# Does anyone else find HD, eh, disracting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127 "2014-04-15T01:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127/41 "2014-04-18T14:33:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Every now and then I get distracted. I remember seeing an episode of _Revolution_ where the were walking through a market. I started to focus in on the extras in the background. I used to catch the beginning of a show that came on after a show I was watching. I have no idea what this show is or even who is in it. I would watch the opening scene because it took place in a restaurant, and one of the extras was extremely attractive. ---
**Author:** ![longinus876](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@longinus876](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longinus876)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127/42 "2014-12-28T15:00:27Z")
Yes, i find HD distracting. A couple of thoughts. You pay all that money and you have to get used to it? The higher the resolution, the lower your imagination. Old movies are nicer to look at than new ones. All this is true. Don’t take a bat to it yet. I noticed a couple of sets where an old BW western was on. Yes, you are right. I couldn’t believe it looked like a soap opera. Here’s the logic. I worked on a soap, so i have some insight. Part of the reason that a soap opera looks like it does is that the cameras are strange creatures, and the video men are more strange. If you google a thing called “Gamma”, it will explain the relationship between what comes into the lens and what actually ends up being displayed. Well TVs have gamma too. If they’re not set right, they make beautifully photographed pictures look like shit. This is something most people really don’t give a crap about. You spotted it, so you should nose around and see what you can find. The problem is fixable, but i’m not familiar w/ all the nuances of adjusting HD TVs. I can tell you that the setup should be gone over and please tell me how you do w/ it. I’m interested in all these annoying things. Thanks…a ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127/43 "2014-12-28T16:56:47Z")
[quote=] WOOKINPANUB Does anyone else find HD, eh, disracting? Seeing as I’m about three years behind, technology wise, I suspect this subject has already been discussed, What can I say, my TV is a 300 lb. crt deal and I still have a flip phone. [/quote] You’re a lot more than 3 years behind… > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > With my first HDTV back in 2006, I found a good way to ease into watching it and appreciating the level of detail was to watch nature oriented shows, like Animal Planet or something that showed a lot of natural scenery. I remember being blown away looking at the grass, of all things and being able to distinguish individual blades of them. And that was in 720p! Yep. I bought my first HDTV in time to watch The Masters (golf tournament) and we were amazed that you could see individual grains of sands in the bunkers. And Augusta is just amazingly beautiful in the spring, with the flora reflecting in the ponds. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127/44 "2014-12-28T17:08:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I bought a 42" Sony HD LED TV almost a year and a half ago. Since the crematorium ashes have rained down upon Resurrection Cemetery, I’ll go ahead and correct this. It’s actually a 46" TV. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127/45 "2014-12-28T17:43:50Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Only when watching porn. Some things really shouldn’t be in super hi-def. QFT. Everybody thought HD would be a natural fit for pornos, but when you can see every zit, bruise, and stretch-mark, it is not quite as appealing. Don’t get me wrong–it gets the job done–but the technology does not help it at all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127/46 "2014-12-29T01:51:26Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > First time I watched 1040hd, I couldn’t stop staring at the veins in the announcer’s eyeballs. > > Oh, don’t get me started on blu-ray either. I hate blu ray. Sony needs to get beaten with a pipe. Oh please, bluray looks better than DVD even on an SD set. Unless maybe you’re using a set made in the 70’s or earlier, in which case nothing would look good on that. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127/47 "2014-12-29T03:18:19Z")
> [@longinus876](#): > > Old movies are nicer to look at than new ones. I hate to tell you this, but old movies were filmed on film… which have a higher resolution than current HD TV’s. So the old movies in theaters were arguably even more sharp than HD. > **[Image resolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_resolution)** > > Image resolution is the level of detail of an image. The term applies to digital images, film images, and other types of images. "Higher resolution" means more image detail. > Image resolution can be measured in various ways. Resolution quantifies how close lines can be to each other and still be visibly resolved. Resolution units can be tied to physical sizes (e.g. lines per mm, lines per inch), to the overall size of a picture (lines per picture height, also known simply as lines, TV lines, or TV... > [@](#): > > Film > > 35 mm film is scanned for release on DVD at 1080 or 2000 lines as of 2005. > > The actual resolution of 35 mm camera original negatives is the subject of much debate. Measured resolutions of negative film have ranged from 25-200 lp/mm, which equates to a range of 325 lines for 2-perf, to (theoretically) over 2300 lines for 4-perf shot on T-Max 100.[3][4][5] Kodak states that 35mm film has the equivalent of 6K resolution according to a Senior Vice President of IMAX.[6] > > A 15 perforation 70mm IMAX film negative captures at an estimated 18K, which is the equivalent of 18,000 horizontal pixels.[6] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-hd-eh-disracting/686127.md?page=2)