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"Names matter, folks. And the minute the powers-that-be decided to call HD radio "HD radio," they signed its death sentence."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/08/when-hd-means-h.html#comments

HD Radio is a farce !

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Also, notice the 1440 instead of 1920 is on the horizontal, because this is the direction the human vision is less sensitive. Evidently, the common human isn't as sensitive to losing +25% resolution on one axis, but is very sensitive losing the same percentage on the other axis.]]>Aug 15th 2007 7:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/
A friend of mine is leaving to work in Asia. I gave him my old Panasonic miniDV camera. It's about 8 years old. He's clueless about this stuff. He pointed out to me that on the side it says "high definition". I couldn't believe it. I told him to totally disregard it and that it had nothing to do with real HD. He was worried about being able to edit it on the computer.

HD is thrown around way to much and attached to to many things. It won't be long until I walk into Best Buy and see a blender package with HD written on the side.

What a joke!

I have to mention another thing really quickly. I was watching the news this morning. They had a guy on there talking about how he invented a vacuum cleaner with ultraviolent lights on the bottom to kill mites and stuff in the carpet. He kept refering to it as ultraviolent 'technology.' WHAT TECHNOLOGY? It's a freakin' light. I changed the channel. That particular segment on the news should have been on the QHC channel, or whatever it's called.]]>Aug 15th 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/Aug 15th 2007 5:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/
I high definition pickup truck!

/joking]]>Aug 15th 2007 4:15PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/
It's just a mess... and for no clear reason.

-KLH]]>Aug 15th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/
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I also found it funny when EDTV plasma TVs started becoming available at "affordable" prices and the people that thought they had HD.]]>Aug 15th 2007 4:38PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/Aug 15th 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/
I wouldn't buy anything but 1080p today....All HD-Movie are in 1080p....It is a favorite of the film industry and not to mention easy upscaling of 1080i... Of course....Wouldn't it need double the bandwidth of 1080i?

While it maybe be convenient to have 5 standards for the TV industry....I know the consumers and manufacturers hate it.

Remember when you and everyone else watched TV watched TV at the same resolution....We need a standard picked. ]]>Aug 15th 2007 6:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/Aug 15th 2007 10:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/Aug 15th 2007 6:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/Aug 15th 2007 10:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/15/the-definition-of-high-definition/
The standard INCLUDES 720p, 1080i, and 1080p for good reason - they are all highdef and look great. Many displays bragging about 1080p still don't process it correctly. 720p still looks better than 1080i for many fast-motion scenes (such as sports) which is the prime reason that it was insisted on being in the HD standard. Many SD broadcasts look better at 720p (for many reasons unfortunately). And anyone that has done any reading on the 1080p bullshite knows that it isn't necessary for the bulk of HighDef display owners. The bulk of broadcast and highdef video problems aren't the display standard - it is the conversion, compression, bitrates, etc...

Regardless, the brainiacs that put this together should have come up with a proprietary/licensing rights name that included 720p, 1080i, and 1080p so there wouldn't be this mess of "Full HD" "True HD" "HD Radio" et al. I guess even if this name was something like "Pwnage Video" some marketing suit would just market their product as "Ultra Total Pwnage Video".

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720p is not 'great' HD; it is only 240 lines more than an SD 480p DVD; 1080i offers TWICE the resolution, no way around it, that holds for theatrical content even in 1080i as you can properly stuff and decode 24p in there.

720p was pushed because it was CHEAPER, plain and simple. Panasonic wanted to make money on the broadcast side, people in the industry wanted to save it, and manufacturers wanted to churn out cheap 720p display panels that already had. whole generations of displays would not be HD unless 720p was included.

also remember that a 720p display can not 'fix' interlacing in a 1080i feed, the dominant broadcast standard.

yes, the very few with a well trained eye and a quality calibrated display can spot very minor and relatively rare interlacing issues on some interlaced displays and content, but this minor issue affecting a rare few doesn't outweight losing half of HD's potential resolution. also keep in mind it only applies to non 24p film content.


I challenge anyone, to find a 720p sports clip that looks better than a comparitive 1080i sports clip. CBS in 1080i consistently walks all over ESPN and its 720p siblings, who by the way shoot near everything with 1080p cameras anyway. 1080i always wins as it starts with double the resolution. further hampering 720p is that broadcasters can get away with starving the bit rate even further.

I also challenge you to find me a properly shot and produced 1080i clip in which you can detect and describe interlace artifacts.


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The standard INCLUDES 720p, 1080i, and 1080p for good reason - they are all highdef and look great. Many displays bragging about 1080p still don't process it correctly. 720p still looks better than 1080i for many fast-motion scenes (such as sports) which is the prime reason that it was insisted on being in the HD standard.]]>Aug 18th 2007 2:31AM