Why I Have Little Faith In Society

I have no shame in admitting support for a genocide of stupid people. There are tons of people on this planet who plague society with their stupidity and are clinging on to the bottom run of the social ladder.

HDTV has been around for over 5 years and should now be in a majority of homes, and yet many of those owners have no clue what high definition (HD) is. Why? Because, 35% of owners don’t even know that they need to either purchase an HD antenna or subscribe to HD programming, therefore they are not actually watching HD shows on their HDTV. Buying an HDTV doesn’t just magically change your image to HD quality. If you do subscribe to the proper programming, hopefully you understand that only about 20-30 stations are currently broadcast in high definition, and not all programs are recorded for HD quality, but for some reason I think some of you don’t know this. If you have a 16:9, aka widescreen, television, have yuou ever noticed the black bars on the side? Those bars usually mean the show, or commercial, is not filmed in high definition. Lastly, and this one is a bit more understandable, but in order to get a HD image on your television, you need the right cables. Your usual RCA wires – red, yellow, white – are not going to produce the image you could with say an HDMI cable.

For more evidence of the bottom rung, check out the results of an HD survey done by Best Buy. Oh and before you start thinking that I am promoting Best Buy in any way, I’m not. You have the internet right in front of you so do some research and understand what you have bought, or are going to buy so you don’t become a victim.

To help, allow me to offer some of my own advice:

1. Call your cable/satellite provider and ask whether you already have HD programming. Usually this requires that you are already subscribed to the digital line up, and have added the HD tier (runs about $10 for me). You can also purchase an HD antenna which will receive a few of your local stations, but you get the usual quality of an antenna.
2. If you do have the service, then most likely your provider has you plugged in correctly. You will probably find three color plugs in the back of your television – red, blue, and green. For better quality I might suggest an HDMI cable which can be purchased online for A LOT less then you would find at Best Buy.
3. Lastly, remember that not all channels are HD so familiarize yourself with which are, and which are not, so you can truly enjoy the HD experience.