I was at Circuit City yesterday, and I saw that almost all of their televisions were displaying the same image... and the Showtime HD logo was in the lower right corner.
I thought to myself, this is odd, why is the HD logo being displayed on TVs that are not HD?
And conversely... are any of these HD sets displaying an HD feed?
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I asked a salesman, and he said they were displaying a special demo DVD from Circuit City. No, it was not HD, he added.
As I shopped some more, I noticed the promos for ABC as well. ABC HD.
This is weird, I said to myself.
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I called Circuit City today, and spoke with a man who said he is the store manager. He told me the feed was from Direct TV. It was just a promo feed from the satellite. It was not in HD, he added.
I was told that some of their RPTVs were maybe possibly capable (in the store) of displaying HD, but usually they don't display HD. Just a DVD or something from satellite. Something that is not HD from satellite.
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What is wrong with CC? Why would any neophyte buy HD when it is displaying DVD quality or less?
I thought to myself, this is odd, why is the HD logo being displayed on TVs that are not HD?
And conversely... are any of these HD sets displaying an HD feed?
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I asked a salesman, and he said they were displaying a special demo DVD from Circuit City. No, it was not HD, he added.
As I shopped some more, I noticed the promos for ABC as well. ABC HD.
This is weird, I said to myself.
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I called Circuit City today, and spoke with a man who said he is the store manager. He told me the feed was from Direct TV. It was just a promo feed from the satellite. It was not in HD, he added.
I was told that some of their RPTVs were maybe possibly capable (in the store) of displaying HD, but usually they don't display HD. Just a DVD or something from satellite. Something that is not HD from satellite.
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What is wrong with CC? Why would any neophyte buy HD when it is displaying DVD quality or less?