Posted by G Hardy on 01/20/06 15:39

> >My DVR has a 2.5 hour mode that is 352x480 and runs in the 4Mbps
> >mode.
>
> Does that mode have a name? What is the exact bitrate. I want to add
> it to my table of resolutions.

It's known as "half-D1", although I've no idea what two-letter abbreviation
it would be given in a DVD recorder manual.

The eye is more sensitive to vertical screen resolution than horizontal, so
halving the pixels across and stretching what's left to fill the width gives
a better apparent result than deinterlacing and then stretching vertically.

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