Idiot Of The Year

A newspaper columnist is claiming he sees no difference between standard and high defintion broadcasting. WTF? Ever since I got an HD set it’s so hard to watch my old tv, and anything not in HD gets an eyeroll from me it’s so much better.

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15 Responses to “Idiot Of The Year”


  1. Gravatar Icon 1 jerry

    In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real

    I think HDTV is overall not suited for every genre.

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 Farmisht Phoenix

    Well, I really don’t think that’s what he said at all, Oliver. I think what he said is that it’s hilarious to jack around with early-adopter technogeeks.

    And he’s right.

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 mambochicken23

    Is there really an award like this, Oliver? I would love to make it a two-horse race, if I could, and nominate Frank for the honor.

    Frank, stand up and take a bow!

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 Oliver Willis

    Except HD is way past the early adopter phase. and jerry, I’ll have to judge those determinations on a case by case basis :)

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 talboito

    The dude’s column is clearly a joke.

    Not particularly funny, but still a joke.

  6. Gravatar Icon 6 C.S.Strowbridge

    “Except HD is way past the early adopter phase.”

    It’s still early adapter phase cause I haven’t picked one up. Seriously though, the pricesare still way to high to be mainstream yet.

  7. Gravatar Icon 7 chuck

    Ever notice how “humor columnists” usually aren’t funny? I’d go outside and smash his headlights in with a hammer and then tell him “looks the same as it was to me”. Then if he argued more I’d nail him with the hammer and after each blow I’d ask him “you still think you’re funny?”.

  8. Gravatar Icon 8 Quaker in a Basement

    HD or not, the shows still suck.

  9. Gravatar Icon 9 me2i81

    Summary “Go to your friend’s house and make them feel stupid for buying an expensive TV.” Lots of laughs. You’re sure to be invited back.

  10. Gravatar Icon 10 jimmmm

    Humor? More like mid-level douchebaggery. Figures it comes from the city that has embraced Ray Lewis to its heart…

  11. Gravatar Icon 11 Dugger

    “No difference’ is wrong. Way overrrated” is right. Too may other factors affect reception. I’m a cynic, but I bet if you told 50 people a picture was HD (and it really was not), 45 of them would swear its a superior picture.

  12. Gravatar Icon 12 Duros62

    I agree with Dugger.

    (Wow, did I just say that out loud?) :-)

  13. Gravatar Icon 13 nihilistic_disintegration

    Duggster:

    “I bet if you told 50 people a picture was HD (and it really was not), 45 of them would swear its a superior picture.”

    Sure. If those 50 people had never seen HD before. If they had, they would laugh in your face for buying the worst HD TV on the market.

    Also:

    “Way overrrated is right”

    Yeah, because who wants to watch TV with a widescreen crystal-clear picture and 5.1 surround?

    (I see jerry’s point about porn, though.)

  14. Gravatar Icon 14 fd10801

    mambochicken: I’d be glad to…
    It’ll make it easier for you to kiss my ass.

  15. Gravatar Icon 15 doug r

    Sometimes motion is really blurry. I think some broadcasters over compress their signal, what’s the point of all that detail if it’s all blurred.

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