HDTV advertising

Flibster · 3 Sep 2007 at 01:24

Been looking at these for my parents recently, and something has struck me as really bizzarre and another thread just reminded me about it.

These bits of HDTV advertising.

3x HDMI™ sockets (1080p-capable)

Superb. Nice to see it. However...

1366 x 768 WXGA Panel

Soooooo.... the HDMI is 1080p capable, but the panel isnt.
Misleading the ignorant 101....
Say it can do stuff that it really cant.

I can feed a 1024x768 signal to my old 21" TV. Will show it. Will look total parp so it's pointless.

Ok, it has an scaler that will take a 1080p signal and scale it to fit the panel, but why not produce a 1280x720 panel then so no scaling is necessary for a natural hidef resolution? Any scaling will degrade the signal, so why not produce natural res panels rather than some halfway house?

*awaits flamage.

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Simon/~Flibster

weringo · 3 Sep 2007 at 01:49

They get away with it because it's true, the socket can accept a 1080p signal. If someone thinks it means something else it's not really the company's problem.

I have no idea why everyone makes 1366x768 panels instead of 1280x720 ones, would also like to know,

dbmzk1 · 3 Sep 2007 at 03:37

The TV will downscale the 1080p source to its native resolution. This will produce a MUCH higher quality picture than a standard def source could produce, despite them physically being displayed at the same resolution.

But I agree, it's not "real" HD and they shouldn't call it that or advertise it as such. I notice a lot of places are pushing "TrueHD" now, which just confuses people even more!

Corasik · 3 Sep 2007 at 11:54

Some of the earliest HD Ready TV's had 854x480 ED panels, and it was only the componant inputs that could accept HD signals which would be downscaled to the panel!

The ability to accept the resolutions means you dont have to worry when you buy a HD player be it BluRay or HD-DVD, just set it up at 1080p and job done.

Ok, you might not be getting the full resolution, but then my parents have a 42inch TV, which looks tiny on the most distant wall in their sitting room... I'd have put a 60inch set up there. To be honest its not even possible to see any improvement between standard def 576P and hidef 720p at the distance they sit. Let alone 1080p (Probably 15-18ft from the TV)

Even at my place, 12ft from the TV, 720p is only a marginal improvement over 576p on my 42inch TV. (Yes using a proper HD source, not just upscaled DVD). A 50inch TV would be needed for TrueHD 1920x1080p to make any worthwile difference at 12ft, and at the time I couldnt afford a 50inch TV that I liked.

The Resolutions they use are a bit odd. But on the otherhand, they seem to work pretty well.