Beth Thanks Yes, you can watch regular TV on HDTV Although y'know how widescreen movies have horizontal black bars across the top and bottom of the screen on conventional tv's? Well, HDTV is a 16:9 aspect ratio (as opposed to 4:3 conventional). So if you watch regular tv on an HDTV set you get gray vertical bars to the left and right of the picture.
DVD is awesome on HDTV resolution on HDTV is up to 1080 lines (interlaced) some sets like Sony XBR, maybe others have a mode where they massage the 480 line DVD into 960 on the tv. But for the last coupla years I've been really happy with DVD on my conventional bigscreen. Supposedly there's "high definition DVD" coming in a few years, which will have resolution to really take advantage of HDTV. Toshiba and others demonstrated prototypes of the "blue laser" required to do this magic at the Consumer Electronics Show a couple of weeks ago, I heard. So I'm waiting to get HDTV for 3 reasons - mass-marketing will make it cheaper over time more programming available to take advantage of it don't have the money yet :-) -bb -----Original Message----- From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:31 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) Thank you ben - that was very helpful, but now I have more questions. Can you watch regular tv on HD? and have you seen DVD on HD? --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:18 AM Subject: RE: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) > HDTV is a chicken-egg problem. > Stations don't want to broadcast until sets are out there, > people don't want to buy sets until programs are available. > > We were supposed to go all HDTV in the US by 2006 (per FCC) > unless the "penetration" of sets into households was below certain %. > Think it's WAY below the required level. > > Some of the satellite tv services have a couple of HDTV channels. > Some major cities have HDTV over-the-air broadcasts (antenna). > Don't think there are cable companies carrying HDTV yet, may be wrong. > > When HDTV does happen, you will be able to buy a set-top box > which will massage HDTV signals to fit into your old tv set. > > Cable companies will probably integrate that into their boxes. > > -bb > > -----Original Message----- > From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:17 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) > > > And while we are talking about video quality - i remember that some time ago > we were told we were all going to have to buy HDTV because tv would no > longer be broadcast in regular tv. Is this happening? When? > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > Anchorage, Alaska > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:08 AM > Subject: RE: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) > > > > So wait - are you saying the S-Video is better than component video when > > it comes to video games? I'm currently using component video for my PS2, > > and it seems clear enough for sure. > > > > -rc > > > > > the interesting thing is that you can connect the PS/PS2 to > > > your TVs via > > > an S-Video connection. best buy has a "magic box" that translates the > > > RCA into S-Video. according to the salesman with whom i spoke, the > > > picture is so much clearer, that you can actually read the word > > > "Squaresoft" in the beginning of the Final Fantasy games. it's crisp > > > and clear. > > > > > > christopher olive, cto, vp of web development > > > cresco technologies, inc > > > 410.825.0383 > > > http://www.crescotech.com > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:00 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) > > > > > > > > > Cool, thanks! I'm actually using component video, but I thought it > > > wasn't the best. > > > -rc > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:44 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) > > > > > > > > > > > > rc- > > > > > > > > "Component video signals > > > > A video signal in which the brightness (luminance) and color > > > > (chrominance) > > > > portions of the signal are processed separately. Component > > > > video signals > > > > provide greater color accuracy than S-video or composite signals. > > > > > > > > Why is component video superior to S-video? Where S-video > > > > separates the > > > > luminance and chrominance portions of the signal, component > > > > video goes a > > > > step further and splits the chrominance portion into two > > > > components. The > > > > benefits - improved color accuracy and less color bleeding - > > > > are especially > > > > noticeable on larger-screen TVs. " > > > > > > > > (credit: info from Crutchfield.com, one of my favorite mail > > > > order firms) > > > > > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:43 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > better, S-Video. Mini jack with 4 tiny holes in the shape > > > of an "A". > > > > > > > > > > best, component video. 3 separate wires for video, each > > > RCA style. > > > > > > > > I thought S-Video was best? > > > > > > > > -rc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
