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Bye-bye Blu-Ray...we hardly knew ye
crashwg:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 15, 2007, 10:33:13 am ---I'm confused...i've yet to come across a HD-DVD player that wasn't a HD-DVD player? All upconverting players i've seen in my area say "DVD PLAYER" and then list the fact they UPCONVERT to 720p/1080i. Maybe it's just my part of the country or something?!?
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While I'm not exactly sure what you're confused about, I do know what Alan was getting at and I'll see if I can explain it a little better...
Some DVD (not HD-DVD) players that are coming out recently are describing themselves as "HD DVD" sans the - so they don't confuse people ::) These DVD players will upconvert to hi-def signals, some doing it pretty well but they won't play HD-DVD media.
While on the subject, the XBOX (1) does a pretty good job of upconverting to 720p with XBMC on a chipped box... Even over component cables which is not allowed on commercial products per the DVD consortium due to component being an unprotected analog signal.
ChadTower:
I'll second that, it does a really good job for 720p, especially on harder to work with compressed formats like DivX. It will choke somewhat often trying to go to 1080i, and some formats won't even play at 1080i.
AlanS17:
Most new HDTV's are native 720p, anyways. I think 1080i was a more common native format when HDTV's started coming out, but not so much anymore. I know mine is 720p, and I like it that way.
ChadTower:
What exactly is "native" for a TV? Do you mean the default? That all depends on the source, yes?
boykster:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 15, 2007, 01:18:57 pm ---
What exactly is "native" for a TV? Do you mean the default? That all depends on the source, yes?
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Nearly all digital displays are what are known as "fixed" pixel displays. ie, they have a fixed resolution. My new HD plasma has a resolution of 1024x768 and every signal that is sent to the display is scaled to this resolution. Generally the closer you are to the native resolution, the "better" the picture will appear because less additional scaling will occur. If you have a "pixel perfect" setup (as I do in my theater) then your source device is outputting exactly the same resolution as your display device AND each pixel is properly mapped 1:1.
Unlike CRT displays, fixed pixel displays don't reduce or increase their resolution based on the input signal, they scale the input signal to match their display resolution.
Most HD sets these days have a vertical resolution near 720, hence they are considered "720p native" even though that technically is a misnomer, as many aren't "true" 720p displays.
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