Question:
Hey,
I heard someone on another forum say that TV's are starting to appear with a higher resolution, say 1000+ lines instead of the 625 or whatever it is now, is this so?
If so, what sort of price range to they begin?
Only of any use if you have a SOURCE that contains enough resolution. Which excludes all broadcasts, software and hardware in the UK. You can't "gain" any real resolution with a TV or projector from a lower-definition source.
The Americans, on the other hand have High Definition TV (afaik only from some very specific satellite channels) with over 1100 horizontal lines of vertical definition - virtually indistinguishable from 35mm film.
High definition TV is in its infancy in Australia too. Basically there are three main standards representing an improvement over the 576i (SD standard): 576p, 720p and 1080i.
P denotes progressive scan, where the lines are read 123456123456 in the same time an interlaced TV reads 135246. This makes for a more stable images free of jaggies/aliasing.
HD displays in Australia cost $A4000+, with HD set top boxes another $800. All up, a basic 76cm HD setup costs the equivalent of about 1700 pounds here. It's a pity that there's a few hours of HD being broadcast here in Oz (and that the future is uncertain).
You can 'downconvert' Muse Laserdiscs to show on a HDTV set, muse is actually better than HDTV.
Japan is currently broadcasting a fewof it channels in HD at 1920x1080i.
The 720p variety is generally used for variable frame rate material where the capturing of explosions and bird flight is required, so mainly documentry style programs.
I had the privilege of seeing the Winter Olympics and lots of sport at HD resolution and it looks beautiful.
I cannot wait to modify my Loewe TV to allow EDTV resolution via the VGA card.
I heard someone on another forum say that TV's are starting to appear with a higher resolution, say 1000+ lines instead of the 625 or whatever it is now, is this so?
If so, what sort of price range to they begin?
Answers:
Only of any use if you have a SOURCE that contains enough resolution. Which excludes all broadcasts, software and hardware in the UK. You can't "gain" any real resolution with a TV or projector from a lower-definition source.
The Americans, on the other hand have High Definition TV (afaik only from some very specific satellite channels) with over 1100 horizontal lines of vertical definition - virtually indistinguishable from 35mm film.
Answers:
High definition TV is in its infancy in Australia too. Basically there are three main standards representing an improvement over the 576i (SD standard): 576p, 720p and 1080i.
P denotes progressive scan, where the lines are read 123456123456 in the same time an interlaced TV reads 135246. This makes for a more stable images free of jaggies/aliasing.
HD displays in Australia cost $A4000+, with HD set top boxes another $800. All up, a basic 76cm HD setup costs the equivalent of about 1700 pounds here. It's a pity that there's a few hours of HD being broadcast here in Oz (and that the future is uncertain).
Answers:
You can 'downconvert' Muse Laserdiscs to show on a HDTV set, muse is actually better than HDTV.
Answers:
Japan is currently broadcasting a fewof it channels in HD at 1920x1080i.
The 720p variety is generally used for variable frame rate material where the capturing of explosions and bird flight is required, so mainly documentry style programs.
I had the privilege of seeing the Winter Olympics and lots of sport at HD resolution and it looks beautiful.
I cannot wait to modify my Loewe TV to allow EDTV resolution via the VGA card.
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