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ESPN's SportsCenter goes West Coast & 1080p production tonight {Engadget HD}
Apr 6th 2009 10:13PM @MidnightDT,
There is a lot of controversy about 720/60p vs. 1080/60i. I have seen sports on ABC and Fox that look very good and presumably were shot in 720/60p. I have seen a lot of 32"-50" video display devices, both 720p and 1080p, and I defy the average person to be abel to tell the difference, even with their noses at the screen.
1080/60i does NOT provide 1080 lines of vertical resolution, as interlaced signals are field based, 540 odd and 540 even fields at any given time. 720p shows 720 lines per frame at a given moment. The 1080X1920 signal is often rolled off in the horizontal space by HD VTR's,
transmission and displays. The display may not do a good job of deinterlacing and ends up
showing half the vertical resolution and is more likely to have artifacts in the process vs. showing a native progressive signal.
60p motion is smoother and more detailed than 60i. Slow motion is always better in 720/60p vs. 1080/60i. Interlace is technology developed in the '30's due to technology limitations. There is a reason why 480p ALWAYS looks better than 480i--just look at a computer screen vs.a standard def. TV. One thing you can always count on with interlace is interlace artifacts.
There is no reason to be shooting in interlace in 2009 when all new displays are likely to be fixed pixel progressive scan.
What an OB sports truck shoots vs.what is actually aired are often two different things. Sports are often acquired in 720/60p and scaled to 1080/60i for transmission and vice versa.
I have a 100" screen with 1080p DLP front projection setup, I have a very hard time being able to tell the difference between a good 720/60p image and a good 1080/60i image. It's unlikely the average viewer will be able to tell the difference with a 42" or 46" LCD display.
There are so many factors that make for a good vs. not so good image along the chain from camera through transmission to display. Compression rate and bandwidth limiting done by satellite and cable providers really do a number on the image, which can make a much bigger difference than original resolution/frame rate.
1080/60p will be amazing if implemted properly all the way through the chain. In the meantime, I prefer the modern format--720p over interlace.
ESPN's SportsCenter goes West Coast & 1080p production tonight {Engadget HD}
Apr 6th 2009 1:44PM I've never heard anybody who is qualified in broadcast television say that interlace capture is superior to progressive capture in terms of fast action, slow motion or superior resolution. 1080/60i is just 540p with interlace artifacts.
I don't know of many sports trucks that have 1080/60p record capability, even if it could be broadcast. Most people I know can't discern the difference in resolution between 720p and 1080p, not even with projection video systems, much less 42" LCD and plasma displays, which of course deinterlace the 1080/60i broadcasts.
ESPN and ABC and FOX had good reason to select 720p as their format--it is still best for sports, until 1080/60p is practical in production, post production and transmission.
Philips' 56-inch Cinema 21:9 HDTV sure looks good in conceptual shots {Engadget HD}
Feb 5th 2009 11:16AM Anamorphic 2:35 lenses are being used with front projectors in home theaters routinely these days, so doing a flat panel display this way makes lots of sense if movie watching is the priority over sports and news. Constant height projection has more of an impact then you would think.
I would not want to go back to 16:9 with horizontal letterboxing for movies after living with anamorphic front projection since 2006. It is the biggest advance in home theater in years, along with HD sources and lossless 7.1 digital audio. Recommend anybody interested in home theater demo an anamorphic setup.
Fernando Alonso named Best F1 Driver of 2008, Hamilton and Massa snubbed {Autoblog}
Dec 30th 2008 1:21PM @Abbey,
Better to wear rose colored glasses than be delusional. Your pathetic Glock/Toyota conspiracy theory says it all about your baseless, fantasy ridden grasp of the "facts".
Your writings are so irrational and twisted that it's impossible to respond to on a cogent level.
If there is one thing worse than Alonso's poor sportsmanship and cry baby demeanor, it's his fan boys, many of whom are racist.
Having said all that, I will enjoy watching Alonso this season, especially if his equipment in more competitive because he is a gifted driver and I hope you can
admit to yourself that Hamilton is much more than a "lucky" champion.
Fernando Alonso named Best F1 Driver of 2008, Hamilton and Massa snubbed {Autoblog}
Dec 30th 2008 11:31AM This revisionist history is interesting. Alonso and Hamilton in the same equipment in 2007--Alonso can't deal with the competition from his team mate. He bails out of McLaren after trying to blackmail them, puts himself into a team with the weakest rookie team mate that can be found.
Meanwhile, the rookie Hamilton, who came within a whisker of winning the championship in '07 and closed the deal in '08 is said to be "mediocre" and "made more mistakes in getting the championship" and wasn't good in the rain? Huh?
It was his second year--how many drivers have won the championship in their second year? As for rain, I remember Alonso falling off in the rain in Japan '07,
and Hamilton taking everybody to school in the rain all season in '08.
I have no love for McLaren, I'm a Ferrari fan and Massa is my favorite driver, but after Alonso's display of poor sportsmanship in '07, he will never be a champion to me again. Hamilton, Kimi and Massa are class acts. Then there's Alonso, ultra-competitive, but can't take the pressure of talented team mates.
Fernando Alonso named Best F1 Driver of 2008, Hamilton and Massa snubbed {Autoblog}
Dec 30th 2008 1:02AM The 2007 season I watched showed a rookie driver have his way with a two time champion and that champion was unable to cope with that fact.
Alonso, like Senna, are great team mates--as long as their team mates aren't great.
Fernando Alonso named Best F1 Driver of 2008, Hamilton and Massa snubbed {Autoblog}
Dec 29th 2008 9:18PM Of course Alonso is the best driver. We all saw how he embarrassed Hamilton when they had the same equipment in 2007.........oh, wait..........
Ford dealer airs racist radio advert {Autoblog}
Dec 10th 2008 5:15PM Let me get this straight, it's okay to buy cars from Detroit that may or may not be built in the United States, containing parts/systems/sub-assemblies from all over the world, but it's NOT okay to buy from a manufacturer like Toyota who builds 60%
of their cars in U.S. factories by American workers?
Uh.......okay, I got it.
Ford dealer airs racist radio advert {Autoblog}
Dec 10th 2008 2:45PM Anybody who would like to "Go See O.C.", can send O.C. Welch an email at:
o-welch@dealeremail.com
He proves that desperate times cause desperate measures.
Walk Hard's BD-Live features get tested on Sony's PS3 {Engadget HD}
Apr 3rd 2008 11:30AM Yes, I'm looking forward to Blu Ray having a feature set that matches what HD DVD had back in June of 2006--for half the price. Blu Ray is a great format if next
gen. features aren't important.
