http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/ Engadget HD Comments for 1080i vs. 480p HDTV smackdown on Lord of the Rings http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/Feb 27th 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/Feb 27th 2006 3:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/
Side note: With the addition of space on BR/HDVD, you'd think that we should only see ONE version of the movie and not:

The Movie

The Movie : Special Edition

The Movie : Collector's Edition

The Movie : Director's Cut Edition

The Movie : Extended Remix Edition

To do that with 3 seperate movies and start all over again as a box set!

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Also, there's no production quality HD release either for Blu-ray or HD-DVD. The first batch of HD disc releases will most likely use MPEG-2. The broadcast captures from the article are H.264, i.e. superior to common MPEG-2 encodings.

Plus, no commercial TV set mere mortals could afford will be able to downscale in Photoshop quality. Unless people are willing to buy 4000+ Plasma/LCD sets running at 1920x1080 native resolution the actual reproduction will not look nearly as good as you indicated.]]>Feb 28th 2006 2:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/Feb 28th 2006 3:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/Apr 10th 2006 4:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/02/27/1080i-vs-480p-hdtv-smackdown-on-lord-of-the-rings/
He didn't. The DVD shots are at 852x480 and the 1080i shots are actually sampled down to 852x480. That's why it's cool; because the 1080i footage is sharper even when it's in DVD resolution.]]>May 27th 2006 5:44PM