Tranny 13:39:48 04/28/00 (1)

Will definitely consider. Thank you. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 14:12:25 04/28/00 (0)

Re: And speaking of Keitel... - Larry S 19:07:14 04/27/00 (1)

Thank you, that sounds right. - Victor Khomenko 19:40:20 04/27/00 (0)

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Works great on junk channels too - Victor Khomenko 07:49:49 04/29/00 (1)

Yes, but to the point ... - Mart 22:02:27 04/30/00 (0)

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