Kasz216 on 24 December 2007
| Borkachev said: I haven't yet seen a single HDTV with HD tuner, they all have SD tuners built-in. Uh, what? There isn't really such a thing as an "HD tuner." There are digital (ATSC) tuners, which receive digital broadcasts, which may or may not be HD. Virtually every HDTV ever made has one of these -- the ones that don't have to be called "HD Ready" or "HD monitors" rather than HDTVs. Most of them also have analog (NTSC) tuners, but that doesn't keep them from receiving HD signals. And earlier this year, august perhaps, there was a worldwide poll in Everybody Votes Channel, about is your TV widescreen, and only about half of the voters had widescreen, meaning half was still playing with 4:3 TV:s. And assuming that the people who have their Wiis online are more tech orientated people, the result was surprising. So, i'm a little sceptic about the research in the OP. It could be possible, but i still see the number a little high. Well, I would hope that work done by the Nielson Group is a little more scientific than the Everybody Votes Channel. For instance, one factor that could confound that poll is the possibility that people who are still amused by entertainment polls are a less tech-savvy group as a whole (and I say that without any snideness). |
They really don't Nielson actually is quite known in the US for sucking, but being aroudn just because it's been around forever. Their studies are usually full of holes... even their tried and true TV tests are horrible measures.
