Re: 1920 x 1080p, the new breed of displays

Sam Spade <Sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
5Y_cg.177566$bm6.66733@fed1read04:">news:5Y_cg.177566$bm6.66733@fed1read04:

Wayne wrote:

Which means that when the new DVDs appear, those who want full
resolution will have to buy again. I wonder if the flat-screen mnfrs
have provided some kind of plug-in capability, i.e. buy an upgrade,
plug-in module. The knowing market will be furious once they find
out that to display $35-45 discs at full resolution, new display
purchases will be necessasry.

I think the Hi Def DVDs will look so good on today's better HiDef sets
that no one will care about not having 1920 x 1080.

If they're being reduced to 560x960p, they may not look that much better
than the standard model up-converted. We'll have to see. But I'm not sure
I'd pay the extra for a DVD that is going to shut my player down to
essentially line-doubled 480p instead of 1080i.

Apparently not all studios are going to do that to their discs, though.


--
Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: 1920 x 1080p, the new breed of displays
    ... resolution will have to buy again. ... have provided some kind of plug-in capability, i.e. buy an upgrade, ... out that to display $35-45 discs at full resolution, ... Apparently not all studios are going to do that to their discs, ...
    (alt.tv.tech.hdtv)
  • Re: 1920 x 1080p, the new breed of displays
    ... I wonder if the flat-screen mnfrs have provided some kind of plug-in capability, i.e. buy an upgrade, plug-in module. ... The knowing market will be furious once they find out that to display $35-45 discs at full resolution, new display purchases will be necessasry. ... I think the Hi Def DVDs will look so good on today's better HiDef sets that no one will care about not having 1920 x 1080. ... With Blu-Ray or HD-DVD DVDs just around the corner, why is the new breed of 1920 x 1080p display not equipped to handle sources at that resolution? ...
    (alt.tv.tech.hdtv)
  • Re: Excuses to watch B5 again
    ... When using HDMI, this DVD player upconverts to HD, and I get the disc's ... more actual resolution from the disc - the full 480 horizontal lines - ... A few early discs, and a few later ones where the studio cheaped out ... the original film, are non-anamorphic. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated)
  • Re: Interesting study on spam
    ... people don't value the additional resolution enough to buy new higher resolution screens, players, and discs. ... Especially since the discs are much more expensive, and, I would assume, more touchy about dust, scratches, and fingerprints. ... means they aren't even seeing all the resolution a DVD provides, and no amount of added screen resolution will make a visible difference to them. ... Especially since there are technical tricks to get a higher resolution from regular DVDs. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.fandom)
  • Re: Fox Revs Up Blu-ray Launch Plans
    ... including encoding their discs at full 1080p resolution. ... has been encoded at full 1080p for the main feature. ...
    (alt.video.dvd)