Re: SIT CLOSER TO YOUR HDTV

old wive's-tale. Not to worry, sitting close actually improves peripheral vision. i will find the article i read and post it.

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15/20 is not good vision, it means you can only see at 15 feet what the normal person can see at 20 feet. 20/15 means that you can see at 20 feet what the normal person can only see at 15 feet. just in case you're wondering.
actually it is distance the test is conducted/smallest letters you could read. so you read 20/20. standing 15 feet away instead of 20.

Sorry, it beats not being able to distinguish what the url info on the web browser reads...and yeah, it was 20/15, better than 20/20, but this I posted in order to answer an earlier post...

And again, it would be like having glasses and still having to get close to the book to read it...

I'm new and confused.

I'm about ready to buy a blu ray player, just waiting on the new models to come out. After reading this I'm not so sure. I have a 65" Hitachi CRT (1080i) with HDMI, but my viewing distance is about 16 feet away. Do to the room layout, I will not be able to move any closer. I'm more concerned with PQ than audio right now. Would I be wasting my money, or should I just get a high quality upconverter and be happy with that?

mvc
beats not being able to read the url in the web browser?
what does that mean?
I'm just suggesting that maybe you should get your details right before you start posting remarks against others.
Against the OP you denounce having to sit closer, stating no difference. Since his post had something to do with people claiming BR had the same rez as dvd, by attacking that idea, you claimed to be one of those he "accuses". Which fair enough I have noticed coming from your past responses. So basically you defended the anti-BR side and posted information about your visual acuity which, all in all sounded like an exaggerated defense in response to someone, with one slight problem you said the wrong numbers, from a supposed recent trip to the dr.'s, then you changed your answer.
You see I don't particularly care who wins. I just want someone to win and put an end to indecision and confusion. But sometimes i read extremely biased opinions with relatively inaccurate facts coming from the anti-BR side. How this thread turned into an anti BR diatribe is beyond me, but the undertones of "HD is not worth it anymore" or "better options than BR" currently flooding through this forum are hardly inconspicuous. It would just be nice, for once, if people Accepted without "Except......"ing

First of all, I was saying that now that I have a better eyesight (specially since I wasn't able to distinguish what the URL on a website said), and I can enjoy video better, I think it's, IMO, not that bright to sit 3 feet away from the TV, and even when my HDTV is 32" and it is 8 feet away, it looks really good.

Second, having being and maybe still being the HD 'fanboy' that I am, doesn't mean that I have to attack blu-ray...all that most of us HD DVD users denounce is the inability of Sony to release a reliable player for the format, that is within most of us pockets.

And remember, this thread is about 'in order to get more detail from your HDTV, you need to sit closer' kinda...which, yet again, and again, IMO, I think it's a worthless technology, because I assume that within 8 feet, most of us who have a normal and good eyesight, can actually perceive more detail than with SD DVD (regardless of upconversion).

Also, calm down, you are way too emotional with this, really, no offense and no joke. And, BTW, I'm one of the least biased person in this forum, I don't know where you get your claims, specially when most of you can't...

mvc i want you to understand that this is not specifically against you. This is against all the exaggerations and predictions and bitterness that goes on in this forum.
yes i do know that you are one of the least biased, but sometimes your comments really spur the HDDVDRIP fanboys. I know it's not intentional.
I agree sitting closer to a tv should not be practical, but that is not the nature of the HDTV realm in the first place. These are products that costs small fortunes to build up, and by no necessity is any one of them necessary.
If you have good vision, then by all means you can get a few extra feet out of the deal, but for the rest of us (20/20 me) if you are going to spend lots of money on something with lots of PQ and such, then it might be a good idea to have a semi disposable income from which to support the need for HD so that maybe you can buy a 70" tv for that 20 foot long livingroom you have. Yaknow?
It's really not against you specifically mvc, just that, you are a minority (visually) speaking for a majority. I've always tried to make my posts as light as possible, i was just illustrating the image that you put out there.

See, I have a 'normal' eyesight now, I didn't use to couple of months back, and I think the majority (that doesn't mean 99%, maybe 60-70%) of people have a good eyesight.

In regards HDTV, I don't find the usefulness of having to sit close to the HDTV in order to get more 'detail', I just don't find it, and so far, when somebody says why, it's not convincing, it's not common sense, it doesn't make any sense. Don't get me wrong, I love technology, movies, and 'huge' HDTVs, but for me to sit 10 inches away from the TV (yes, I'm exagerating), is a big NO.

Again, it's my own personal opinion...and then after that we have the HD DVD/blu-ray thing, which is done, then the 'new' DVD2...and our pockets? Still bleeding, ugh!

actually, mvc
if your eyesight is 20/20, you are considered to have "perfect eyesight". normal eyesight is probably between 20/20 and 20/40.

i agree. Because of this confusion, getting more support and economy scale sales is sadly still far away. The reason why my BR's are not cheaper is because not enough people buy them compared to dvds. yet.

I just want a reliable dedicated blu-ray player (that won't bleed the blood that's still left in my body) so that I can play my Ratatouille (Cars when I get around to buy it), and any future Pixar releases...and some new movies that I will like...is that too much to ask?

mvckalel, John the reviewer here hasn't had any playback problems with his BD30. Perhaps that's one to consider?