Video Asylum

Posted by petew (A) on January 08, 2002 at 13:34:08

In Reply to: Re: decision time posted by Rich H on January 08, 2002 at 09:21:06:

what's puzzling about the whole business of High Definition video is how little anyone seems to know about it. After all, High Definition has been around for 20 years, 30 even (I do believe that HDTV has been announced as "comming" every single year since 1970, which by the way was the same year we were told that "In 20 years all the oil will be gone!"

Well, here it is 30 years later, and you still can't get HDTV (except in Japan) while gasoline is more plentyful and less expensive than at any time in it's history (in the US).

So I suspect there's a fraud, a vast Right Wing conspiracy to prevent the far left Liberals from seeing The West Wing in 1080i.

Take the high-end retailers for example. It used to be that automobile salesmen were the kings of not knowing a damned thing about the products they sell, but today, here in the 21st century, it's the people who sell audio/video. They are the most clueless bunch since the Republican Congress that thought they could force Bill Clinton out of office (only Bill Clinton himself could do that, and even he had a hard time of it).

And the entheusast magazines and websites...even worse! They spit and foam and spew as if they know what the hell they are thinking, but if you look behind the curtain, what you'll find is a direct connection to the advertizing/marketing consultants of Madison Avenue.
Their knowledge only goes as far as the colorful brochure, if that.

None, I say again, NONE of these (pardon the expression) salesmen have this gear in their homes, and they wouldn't dream of trying to install/hook it up themselves. They know better. There's probably only three people in the world who know how to dial in an HDTV antenna, cable and ground it properly, figure out the best way to wire the DVD, VCR, Satellite, preamps, monitor, video processor, amps and speakers with the video in such a way that you can get by with only 65 remotes, and two of them never leave Japan.

I've been to every audio/video store within 2 hours drive of my house and not a single one has a single person who knows more about audio and video than I do, and I don't know shit.

Need any more proof? OK, check out the inputs on the Panasonic TH42PWD4: there are two High Definition inputs: RGB/component on BNC, and the 15pin sub D.

Now, check out the Panasonic TU-HD20S HDTV satellite receiver: it outputs component video on **** RCA JACKS **** and doesn't even have the sub d output. WHICH MEANS PANASONIC'S HDTV SATELLITE RECEIVER/DECODER IS INCOMPATABLE WITH PANASONIC'S BEST TELEVISIONS!!!!!

No wonder everyone in the asylum is insane.