Comments on: Idiot Of The Year http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:57:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: doug r http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55886 doug r Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:21:31 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55886 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. 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.

]]> By: fd10801 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55885 fd10801 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:14:21 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55885 mambochicken: I'd be glad to... It'll make it easier for you to kiss my ass. mambochicken: I’d be glad to…
It’ll make it easier for you to kiss my ass.

]]> By: nihilistic_disintegration http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55884 nihilistic_disintegration Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:27:54 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55884 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.) 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.)

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55883 Duros62 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:05:48 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55883 I agree with Dugger. (Wow, did I just say that out loud?) :-) I agree with Dugger.

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

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55882 Dugger Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:53:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55882 "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. “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.

]]> By: jimmmm http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55881 jimmmm Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:34:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55881 Humor? More like mid-level douchebaggery. Figures it comes from the city that has embraced Ray Lewis to its heart... Humor? More like mid-level douchebaggery. Figures it comes from the city that has embraced Ray Lewis to its heart…

]]> By: me2i81 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55880 me2i81 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:40:23 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55880 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. 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.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55879 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:36:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55879 HD or not, the shows still suck. HD or not, the shows still suck.

]]> By: chuck http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55878 chuck Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:41:16 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55878 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?". 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?”.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55877 C.S.Strowbridge Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:40:41 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55877 "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. “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.

]]> By: talboito http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55876 talboito Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:34:17 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55876 The dude's column is clearly a joke. Not particularly funny, but still a joke. The dude’s column is clearly a joke.

Not particularly funny, but still a joke.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55875 Oliver Willis Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:36:26 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55875 Except HD is way past the early adopter phase. and jerry, I'll have to judge those determinations on a case by case basis :) Except HD is way past the early adopter phase. and jerry, I’ll have to judge those determinations on a case by case basis :)

]]> By: mambochicken23 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55874 mambochicken23 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:25:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55874 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! 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!

]]> By: Farmisht Phoenix http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55873 Farmisht Phoenix Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:27:49 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55873 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. 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.

]]> By: jerry http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/01/22/idiot-of-the-year/#comment-55872 jerry Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:43:06 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=3502#comment-55872 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/business/media/22porn.html?em&ex=1169614800&en=a02bc9090d122b96&ei=5087" rel="nofollow">In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real</a> I think HDTV is overall not suited for every genre. In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real

I think HDTV is overall not suited for every genre.

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