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Posted by Joshua Zyber on 03/30/06 05:54
"Mark Jones" <noemail@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:O%FWf.11649$sL2.10739@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> 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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