Sorry, but how does that relate to GoogleTV unit discussion? Al.
On 6 Nov 2010, at 18:43, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > HDMI is an interface standard whereas PAL is a European broadcast TV standard > and used in other countries such as India. The recently bygone NTSC was the > US broadcast TV standard and replaced with ATSC for HDTV. PAL has a 25 fps > (or 50 fields per second interlaced) based on 50 cycle AC frequency and the > US NTSC and ATSC still 30 fps or 60 fields per second based on the 60 cycle > AC frequency. In Europe movies are actually sped up from 24 fps to 25 fps > for broadcast but in the US inverse telecine techniques were used for > converting 24fps to 30 fps. Broadcast TV uses MPEG-2 transport streams. > > I don't think computers and their monitors have ever depended on line cycles. > The Logitech units may be able to do the standard (probably by a factory > setting) but we still have DVD and Bluray players that can't play PAL discs > and vice-versa. And the Logitech unit only comes with HDMI. My 10 year old > Pioneer HDTV only has component because HDMI wasn't really available in a > standardized form until 2005. However I use an HDFury HDMI to component > converter with my Bluray player mainly to play DVDs upscaled as well as > streaming content from services like Netflix. Bluray disc can output over > component for the time being. > > Al Sutton wrote: >> HDMI is a universal standard and is supported by the Logitech unit. >> >> Al. >> >> >> >> On 6 Nov 2010, at 16:34, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Do they even have a PAL version of Google TV yet? Of course one wonders >>> why we even care about line frequencies anymore and don't just have a >>> global standard. Much TV except live is filmed or video'd at 24 fps and >>> even broadcast that way. And I can't imagine using Google TV on a low >>> resolution analog set. I certainly would like to do some apps configured >>> for HDTV (which would be landscape only). >>> >>> Al Sutton wrote: >>> >>>> All of the current Google TV devices are aimed at the US market so it >>>> wouldn't make sense to offer them to international developers at the >>>> moment. The Droid seeding showed they have methods in place, and, like >>>> with the Droid when that seeding took place, non-US devs can't make the >>>> most of the device for technical reasons (for the droid it was cellular >>>> standards, for GoogleTV it's the interaction with other units & the >>>> programme data) >>>> >>>> Once Google TV starts to spread we might see a wider seeding programme. >>>> >>>> Al. >>>> -- >>>> >>>> * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * >>>> >>>> ====== >>>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company >>>> number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author >>>> and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or >>>> it's subsidiaries. >>>> >>>> On 5 Nov 2010, at 06:04, Seni Sangrujee wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I got the same email. I hope this means that the SDK will be out >>>>> soon. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> do they only give the freebies to US based dev's? >>>>>> >>>>> The free phone device seeding earlier this year was international >>>>> (Droids for US, Nexus for Intl). This TV giveaway seems US-only: >>>>> >>>>> Google TV is coming to 10,000 lucky developer >>>>> http://googletv.blogspot.com/2010/10/google-tv-is-coming-to-10000-lucky.html >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Android Discuss" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Android Discuss" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
