<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rich West</b> <<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
1080p is not in the spec for broadcasts. It was never considered, and<br>word is that you'll never see 1080p over regular broadcasts. The<br>highest you will get via broadcast would be 1080i.</blockquote><div><br>
I have heard 1080p is in the broadcast spec, but I can't find a link to support this. Nobody currently broadcasts 1080p<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">1080i is technically lesser quality than 720p.</blockquote><div><br>
In total bandwidth or info content this is true. For overall
resolution, this is not true. The rule I always read is 1080i
good for slow moving stuff, 720p good for fast moving stuff. <br>
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</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">HD-DVD supports up to 1080i, and Blueray supports up to 1080p.<br><br>If you use your Myth system for anything else (viewing Blueray DVDs,
<br>playing games, etc), you will want the best resolution your set can<br>offer. :)</blockquote><div><br>
Your video card should upscale 720p resolution to 1080p or deinterlace
1080i to 1080p, so 1080p should be good enought for anyone (for a while
at least). There are different 1080p formats too, depending on
framerate. <br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television</a> <br>
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For framerate conversion, you get into some sticky situations depending
on framerate. Google for pulldown 1080p to get some info. Or read:
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p</a><br>
Actually, that link suggests 1080p versions are in the ATSC and DVB specs, although I doubt we see them broadcast soon.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">However, as you can guess.. a lot of the noise about 1080p is solely<br>about numbers ("If my TV can push 1080p, then I am going to display it
<br>at that rate!" and "1080p is a lot more than 720p!") more so than about<br>what is actually being displayed.<br><br></blockquote></div><br>
And game consoles are coming out with 1080p games. I think the
PS3 is doing this at least. I have run HL2 on 2650x1900 (greater
than 1080p) and high resolution is very nice indeed...<br>
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