bigfilsing wrote:Bit confused that we are all getting "wound up" by mega pixels this and high definition that.
Take your computer screen. Let say you've raided the bank and bought a 21 inch LCD screen . You run a high res graphics card licking out 1600 X 1200 on your screen that means 1,920,000 pixels ( not even 2 mega pixels) so your never going to see you 4 mega pixel image on your screen in one go.
The only benifit i can see is if you want to print A4 600dpi ( then you'd need a 31+ mega pixel camera)
or if you want to zoom in on your captured image.
For every day use we don;t need all these mega pixels yet we all get caught in the chase for more is better.
High definition is another classic con.
To date there are no true high definition sources available. Yes there's plasmas that claim to be high def or high def ready. But you still can't buy a true high def screen yet.
I think the less tech informed amoungst us are being conned.
Just yesterday i had a colleague about to part with some serious cash for a plasma that was supposidly "high def" Thinking his standard image from his SCV box would be great.
Beware!
I tend to agree with you, although the race is on to match that of a film camera, and they have quite a way to go, before they can do that. the more pixels, the more definition, but like you say, we don't really need it. 3 mega seems enough for anyone, although the photography freaks will disagree.
With regards to HD ready, again the consumer is conned through the, the transfer from CRT, it is a marketing and business strategy, that is required to pay for the research and development costs, of reaching the ultimate level of consumer, TV. with factories costing billions of $$$, to produce the LCD & Plasma screens,, the development progress, is slow and expensive, in fact the manufacturers, are only just scraping through, by their bottoms, to make a living.
And lets face it, I was looking at a 42" Samsung, under the brand HPC for 1,699$ one cannot complain at the price, many people was paying that, for a 19 PC monitor, only 6 years ago.
But I do agree, those that have an idea of what it is all about, do not buy, straight away, because we know, what is going on in the tech arena.
I was also disappointed, with my Minolta digital D5 SLR camera, when i tried to connect to the CRT monitor, the photo's are crap, but on PC screen they are fine, it's all about the technologies, matching the appliances used. HDR may well sound good, but we are along way off, digital broadcasting, although some companies do transmit digital.
It's a very expensive and long process to convert to digital, yet, the actual digital chips, to convert over are not that expensive, so yes we all get ripped off. With fancy words and marketing. thats life in the fast lane! Not so bad if your rich.
Boring reading but worth the time.
