On Feb 27, 5:54*am, dave wrote:
On 02/26/2011 10:48 PM, wrote:



On Feb 26, 8:35 am, *wrote:
On 02/26/2011 01:20 AM, wrote:

On Feb 25, 8:40 am, * *wrote:

I did tell y'all something once before, about the Pentagon.
cuhulin

"Earth" on the Discovery Channel did it for me. The problem with not
getting HDTV is that a lot of channels are HD channels squeezed into
analog. If you want the real pictures you have to have HD to see
everything. Get at least a 24" for the bedroom, 40" minimum for the parlor.

The smaller screen will have a better picture . REAL 1080P HDTV is
still a dream . For giggles, just look at Foxy Network-- 720P is the
maximum they broadcast . *Even PBS ( ! ) is much more advanced,
despite all the cuts in funding .

720P is superior to 1080i for fast action (fewer artifacts). You only
get 1080p very rarely in the real world. Not worth a big premium.

1080P is HDTV . Anything less is a gimmick . And the difference is
easy to see .

You're talking to someone who has built a couple dozen commercial TV
stations and who has been auditioning hi-def for broadcast for over 15
years. ABC and Fox both chose 720p because it is superior for sports to
1080i. 1080p was never considered for broadcast because the MPEG2 data
stream is too big to fit in a 6 MHz channel. DiSH Network broadcasts a
few 1080P channels, with H264 type coding.

At normal viewing distance, the only way to tell the difference is by
knowing tell-tale artifacts ahead of time. To dwell on such matters is a
waste of time. There are entire websites devoted to the argument,

- this amn't one of them.

'Special-"TV"-Dave' : ? "amn't" ?
~translation~for~all~who~do~not~speak~dave~
[i] Am {You're} Not !