jefforange89 on 06 January 2010
| Senlis said: I think Vlad's original point was the ambiguity of the word 'HD'. What does high imply in definition? The name itself doesn't specify anything and is just a marketing term to make products sound good. That, and a lot of consumers don't even know what it means beyond "picture looks better". |
This.
I can remember when my friend had just gotten his Blackberry.
"Oh, the screen is so great, it's HD quality!"
When obviously, it was probably barely SD.
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