Actually, I think you would doing her more of a favor by saying "No, it's not" given the fact that she's buying a DVD. It sounds to me like she's trying to find out if she's buying HD media (HD-DVD, Blyray) vs. buying SD media (DVD) as opposed to trying to find out at what quality the movie was originally filmed in. You don't want to say "Yes, it's shot in HD" and then have her find out later that her DVD is in fact not in HD. Better to just say "No" to her right away.
I actually don't blame people for being ignorant of the technology, if they don't want to put in the effort to learn, that's fine. But I do get fed up with people who are just plain wrong and spread rumors and myths about technology, like Plasma burn-in for example. I have a friend who insists that modern plasma still suffers from burn-in, which just isn't true. Well, technically, I suppose you could get burn-in on a plasma, but it would have to be on the same picture for weeks like in an airport terminal or something.
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Actually, I think you would doing her more of a favor by saying "No, it's not" given the fact that she's buying a DVD. It sounds to me like she's trying to find out if she's buying HD media (HD-DVD, Blyray) vs. buying SD media (DVD) as opposed to trying to find out at what quality the movie was originally filmed in. You don't want to say "Yes, it's shot in HD" and then have her find out later that her DVD is in fact not in HD. Better to just say "No" to her right away.
I actually don't blame people for being ignorant of the technology, if they don't want to put in the effort to learn, that's fine. But I do get fed up with people who are just plain wrong and spread rumors and myths about technology, like Plasma burn-in for example. I have a friend who insists that modern plasma still suffers from burn-in, which just isn't true. Well, technically, I suppose you could get burn-in on a plasma, but it would have to be on the same picture for weeks like in an airport terminal or something.