Posted by ~P~ on 04/11/06 00:46

Jeff,

Discs for HD-DVD and Blu-ray will be encoded at 1080p. Blu-ray specifically
will be using 1080/24p for most film material since films are shot at 24
frames per second. Newer plasmas and projectors coming out will be able to
take advantage of the native format at the highest quality.

If your display does not accept 1080/24p or 1080/60p then the player will
happily output for you at 1080i, 720p, 480p, or even 480i.


"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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poldy (poldy@kfu.com) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> In article <MPG.1ea333f57ab44b9298a44b@news.nabs.net>,
> Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:
>
> > What, exactly is "full HD pass thru"? If a player can output to HDMI
> > at 1920x1080/60p, then there is nothing more needed. Since both HD-DVD
> > and BR can do this, I don't see what the difference is.
>
> Actually, I think the most any player is going for is 1080p/24.

That's unlikely. Even though 24 frame input is common for current DVD
and HD material, the various progressive versions are all 60p when output
(either by the player or OTA). This reduces flicker a lot. Also, there
are almost no displays that can accept 1080/24p as input, so it would
be useless.

> The Toshiba players are 1080i outputs while the Blu-Ray players,
> including the PS3 (with HDMI 1.3), are shooting for 1080p.

Today, 1080i is enough...as long as there is no limit in the specs that
prevents 1080p output, BR and HD-DVD are essentially identical, since
the players can do whatever they want.

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