[mythtv-users] OT: Why 1080p?

[Steven Adeff]

On 11/9/06, Rob Baumstark <rbaumstark at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Since it hasn't been said explicitly yet:
> >
> > 1080p displays are the only ones that can display both 720p and 1080i
> > at their native resolutions.   Granted, I don't know of anyone who
> > uses their 1080p set to watch 720p content w/ black bars on 4 sides,
> > but it can be done if you don't like upscaling.
>
> And lets explicitly un-say it, since thats a load of crap.  1080p
> displays are the ones that have a display with a native resolution of
> 1920x1080 pixels.
>
> > HD-DVD supports up to 1080i, and Blueray supports up to 1080p.
>
> Another load of crap.  Both HD-DVD and Blue-Ray disks contain content
> encoded at 1080p24.

Well, technically they allow for it, they allow for any standards
defined output resolution and frame rate. Of course, for movies they
will use 1080p at whatever the original framerate was (usually 24fps
for film), I'm sure once they start bringing TV shows to HDTV (SG:
Atlantis was supposed to be the first Blu-Ray HDTV show...), we'll see
what they end up doing. They may remaster from source to
better-than-broadcast 1080p, or they may just take the broadcast mpeg
and call it a day (hopefully not, since it won't look much better, if
at all, than the same shows on DVD... though it would be nice to have
a true 720p version of The OC Season 1....) but I digress...

yes, another good HDTV thread, lets hope in the future people search
the forum before asking questions =D

-- 
Steve
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