On 01/22/2006 12:29 PM, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > Dan Seddon wrote: >> Rudy Zijlstra wrote: >>> Dan Seddon wrote: >>>> Justin Hornsby wrote: >>>>> As for UK HD being MPEG4 - I saw an article in Electronics Times >>>>> recently which stated it as a fact - a fact which is causing people >>>>> concern over how current Freeview receivers will work in future. >>>> Maybe the two issues are tied to each other - if the bandwidth doesn't >>>> arrive quickly enough (things never do here) MPEG4 would get more in to >>>> the same space. It might cause a bit of grief with all the people who've >>>> bought very expensive "HD-ready" sets though.... >>> Not likely. The TV sets are HD-ready independent of whether MPEG2 or >>> MPEG4-P10 (H.264) is used, as it is the external STB which does the >>> decoding. Those sets should have either HDMI or DVI input. >> I was thinking that they had built in digital recievers, maybe they >> don't? It would annoy me if I had to buy yet another box having shelled >> out - the slick minimalism of my flatscreen might feel a bit compromised.... > Some can, most don't. In any case you'll be able to use an external > STB... Lots cheaper than replacing the flatscreen.... >
Generally, (at least in the US) a set can be called an "HDTV" if--and only if--it has an integrated digital tuner/decoder (in the US that means MPEG-2). An HD-Ready set simply has the appropriate resolution. Don't know if manufacturers are using the same guidelines across the pond, though. (Wikipedia says there's a standard for HD Ready - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_ready - and the standard does not require a tuner/decoder.) Mike _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
