Originally posted by: Dunbar
HDTV is capable of looking better but in the real world better quality DVD's look just as good if not better than HD. Satellite and cable compress HD just like other programming so it doesn't always look as good as it can. The big advantage to HD and good DVD's is the ability to watch them on a large screen and still have it look good. I can't wait for HD-DVD
Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Wait until you see 1080p resolution HDTV come out.
I've seen it before and it is UNBELIEVABLE. I have 1080i HDTV now and it looks fantastic but 1080p will blow the doors off of 1080i.
1080p looks 3 dimensional. Almost like little people running around inside the TV.
Really the only difference is in scenes with lots of action/movement. In 1080i, the fast-moving scene "seems" to have lower resolution than 1080p because its only drawing half the screen at once. In scenery shots though its hard to see a difference.Originally posted by: Stefan
Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Wait until you see 1080p resolution HDTV come out.
I've seen it before and it is UNBELIEVABLE. I have 1080i HDTV now and it looks fantastic but 1080p will blow the doors off of 1080i.
1080p looks 3 dimensional. Almost like little people running around inside the TV.
That's quite the sales pitch
Originally posted by: Ornery
"About HBO, etc. Depends on the transfer. Sometimes it comes from the film itself..."
They're actually rolling film, and broadcasting that in real time? If not, what media is it stored on to broadcast?
Originally posted by: Dunbar
HDTV is capable of looking better but in the real world better quality DVD's look just as good if not better than HD. Satellite and cable compress HD just like other programming so it doesn't always look as good as it can. The big advantage to HD and good DVD's is the ability to watch them on a large screen and still have it look good. I can't wait for HD-DVD
Originally posted by: Jigga
Keep in mind that all the plasma TVs and even some of the older CRT/projection displays have DOWNscalers that they use to present HDTV because they are not true 1080i capable. Walk into any decent home theater store (not a big box) and you can SEE the difference in detail between Discovery HD Theater on a true 1080i display, on a 720p only display, and on one of those stupid "cheap" plasmas that only do 480p.
We saw the same thing when we first hooked up the Time Warner HD tuner to our LCD projection TV. The TV is a true 1080i display (native resolution is actually higher than that) and the tuner allows you to pick 1080i, 720p, or 480p for all channels. Screw progressive scan, 1080i just offers better detail (can't wait for 1080p though!)
If you think DVD looks just as good as HD, my guess is you're watching it on a cheap $2400 plasma.
Originally posted by: Jigga
Keep in mind that all the plasma TVs and even some of the older CRT/projection displays have DOWNscalers that they use to present HDTV because they are not true 1080i capable. Walk into any decent home theater store (not a big box) and you can SEE the difference in detail between Discovery HD Theater on a true 1080i display, on a 720p only display, and on one of those stupid "cheap" plasmas that only do 480p.
We saw the same thing when we first hooked up the Time Warner HD tuner to our LCD projection TV. The TV is a true 1080i display (native resolution is actually higher than that) and the tuner allows you to pick 1080i, 720p, or 480p for all channels. Screw progressive scan, 1080i just offers better detail (can't wait for 1080p though!)
If you think DVD looks just as good as HD, my guess is you're watching it on a cheap $2400 plasma.
Originally posted by: Apex
Originally posted by: Jigga
Keep in mind that all the plasma TVs and even some of the older CRT/projection displays have DOWNscalers that they use to present HDTV because they are not true 1080i capable. Walk into any decent home theater store (not a big box) and you can SEE the difference in detail between Discovery HD Theater on a true 1080i display, on a 720p only display, and on one of those stupid "cheap" plasmas that only do 480p.
We saw the same thing when we first hooked up the Time Warner HD tuner to our LCD projection TV. The TV is a true 1080i display (native resolution is actually higher than that) and the tuner allows you to pick 1080i, 720p, or 480p for all channels. Screw progressive scan, 1080i just offers better detail (can't wait for 1080p though!)
If you think DVD looks just as good as HD, my guess is you're watching it on a cheap $2400 plasma.
Actually, absolutely ZERO CRT television sets can fully resolve 1080i (1920x1080). The 9" CRT based ones (ie. Mitsubishi Diamond 65" & 73") can come the closest with about 1600 to 1650 columns of resolution when properly calibrated (ISF calibration: $300-$500). The 7" CRT based RPTV's can do up to 1200 columns on average (way lower uncalibrated), up to 1350 or so max (current gen Pioneer Elite). Even the single best 9" CRT projector, the $35,000 Sony VPH-G90U, in its last generation of production could only manage a bit over 1800 when properly calibrated.
720p native CRT machines do not have any higher or lower quality CRT's. They merely have different electronics. You're limited very similarly in both instances.
You do NOT have a true 1080i LCD projection TV unless you manufactured it yourself. No one makes one.
Originally posted by: Nebor
I don't think LCD can do interlaced.... It has to interpolate those other lines...
Originally posted by: Apex
It's still a way's off. The HD demos on the microsoft site will give you some idea of how your display will perform with high quality feed though. Considering the compression, it's still incredible.
Originally posted by: Apex
It's still a way's off. The HD demos on the microsoft site will give you some idea of how your display will perform with high quality feed though. Considering the compression, it's still incredible.