One HD in Australia have just joined Sky Germany in confirming native HD. I'm hopeful the BBC will soon be added to the list.
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One HD in Australia have just joined Sky Germany in confirming native HD. I'm hopeful the BBC will soon be added to the list.
Unless Bernie is asking for a wad of cash, I can't see why we wouldn't have it on BBC1 HD this year. I just hope if they do, they do with a decent bitrate, like the football coverage, as when HD is done properly, it's just stunning!
Then there is the monumentally facepalmtastic move towards 1920*1080 monitors for PC's which is driven by the ignorance of users as to what resolution is and what it means. I've got a 1920*1200 24" monitor for my PC and it's fanfriggingtastic, you can have two webpages open side by side, photos fit the screen better and it's just better for use as a monitor, but still you have the ignorant 1080p brigade who see 1920*1080 and say "OMFG it's HD!!!!! It's the best!" and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Most of it stems from the original invention of CRTs using scanning electron guns, the only thing that really mattered was the number of lines it was able to scan. Now with LCD the number of lines is completely irrelevant, as it's the individual dots which are switched. But I reckon they just use one number as quoting two would be too confusing for most! - Actually one number seems too confusing for most!
Pretty much sums it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Seriously though, why are people today so freaking feckless? Personally I think the fact that simplistic terms like 480p 720p 1080p were invented to make things easier for people rather than educating people as to what resolution is, it's not frigging difficult!
Something as simple as this explains it all. Have a look at the difference between HD 1080 and WUXGA and you see why "high definition" doesn't mean "most detail" or "best picture" or whatever the mouthbreathers seem to think it means.
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Both BBC HD channels now use a variable bitrate, so if the football looks stunning it's because of the relatively undemanding nature of the source material. Faster moving and more detailed shots will test the compression algorithms to their limits, but fingers crossed that F1 will look stunning. Either way it'll certainly be an improvement over SD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Which is why the BBC HD channels (along with some of the ITV1 regions) never seem to get criticised for only having 1440 horizontal pixels rather than 1920. I don't suppose most people notice or care.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
It's HD tho! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
HD stuff on iPlayer looks pretty good on my 24" panel even though of course it's not proper HD. I really should get a Blu-ray drive and stop buying DVD's.
One thing that makes me laugh is that the most recent season or two of the Simpsons is in HD, by its very nature should cartoons not really benefit from HD?
On the contrary, the likes of cartoons or computer generated graphics have the most improvement on HD over SD. Just look (if you can stand it) at the size of DOG logos used on HD channels compared with SD, much smaller, you try that size in SD and it would just be a smudge.
On the contrary: with harsh angles, bright colours and fast pace, animation can benefit greatly from a move to HD. The Simpsons actually looks pretty stunning on the mkv downloads I've, erm, acquired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Learn something new every day :D
I'd be quite happy if F1 went to HD. It might be just the thing which might tempt Caroline into actually buying a nice big LCD tv :p