[mythtv-users] DTV: It Has Begun
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Tue Sep 9 12:18:56 UTC 2008
On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 02:17:46AM -0700, Jon Bishop wrote:
> On Sep 8, 2008, at 7:26 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > Aside from cost issues, digital portable TVs represent an interesting
> > marketing problem. The public has been conditioned to think that
> > digital TV means HDTV. But supporting 1080i on a 10" diagonal display
> > would make no sense whatsoever.
>
> This has been something that has bothered me. When they mandated a
> digital signal, why didn't that mandate the specifications of that
> signal? DTV could be 720i/p or 1080i/p and there is a big difference.
Precisely because there is a big difference.
720p24 is excellent for films. 1080p60 (if you can handle it) or 1080i60
(if you can't) is much better for sports.
I don't remember if 1080p24 is in the spec or not; it would obviously be
even better for new films, though older ones might well suffer from the
extra resolution.
etc, etc...
Cheers,
-- jra
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