Thanks again Ben. I refuse to buy a Tv until HD comes down in price because I am not buying a conventional one. Hopefully it won't be long!!
--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 8:35 AM Subject: RE: DVD (was: Drink O'Clock!) > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. 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