Re: 1st HD-DVD release features

If the native format for HD-DVD/BH is 1080p24 and the new player outputs this - then it seems to me Mark Jones is still up the creek without a connector. As are almost all other folks who have invested big-time into HDtv monitors/tvs.

Aren't the majority of HDTVs out there native 720p or 1080i ? How many monitors already sold can input 1080p24 to even attempt to down-sample /convert to native resolution.

Seems a bit of a mess. {winf}


Joshua Zyber wrote:
"Mark Jones" <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O%FWf.11649$sL2.10739@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If they down sample to 480i, I will not be interested in this at all.

I can already watch 480p on my HDTV using a progressive scan
DVD player. Sounds like a step backwards to me. They can keep
their new technology if it won't provide an improved signal over
my component connections.


There's no downsampling to 480i. In a worst case scenario, the video may be downsampled to 540p, which is not high definition but is a bit better than DVD.

Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray work the same way in this regard. The players themselves are capable of outputting full HD resolution over component. It will be up to the studios to decide on each disc whether to add an Image Constraint Token or not. If they don't add the ICT, the movie will play in full HD over either HDMI or component. If they do add the ICT, HDMI output will be full HD, but component output will be downsampled to 540p.

Several studios, including Sony and Universal, have said that they won't use the ICT, at least not at first. Warner Bros is undecided and says they *may* use it.


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