Has High Definition made us jaded or snobbish?

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Remember when you first bought your HDTV? You may or may not have had immediate access to HD shows, but you enjoyed the hell out of having a new 16:9 TV. Probably first on your block.

Remember the moment you first saw HD in your home? Sure, seeing it in the showroom is nice, but once it appears in your home, your sense of values changes. You sat in superior snobbery enjoying the glories of HDTV when most of your friends and family still have that tv from 10 years ago. You have arrived. You are better than other people. Welcome to the 21st century!

You didn't care what you watched at first, you were simply awestruck by the image and sound. You sat and watched sports and TV shows you otherwise have no interest in just for the sheer enjoyment of the HD experience. I am no fan of sports myself, but to this day I will still stop and watch a few moments of a sports event simply for being in high def 16:9.

Some of us, mostly the younger generation, refuse to watch anything which isn't at least 4:3 high def. A few others won't watch anything less than 16:9!

Now look at us. Spoiled with HDTV and blu-ray. Some of us will never watch another DVD if we can help it. We still complain about every little picture artifact or the mere fact the sound wasn't high definiton enough for us. We used to see those things as forgiveable flaws because the experience was otherwise 98% perfect.

Have we come to expect too much? Will classic tv reruns die off because they are in B&W or standard definiton? Have we become that jaded in so short a time?