[mythtv-users] OT: HDTV TV's

[Mike Frisch]

On Thu, May 11, 2006 9:52 pm, Marco Nelissen wrote:
> I think you'll find that this experiment will not give the results you
> describe on LCDs and plasmas. It only happens on CRTs because of the
> way CRTs work, and has nothing to do with there being more information
> in the input signal than the display can show. Simply put, the black
> lines between the scanlines will be bigger for lower resolutions, which
> makes the image appear to be of lesser quality.

Not only that but the results will vary depending on the "resolution" and
quality of the CRT.  Feeding a CRT with a higher resolution than NTSC
doesn't necessarily mean it'll look better.