Harvey Norman rip off

[Headbanger]

Hang on, you said you didn't have a hd tv. Now you say you have a 1080i, thats sound like HD to me so of course its going to make a difference.

High Definition is defined as displaying at 1080, What they are marketing as HD Ready (such as mine, Complete fucktard of marketing bullshit) is able to receive a high definition signal and downscale it to the maximum resolution of the screen.

My PC is currently feeding into my TV at 1920x1080 (which is your 1080i) but my TV is physically unable to display the image at that resolution so downscales it.

[BoristheBiter]

High Definition is defined as displaying at 1080, What they are marketing as HD Ready (such as mine, Complete fucktard of marketing bullshit) is able to receive a high definition signal and downscale it to the maximum resolution of the screen.

so yes you do have a hd tv. also the tv will up scale any HDMI unput like the xbox to max making it look better.

[Headbanger]

so yes you do have a hd tv. also the tv will up scale any HDMI unput like the xbox to max making it look better.

FFS, No my television does not meet the HD standard ,and as I said a few times now downscales the high definition feed in order to display it.

And the Xbox needs to be adjusted within its settings screen to display at a higher resolution. Otherwise it sends a low resolution signal to the TV and the TV scales it to fit the screen but does not upscale it, Their is a difference.

Before you reply, Please go do some reading.

[BoristheBiter]

FFS, No my television does not meet the HD standard ,and as I said a few times now downscales the high definition feed in order to display it.

And the Xbox needs to be adjusted within its settings screen to display at a higher resolution. Otherwise it sends a low resolution signal to the TV and the TV scales it to fit the screen but does not upscale it, Their is a difference.

Before you reply, Please go do some reading.

glad i don't have a plasma or xbox then

[BoristheBiter]

FFS, No my television does not meet the HD standard ,and as I said a few times now downscales the high definition feed in order to display it.

And the Xbox needs to be adjusted within its settings screen to display at a higher resolution. Otherwise it sends a low resolution signal to the TV and the TV scales it to fit the screen but does not upscale it, Their is a difference.

Before you reply, Please go do some reading.

If you think you don't have a hd tv then you should do some reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_ready

I have looked at all the different systems before i went out and brought mine and with all the rubbish information out there i did my own checking around.
these were the most helpful discriptions i found and it showed most salesman were just making shit up.
I am not trying to go on aout it (guess i am posting this) I was just pointing out the fact that your tv is HD the i/p is just the scan mode and it doesn't down scale it just displays what it can, or can't.

[Mooch]

My 10c worth

I've found that gold plated interconnects have stood the test of time where tin / copper / metal based ones have tarnished (Still use some gold plated rca interconnects from the 1980's).

For HDMI I run both low and entry high end. I can't tell the difference in either picture or sound at native 1080p/24 1080i/50 or HD Audio, but then they are digital formats so unlike analogue aren't sensitive to voltage drop or high capacitance in low grade cables.

With the HDMI I'm expecting the cable ends to have less tarnishing at the connector ends over time. At some stage in the future I'm expecting the cheap cables to suffer from mild corrosion. Hopefully they would ruin the hdmi ports on the TV / PS3 . A bit like rust spreading. I'll probably swap out the cheaper cables with entry level gold plated hdmi at some stage.

[steve_t]

Isn't HD generally accepted as 720p and Full HD is 1080p? Yeah, I looked at those wikipedia articles but 576p shouldn't really qualify for HD. Also, while my TV can display 1080i, I prefer it on 720p

[Headbanger]

I am not trying to go on aout it (guess i am posting this) I was just pointing out the fact that your tv is HD the i/p is just the scan mode and it doesn't down scale it just displays what it can, or can't.

FFS, Input 1920x1080, Display 1360x1024, In order to do so it downscales the image.

I is for interlaced, P is progressive and relates to wether it renders alternate lines or full screen.

Full HD is 1080 vertical lines, everything else that can display 1080 at a lower resolution via downscaling is termed HD ready or in the real world.....not HD. Its all marketing bullshit, The orignal point was that digital feed to a non High Definition screen is a noticeable improvement.

You may have a slight point with the Wiki page but fuck it, I'm not ready to concede anything.Wiki can suck a fat one.





HA

[onearmedbandit]

I'm in the industry, 720p is defined as HD. 1080i is defined as HD. 1080p is defined as Full HD. Forget the term 'HD ready', as pointed out it's marketing.

[Headbanger]

So, In conclusion to the is it a HD TV or is it not a HD TV conundrum, In the Blue corner is Me who claims my TV is not HD, and in the red corner we have Boris, Wikipedia, an "industry insider" and the entire rest of the world saying it is HD.

Tough call.

I'll accept the overwhelming destruction of my argument and crushing defeat with grace.












Fuckers.

[jonbuoy]

HDMI connectors are a bit wanky and fragile, stuffing them onto a heavy oxygen free gas injected quadrupole shielded blah blah monster cable makes them even more likely to come adrift. If you need uber long cable runs you can use CAT5 to HDMI converters and run them 100 meters +. Having said that its a nice system and cuts down on clutter but the connectors are the big letdown. Like as been said before its digital, its either there or its not, a heavy cable and connector is more likely to fall out of the back than a light weight one.