Recent Comments:
How are back catalog titles chosen for Blu-ray release? {Engadget HD}
Jun 13th 2008 8:14PM Extended Edition please! Dual-layer Blu-ray has to be good for SOMETHING, right?
Wilkerson Furniture tests the waters with its m21 plasma console {Engadget HD}
Jun 13th 2008 8:11PM This looks like one of those ridiculous pieces of furniture you might get in an addon pack for The Sims.
Disney goes all BD-Live on upcoming titles {Engadget HD}
Jun 13th 2008 7:54PM I don't get it; does anyone really care if a movie has interactive features? Just release the movies we want with pristine audio and video!
FCC wants to hear your voice on the MPAA's latest DRM proposal {Engadget HD}
Jun 13th 2008 7:48PM I would say "less than $200" isn't exactly a minor expense, especially considering it should be free (that is, there shouldn't be HDCP-encryption in the first place).
FCC wants to hear your voice on the MPAA's latest DRM proposal {Engadget HD}
Jun 13th 2008 7:45PM Mine:
Please do not allow Selectable Output Control (SOC) to be used in television broadcasting. There are many legitimate needs for analog video output! Many users with older TVs cannot use HDCP-encrypted HDMI. Furthermore, analog video is much easier to distribute over long distances. Please don't let the MPAA's anti-consumer paranoia influence important policy.
Sony DADC to expand Indiana Blu-ray manufacturing plant {Engadget HD}
Jun 13th 2008 7:19PM Bah, at first glance I thought it said Indiana Jones Blu-ray. Way to disappoint!
Sapphire shows off 56-inch QuadHD LCD {Engadget HD}
Jun 9th 2008 9:21PM @Matt
You're assuming it uses nearest-neighbor scaling for exact multiples; hopefully that's true, but it's not guaranteed. Regardless though, 1080p won't look any better than it would on a native 1080p set; it'll just look the same.
You're right that 720p COULD look better, but that's assuming you have your 720p source actually set to output 720p. In the case of game consoles and PCs, I think most people would leave the output at the highest resolution (usually 1080p) and let the console/PC do the scaling. In this case, the TV having an even multiple of 720p has no benefit.
I'm not trying to diss on quad HD itself; I'm always a fan of more resolution! I just don't think it has a valuable place in home theater unless we see some higher-than-1080p sources.
Sapphire shows off 56-inch QuadHD LCD {Engadget HD}
Jun 9th 2008 2:51PM Quad HD would be great for PC use!
Outside that, I'm not sure I see the point; Blu-ray's 1080p will probably look best on 1080p-native displays. Our current game consoles can't even manage 1080p rendering on most games, so the resolution would be wasted on them as well.
Metal Gear bundle kills amazon.com [Update] {PS3 Fanboy}
Jun 6th 2008 3:54PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
Sorry guys, you didn't do this.
CyberLink's latest PowerDVD update smooths Blu-ray playback {Engadget HD}
Jun 5th 2008 4:03PM Doesn't Slysoft's AnyDVD also do playback of HD-DVD and Blu-ray?
