Digital TV Secrets

Torin Douglas writes an article in this week's Marketing Week which pretty clearly explains the whole situation at the moment regarding digital TV.

First of all he points out that one of the things most people don't tell you is that many flat screen TVs aren't as good as old cathode ray tubes. I still have a Sony that's over ten years old now, but still looks better than many sets displayed in shops. Of course how the average Currys.digital store displays their TVs may not always be to the products' best advantage.

But Douglas writes that Mike Briggs from Which? recently told The Independent that "Chances are, normal TV programmes won't look as good on a flat-panel set as on a conventional box."

Douglas goes on to explain the difference between HD compatible and HD Ready. Then there's the question of what exactly is HD, with different resolutions available.

One way or another modern day consumer electronics is becoming unnecessarily complicated with DVD+R/DVD-R/DVD-RAM to be followed now by HD-DVD/Blu-Ray. Never mind Wi-Fi network standards...