Posted by Jeff Rife on 04/14/06 17:12

GMAN (glenzabr@xmission.com) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> >Also, the "software" part is the different output modes it will allow...
> >it should have at a bare minimum choice of 1920x1080 @ 60p, 60i;
> >1280x720 @ 60p; 720x480 @ 60p, 60i; and it would be nice if it had
> >some of the "computer" resolutions (1366x768, 1280x768, etc.). Also,
> >how many stretch and zoom modes will it have?
> >
>
> That is the job of the HDTV display, not the player.

It's nice to think that, but the reality is that most HDTV displays don't
offer all their stretch and zoom modes when accepting an HD input. Also,
it's much easier to do it inside the player, where it has access to the
compressed data, because then it can do it automatically to fit your
preferences based on what TV you tell it you have connected.

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