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Old 26-04-2008, 13:25   #8
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Re: Picture Ratio Problem

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Originally Posted by higgsfield View Post
..CD is undeniably superior to vinyl in many aspects of fidelity (not to mention convenience)..
so is a knife & fork

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..CD is free from the affects of vinyl mastering constraints (frequency, dynamics limiting).
so is a knife & fork

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.....is less fragile (scratches, pops, surface noise, runble).
so is a knife & fork


and your point being?

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..CD is superior in:-

Robustness/fragility (free from scratches pops).
not nearly as robust as a knife & fork

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..Cost (playback hardware).
no way - a knife & fork is much cheaper than a CD

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..Running costs (you don't need to replace lasers as often as stylii).
you'll *never* need to replace a laser in a knife & fork

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..P.P.S. sorry for droning on.
Couldn't help showing you how poor that argument was for buying a CD - don't take up politics

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Originally Posted by charliestumpy View Post
... Most shops selling 16:9 overpriced 'HD Ready' to us dopey consumers are quite happy to display artificially 'stretched' fat-peeps pictures ...
have to agree - this being a pet rant of mine - i still can't beleive how it was legal to stitch up so many people based on ignorance

likewise 99.99999999% of consumers being stitched with HD TV today *think* everything on it will be HD (nip down to Currys and ask them) - if there was any legal obligation to tell them the truth (nothing is in HD without an HD source they haven't got) they just wouldn't buy one

it is no different from mis-sold endowment mortgages and i anticipate a legal backlash - some companies are anticipating this too since they are now advertising in-store about HD source requirments for HD TV

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