Posted by mmaker on 11/29/05 20:09

Nappy wrote:
> No.. silly.. there are a lot more differences than the resolution.

HD is video at a resolution of 720x480 progressive, 1280x720
progressive or 1920x1080 interlaced (and probably a few other odd
formats). That's it.

> HDV is
> certainly not HD.

I presume that next you'll be telling us that broadcast HDTV is
'certainly not HD'? After all, it's 1440x1080 MPEG-2, at a lower
bit-rate than HDV.

> Ty is correct there and it is confusing when the two terms
> are interchanged.

You must be using a definition of 'HD' that I wasn't previously aware
of, if you don't think that HDV is HD.

Mark

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