One In Five Consumers Can't Tell Between SD and HD

Reports like this rarely ever surprise me, but this one just goes to show the sad state that HDTV adoption is in. PC World reports that 1 in 5 consumers can't tell the difference between standard-definition and high-definition. Check the quote below:

"Given the general consumer confusion surrounding HDTV-all those mind-numbing specs like 1080p and HDMI aren't easy to grasp-it's no surprise that many buyers are still clueless. Standard content that's stretched to fill the entire screen may look funny, but at least the picture's big. Problem is, buyers may start to wonder why they abandoned their tube TV for a pricey set with a worse picture. The halfhearted roll-out of HD service by cable providers isn't helping either. Optional high-definition service often includes only a dozen or so highly compressed HD channels, which look pretty crappy and don't do justice to HD's potential. Retailers could do more to help too. Just 42 percent of HDTV owners say they were told to get high-def programming when they bought their sets."

'Slowly shaking my head'.... How pathetic is this?

I have to say that viewing both SD and HD together, you would have to be blind not to see the difference between the two. You know what, the hell with that.... You don't have to see them together, just look at a HD produced show and you can tell. Perhaps this is the reason that Blu-Ray has not taken off as expected, because consumers just don't understand how or what HD is.

Please..... someone educate these people!!!

RIAA Comes Up With Fake News Segment

Boy you just can't make this stuff up!!!

The RIAA has launched a new campaign in the fight against pirated music, this time by creating their own fake news segment. taking on the apperance of a local news segment, the RIAA warns consumers that record companies do not sell CD's on street corners, that pirated CD's sound "atrocious" even though it's a digital to digital copy, and my favorite; watch for CD's with too many good songs on them.

WATCH OUT FOR CD'S WITH TOO MANY GOOD SONGS ON THEM?

That last one might be the reason that the record industry is losing money RIAA. Perhaps you might want to try the idea of putting a lot of good songs on a CD, consumers might even buy them. That statement sums up the record industries total mind set.

RIAA Fake News! [Live Leak via Crunchgear]

Franz Ferdinand: File Sharring Friendly

Amazing concept....

When singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand was asked about illegally downloading music, he said…

“I like the idea that, because of downloading, people are going to buy songs only if they are good. I think that’s a positive thing. It means lazy bands aren’t going to get away with giving you one hit single and an album full of filler. We like the idea that every song should stand up in its own right so you don’t have to listen to a song in the context of an album to understand it. I suppose that’s why I’m sympathetic to the download environment.”

According to Crunchgear.... 'the band went so far as to explicitly encourage fans to download their new David Bowie cover via file sharing services. I’m not sure how their record label feels about these recent comments, but I seem to remember back in 2000 that The Offspring tried to make their “Conspiracy Of One” album a 100-percent free download and Columbia Records blew a gasket.

Just goes to show you that although the labels are against free music downloads, the bands themselves don’t always feel the same.'

Thanks to Crunchgear for this article and information.

Franz Ferdinand Encourage Fans to Pirate New Track [TorrentFreak via Crunchgear]