Posted by Jay G. on 01/17/71 11:51

On 26 Jun 2006 09:46:00 -0700, Jordan wrote:

> Jay G. wrote:
>>>> Why would you expect that?
>>>
>>> Sony is selling 2 models of the PS3, a $600 and a $500 unit. The low
>>> end unit only uses component video. The more expensive unit features
>>> HDMI for video out. How they'll get 1080p out of a component connection
>>> is beyond me.
>>
>> They won't. The component connection is only capable of 1080i, or what the
>> Toshiba HD DVD players are only capable of, even with HDMI.
>
> Exactly, which is why the PS3 blu-ray will look worse than a stand
> alone blu-ray player.

I really wasn't challanging that, I was challenging Joshua's claim that the
PS3 would have "horrible" video quality.

In any case, a lot of reviewers are downplaying the importance of 1080p
output. It seems that as long as the source is in 24p, the resulting image
doesn't have any interlacing artifacts even if it is output in 1080i.

>> HD DVD has the same "crippling" capability. However, as the article notes,
>> the implimentation of that feature is left up to the studios, and so far n
>> studio has engaged the crippling on their discs.
>
> My suspicion is that nobody is going to flip the switch as long as
> there's a debate over which format to use. As soon as one format wins
> over the other that's when you'll see the media content bit being
> turned on.

Actually, there's not only comeptition between formats, but between
studios. A studio could turn the crippling on now if they wanted, but it'd
hurt their sales so early on, since a lot of early adopters bought HDTVs
without digital inputs. No studio wants to lose their purchases to some
other studio because they deliberately made their product less appealing.

-Jay

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