[mythtv-users] [OT] *Real* High-Def TV!

[Isaac Richards]

On Saturday 21 May 2005 09:45 pm, James Armstrong wrote:
> On May 21, 2005, at 4:11 PM, Brad Templeton wrote:
> > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 12:26:35PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >> One reason that I haven't yet purchased a high-definition TV is
> >> the fact
> >> that TV's being sold today do not fully support the ATSC standard.
> >> Whereas the maximum resolution allowable in the ATSC standard is
> >> 1920x1080 pixels, today's TV's only support 1280x720 pixels
> >> resolution.
> >
> > True, but that's similar to the logic that says you should never buy
> > a computer, since if you buy one, it will be obsolete in 2 years when
> > something twice as fast and half the price is available.
>
> Actually, that is what you get when you buy the new fangled tv's. My
> 3 year old Hitachi HDTV has 1200 lines of resolution. That is why I
> hate these new flatscreen and plasma tv's. They are only 720.

Heh.  Check your terminology.  'Lines of resolution' generally means 
horizontal resolution, not vertical.

Isaac