When you go buy a television now there are some numbers like 1080p and 720p. That is the amount of lines you see on a screen, the larger the number, the clearer the image is. That is also what people refer to as HD. With the days of regular tube televisions (the bulky thing) the max lines that are available to your viewing pleasure is 480 lines. So enough with the definition of what the technology is.
There seem to be a general push in society about things that are visually appealing. So a clearer picture is something good. Many televisions shows, even youtube has started pushing out HD content. I am actually curious what everyday, people who don't care much about what they watch care about this high definition phenomenon.
One thing that comes to mind is people who watch things off youtube. I think the content being played is far more important than any other factor. If you truely enjoy a certain show, or want to watch your favourite actor/actress then I think those people will watch it off anything like a small screen on youtube, very pixelated picture quality.
Another medium which has pretty bad picture quality are those pirated movies that people film with their camcorders in the theatre. Sometimes depending on the film which requires lots of big sound to get the perfect exploding effect, or a hair pin dropping, or someone chasing a character in a horror film requires the full movie theatre experience. When a person watches something like that off youtube, its a total different experience, and might have a different opinion about the film, but again, down to it, when the story is not so great, no matter how well the sound and image is, it will be a bad film.
I've inquired from a few people people and they cannot tell the difference between the high defintion video than that of regular non high defintion. I don't know what the reason for this is, and cannot come to a conclusion or a theory behind this. But I personally enjoy watching things with more details during a sporting event and even a movie. The only good thing for people who cannot tell is that they won't have a bias opionion about the quality since they cannot tell the difference, because once you start liking the good quality stuff all the time, its hard to go back.
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I don't think it's that they can't tell - visual accuity probably isn't the issue. It's probably more a matter of indifference; their lives don't revolve around technology, and they'd be just as happy staring at a camp fire or into a book.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of technology, what I find interesting about the push for detail is that it's controlled by people (companies) who need to find new ways to get money out of you.
I have a 720p LCD, and I'll probably upgrade to another 1080p LCD soon enough - but I don't have a Blu ray player - yet...
However, if the technology never continued to get better, how could they find ways to make money off us? Different colour tvs (Apple approach) isn't going to hook people. The amount of money companies spend on R&D compared to how much they make as a result of that technology is what I find most intersting - b/c of the whole cost/benefit analysis. They're probably making money hand over fist as a result of driving innovation.
Have you seen the beautiful LED LCDs?! They're going to continue to get thinner and thinner! And in a few years we're going to be pushed the OLEDs, which are going to be paper thin, much brighter/sharper, and then what... LED LCDs will be the passe technology. =P
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