• 1080i to 1080p - Worth it?
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PS3 and xBox are running on 720p as far as I know. Games I mean. Nevertheless, if you have 1080p Television, HDMI cable is a [B]must-get![/B]
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;19440383]Yes, so per frame you only get 540 horizontal lines of pixels. My analogy holds true.[/QUOTE] Not a tiny bit. There are 540 lines sent to you which get deinterlaced using the previous (and sometimes following frame) to a full 1080. Your analogy is wrong. It's like saying "this highway two-lane highway is one-lane only because at the moment, everyone drives right". [QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;19440383]However, if your TV is a good de-interlacer, the quality will be similar to 1080p during still scenes.[/QUOTE] That's what I was going to say, yes. Only on fast-action scenes you'll notice it. I never did before on my TV yet. Most of all other peoples wont, except they sit 0.5 m away from.
[QUOTE=varj;19450987]PS3 and xBox are running on 720p as far as I know. Games I mean. Nevertheless, if you have 1080p Television, HDMI cable is a [B]must-get![/B][/QUOTE] You're wrong are you're right. 6 Xbox 360 games support full 1080p and 26 PS3 games support full 1080p.
[QUOTE=apwd007;19412545]It's rare that a new HDTV only supports 1080p over HDMI and not component Nothing you said there makes any sense. a modern TV's native resolution is the highest it can support, so it either supports 1080p or doesn't, if it does, it upscales all sources to 1080p.[/QUOTE] Actually there's a TV here that will take 1080p but downscale it to panel res. [editline]06:23PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Blarg190;19449796]Yes and no as its refreshing after every frame therefore using the other 540 lines, it is technically using those pixels just not all at once hence 1080i.[/QUOTE] Not really, I suppose 1080i/30 is the same data as 540p/60, in terms of how much information there is, but this would moot the point of conserving bandwidth with interlacing, no? 540p/60 takes up the same space as 1080p/30 right? Wouldn't 1080i/30 actually be comparable to 540p/15 in terms of data, so it would have 30 fields/15 full frames per second? So in the end you get less vertical resolution but - possibly - the same temporal resolution. I can't believe we're still using interlacing, just die already 50's tech, this is bloody 2010.
[QUOTE=BmB;19465793]Not really, I suppose 1080i/30 is the same data as 540p/60, in terms of how much information there is, but this would moot the point of conserving bandwidth with interlacing, no? 540p/60 takes up the same space as 1080p/30 right? Wouldn't 1080i/30 actually be comparable to 540p/15 in terms of data, so it would have 30 fields/15 full frames per second? So in the end you get less vertical resolution but - possibly - the same temporal resolution. I can't believe we're still using interlacing, just die already 50's tech, this is bloody 2010.[/QUOTE] Isn't it usually 1080i/30 which is similar to the data rate of 540p/30.
[QUOTE=BmB;19465793] I can't believe we're still using interlacing, [b]just die already 50's tech, this is bloody 2010.[/b][/QUOTE]I'll say. We get some "free" HD channels from our cable company, and ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS all look gorgeous on my little 720p 19" Toshiba TV when they are showing HD content. Standard analog stations look like shit compared to those. Even digital 480i programming looks tons better. We need to do a full digital transition...NOW. Sorry if I sound ignorant, but if you don't have at least one TV with a digital tuner (or tuner box), your pretty behind the times. I mean, its not like they are even grossly expensive anymore. My TV was only $200 and the picture is pretty damn good when you have an HD source. And if you can't afford a brand new TV, just buy one of those boxes that they were handing out a year ago.
Everyone who says there's no difference is mentally retarded and blind.
Get an HDMI cable from the internet. Check Monoprice.com and Amazon.com for the best prices, don't go to a box store and get a $50 cable, they're no better as it's a digital signal. I would also recommend measuring the distance you need, and if the cable length you think you need is barely enough get the next size up.
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