On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 10:53:46PM -0600, Brian Foddy wrote: > > I would think a larger portion of HD TVs are 1080i native. The older > > generation of Rear Projection analog TVs were almost all 1080i native. > > Mine can do both, but 720p is up/down (however you view it) scaled to 1080i. > > Given these tvs have been on the market for many years, I'd think they > > may still outnumber the new plasma and DLP tvs. > > I presume you mean CRT projection TVs. The question is, do the CRTs inside > these really have the ability to display 1080 lines? In my own shopping > comparisons, I did not find the CRT projection TVs to produce as sharp > an image (even with the artificial sharpenings off, though I could not > do this in every case) as the 720 and 768 line microdisplay TVs. > > However, there can be other reasons for this. The direct CRT TVs, which > are pretty rare, like the fancy Sony XBR, really do have 1080 lines and > even more, and of course our computer monitors mostly have more as well. > > Of course, people are buying microdisplays for other reasons -- size, > weight, contrast, stability, and maybe they really are giving up > resolution. Based on what I see on the floors of TV stores, microdisplays, > though more expensive, seem to be dominating. > I meant the usual 40-60" rear projection TVs. I wouldn't call them CRTs as they aren't the standard CRT/TV tube.
Maybe by volume, the smaller desktop hi-res TVs may be surpassed them, but there are a lot of people with them. They are big and cheap... Brian
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