How Many things....

 

Can we label as HD??

 

I have to ask, really I am getting truly fed up of people putting this useless label on things which do not require it! By Definition (Get it?) thanks to some Wiki bashing, HD refers to High Definition, which in turn relates to Television broadcasts, High resolution pictures usually at 1080p (The P standing for progressive scan which redraws the entire picture in every frame, as opposed to 1080i which is interlaced which redraws the odd lines, then the even every other frame) it can also relate to sound quality generally things recorded above 24-bit or 48/khz.

 

Things HD should not apply to the following:

 

Wireless lan equipment,

 

Please do not use the Definition for wireless signals, we are talking bandwidth or frequency here not Definition. You may use these other acceptable Luke sanctioned terms…

 

• High Frequency
• High Band
• High Power
• High End Power
• Similar variations on those listed above.

 

You get the idea.

 

Binoculars / Telescopes / optical equipment

 

STOP CALLING YOUR NEW BINOS FUCKING HD…seriously, as long as we aren’t looking through Clingfilm I would argue that our eyes are seeing in Highest Definition. Again use terms such as high power or at least put the zoom rating instead of HD. It’s misleading and using HD almost as a brand not a piece of information.

 

Radio Equipment

 

Fair enough you can receive a HD signal on your radio, or transmit one or both…but your product is NOT HD! It receives High Definition signals, which are as I discussed earlier recordings up in the 48/Khz range…this in itself is pretty meaty, (on a side note, I dread to think of the bandwidth overhead an analogue signal would be, thank god for digital)

 

This was sparked when an advert popped up and thus prompting the last category here

 

Computing Experience

 

Now I have seen this touted a few times,

 

“A HD computing experience” This nugget of HD arse comes from a Citrix advert promoting it’s new virtual remote desktop solutions. And I swear it said it right there, a HD experience, why is the experience HD, it fucking isn’t, if it can deliver HD video from a remote machine then this is another matter, it is not delivering the HD content, this is done by the streaming or the remote machine, all it is doing is allowing a wider bandwidth remote session. Let me proffer this solution to your fucking idiotic problem,

 

“Capable of delivering high definition media over a remote connection*

 

*High Definition media delivery dependant on connection speed”

 

This solves your problems and mine, now bugger off with your HD Citrix, stick it up your arse.

 

 

If you have any more suggestions on things that are HD and shouldn’t be then please let me know.

 

Luke Signing out.