Posted by Rick Merrill on 11/29/05 21:17

mmaker@my-deja.com wrote:
> 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
>

google: wikipaedia: "High Definition Video (HDV) is a video format which
is intended to provide the facility to record high-definition (as
opposed to standard definition) MPEG-2 video on standard DV media (DV or
MiniDV cassette tape)."

Definitions of hd on the Web:
* The output of a high definition video device (such as an HDTV
set-top box), or the input of an HDTV receiver or monitor, comprised of
(3) primary-color signals: red, green, and blue - each on a separate
wire. The combination of these three signals convey all necessary
picture information. In consumer video products, these (3) separate
component signals refer to: Luminance (Y) - for Light; and two Chroma
(Color) signals (Pb - blue) and (Pr - red). ...
www.hdtvinfoport.com/HDTV-Glossary.html

Hard to see the distinction, imho.

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