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windbane on 10 April 2007
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your mother said:

"And I just wanna say that a HD internet browser is better for news. :)"

I'd disagree. At home with my PC I have 1080-equivalent resolution and I invariably find myself either squinting to read the text, pushing my face closer to the monitor, or increasing the font size to improve legibility.

This is on a computer monitor, where you tend to be quite close to the screen. On my HDTV I sit about 3m away, and typical screen font sizes (11pt, 12pt) cause the exact same problem I encounter with my PC, but are exacerbated by the viewing distance. Therefore, I normally increase the font size anyway.

Therefore, I find that, in terms of legibility and normal HDTV usage (read: not sitting right next to it like a monitor) having HD or SD is not the issue; it's the overall legibility; and in this case, with HD or SD, having a large, legible font is what's important, and moots HD right from the start.

In other words: HD can certainly display far more text per screen than SD can, but given normal HDTV usage you are going to boot the font size to that of SD displays anyway, hence no HD benefit.


Sorry you have to squint.  I've been using my res for years with no problem.  One thing about HDTVs is they are generally larger than monitors (even though most can be used as such anyway), so for me having more on the screen is better.  It's clearly apparent with the completely different look of the Playstation Network, like I said.  Sony literally produced 2 different looks for HD and SD, and HD looks a lot more professional.