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Posted by WinField on 03/30/06 14:57
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@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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