: False HD 20" TV

Posted on Thu Dec 01, 05:18 by
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It is an HDTV.

HDTV can come in 3 different formats. (720p, 1080i, 1080p). 480p like you mentioned is not HDTV, it is only EDTV!!!

A TV doesn't have to have DVI/HDMI ports in order to be an HDTV. The two ports you mentioned are just fine.

Now the resolution... many HDTV's don't have a native 720, 1080 display.

Examples:
Panasonic 42PX500U - 1024x768
Panasonic 50PX500U - 1365x768
Sony KDE-42XS955 - 1024x768
Sony KDE-50XS955 - 1280x768

As long as you are above a 720 vertical resolution then you are good to go.

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Posted on Thu Dec 01, 05:26 by
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agreed, this is definitely not a trick and is actually the norm with a lot of HD sets. I don't know of any HD plasmas off hand that have resolution that perfectly matches one of the HD standards. A couple of the new LCD and DLP sets have 1080p resolution, but most have around 768 horizontal lines.

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Posted on Thu Dec 01, 05:47 by
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Everyone has valid points thus far. Also, don't forget not to confuse HD broadcast standards with display standards, which are two distinctly different things.

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Posted on Thu Dec 01, 08:02 by
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I like the Y/Pb/Pr connection. HDMI is ok. both is better.
I'm hearing that the HDMI has the HCP copy protection that will create too much trouble in the future.
stations broadcast in different resolutions, so it'll never be right.
but most sets upconvert, so it'll look as correct as it'll be on that display.

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Posted on Fri Dec 02, 01:53 by Daimaou
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Well I am not really agree here, coz this won't be natural, you will be olgige to use a sof (in the TV) for the perfect ratio, and some of them are less good than other, this is why some HD TV are better than other. Now if you take a TV which is FULL HD Ready even 720p well you will have the most perfect vids at 720p.

For companies it is cheaper now to take whatever screen resolution and put some soft trick to convert the vids to be well displayed on TV than to take a real compatible display or resolution.

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Posted on Fri Dec 02, 10:36 by
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I'm sorry but I have to comment on this - this TV is indeed HD capable. At 1366 x 768 that tells you that you are now capable of supporting 720p. Do you have to have exactly 720 lines of resolution to support 720p? Of course not. The 768 lines of resolution works just fine for 720p folks - you're only dealing with 48 more lines of resolution- no one is going to see any scaling artifacts here. In fact if you look at nearly all mid range HDTVs from all sorts of vendors these days, 1366 x 768 is a very common resolution. With this, you will have support for 720p.

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Posted on Fri Dec 02, 03:34 by
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Hi Daimaou,

In Theory, you are correct. A 720p signal should look best on an HDTV that supports a native resolution of 720 horizontal lines.

Unfortunately, that's not really the case. (at the moment!!! - things could change)

I've looked at quiet a few HDTV's and my favourite is the Panasonic 50PX500U - 1365x768 - It's a Plasma

I've looked at the following native 720p displays (I could only find Rear Projection HDTV's):

Hitachi 50VG825 - LCD
JVC HD-56FH96 - D-ILA
Panasonic PT-52LCX65 - LCD
Panasonic PT-56DLX75 - DLP

... and personally, I've found that the quality isn't as nice as the Panasonic Plasma I mentioned above. Now granted, I'm comparing many different types of Technologies together but all I'm saying is that you don't need a native 720p display to give you the best picture.

As far as 1080i/p is concerned... That's an other story and a different price category.

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Posted on Fri Dec 02, 04:47 by Daimaou
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Honestly I was lost... I tought I knew... but I m lost again...

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