My Zen Arcade

So, last night, we were watching American Idol.  Now, because of some weirdness we’ve yet to understand, we have to watch this on the non-HD channel, even though we are supposed to get the HD channel as well.  For whatever reason, it is shockingly unreliable.

Anyhow, we watch Idol starting 15 minutes late on our direct TV DVR (so we can skip commercials).  Right as it ends, we accidentally switch from the recording to the HD channel with Idol on it.  Surprisingly, we are actually getting the broadcast.

The difference in video quality was like a slap to the face.  We only caught the last two or three minutes of recap, but it was just stunning how much better it looked. 

You don’t usually get to see that kind of side-by-side, but never forget, the difference between standard and HD is not slight.

WOW