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I really find that astounding.

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At first, I did too... then I start thinking about everything else quality-wise the average person doesn't notice... consider that some people will be below even that baseline and it's not that hard to believe.

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Seeing the difference b/w a vhs tape and dvd video was rather startling even on our old 23" tv. The very day we rented that first dvd we never went back. I haven't used either of our vcrs in nearly 2 years now.

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Even my 63 year old dad, watching DVDs off a $60 Koss player into an RF modulator and into a 198x mono tube TV notices "it's a bit better" but who knows, he could just be saying that to make me feel better after spending the money and time setting them up!

Bren R.

"Even my 63 year old dad..."

I was actually feeling pretty young today, until.....

Don't worry, my Dad's only 53!

Boy, I'm a right bastard!

I remember when my Dad was 53....

It was IN '53!(early 53!)
Oh m'gosh, my Dad was alive in the 1800s! That was not in the last century, but TWO centuries back!

Yikes!!
Rich.

I feel like I was born in 1840.

Yeah, thanks to Bren & Ken....so do I.

(Woah, sounds like a Vaudeville act!)

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So I was at a friend's place tonight, and he and his wife made the comment that they really didn't see what all the fuss about DVD was, VHS looks the same, doesn't it?

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This is when you invite your friend over to watch a movie some night. After the movie you ask him how it compares to watching a movie on a 19" tv with a vcr (or whatever setup they watch movies on.

When my friends come over and ask how much better high def tv really is, I show them the normal broadcast and then show them the same channel in high def. Needless to say, everyone came over to MY house to watch the NFL playoffs and the Superbowl. And add to that a good sound system, you couldn't beat it.

The question I really want to know is "Was it your friend who asked or his wife?" Maybe he was using you to help convince his wife to let him spend some money on a quality home theatre???