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| Thread ID: 112035 | 2010-08-21 05:25:00 | TV - Full HD cf HD ready? | John H (8) | PC World Chat |
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| 1130151 | 2010-08-21 08:23:00 | HD ready to me means that it has gotten one or more HDMI ports but no digital tuner.. And there are plenty around like that in the shops.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1130152 | 2010-08-21 08:42:00 | I find the marketing to be shithouse, Each set should just be listed with its maximum display capabilities,instead they cloud the waters as much as possible. Then they plaster there marketing crap all around outside of the screen.Its all bullshit, its a damn display screen,display something, don't give us 65 instances of crap. (snip) That is what I am beginning to think. Why say 'HD ready' when it isn't? They should say "no matter what kind of signal you pump into this baby, it will only show 720p, and there is nothing you can do about it to make it ready to do Full HD". And pigs may fly over Eketahuna. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1130153 | 2010-08-21 08:44:00 | Samsung are the largest producer of Plasma & LCD panels ... got a very good name and used by other "manufacturers" in their products, solely because their production volumes make them very economical. They're also at the cutting edge of technology as well, wish I could get .0005% of their R&D budget. Thanks SP8. I had better find a local supplier and go and look at one. Our main TV is a Toshiba - it just looked the best of the multitude of TVs on display at the time, and I haven't been disappointed in the two years we have had it. Mind you, if I get a Full HD set, I may end up dissatisfied with the main TV. What a sod that would be... |
John H (8) | ||
| 1130154 | 2010-08-21 09:29:00 | Very much like an HP computer I have here in my view. Came with WinXP, 128 Megs RAM and is "broadband ready" whatever that means. I upgraded the RAM to 512 Meg which is the maximum the M/B will take and I'll be donating it to a good home. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1130155 | 2010-08-21 09:53:00 | Very much like an HP computer I have here in my view. Came with WinXP, 128 Megs RAM and is "broadband ready" whatever that means. I would say it simply means the computer has an Ethernet port. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1130156 | 2010-08-21 10:07:00 | Probably and in fact it does. It also has USB to which I can connect an adsl modem if I'm really silly. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1130157 | 2010-08-21 11:01:00 | Thanks SP8. I had better find a local supplier and go and look at one. Our main TV is a Toshiba - it just looked the best of the multitude of TVs on display at the time, and I haven't been disappointed in the two years we have had it. Mind you, if I get a Full HD set, I may end up dissatisfied with the main TV. What a sod that would be... If you're happy with your Toshiba I suggest you get another Toshiba or something not Samsung. I don't know about their TVs but everything Samsung I have ever been associated with has either broken or has a terrible design problem regarding usability. Samsung might be cutting edge, but that's just the problem. Too 'cutting edge' and you get cut on new technology that hasn't had time for all the problems to get ironed out. That is what I am beginning to think. Why say 'HD ready' when it isn't? They should say "no matter what kind of signal you pump into this baby, it will only show 720p, and there is nothing you can do about it to make it ready to do Full HD". And pigs may fly over Eketahuna. They aren't lying or anything really. HD just means anything with a higher resolution than standard definition. 720p is included in that. To distinguish between them, 1080p is called Full HD. When the next format comes out with 4x the pixels it will be called Quad HD. upload.wikimedia.org This shows a good comparison between the formats |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1130158 | 2010-08-21 12:21:00 | But did you know... that a LCD or Plasma panel can not display an interlaced picture :illogical Interlaced is designed for CRTs as the phosphors stay lit on the screen long enought to trick the human eye into seeing an image that is all there at once when really it isn't. and interlaced signals make for reduced bandwidth for TV broadcasters. Flat panels can accept an interlaced picture but they process it to output as a progressive scan picture - Which is still not as good as true progressive scan signal, artifacts that can be introduced during progress. Taken from Wiki "Most modern displays, such as LCD, DLP and plasma displays, are not able to work in interlaced mode, because they are fixed-resoution displays and only support progressive scanning. In order to display interlaced signal on such displays, the two interlaced fields must be converted to one progressive frame" en.wikipedia.org HD Ready means that the TV has a minimum of 720 Lines of resulotion and can display a HD source. Component which is an analog signal is classed as a HD signal. And did you know RGB is not the same as component - common myth. Also.... SkyHDi or Freeview-HD Don't broadcast in Full HD (1080p) Because of the huge bandwidth this would use, they tend to use either 720p or 1080i... So no Full HD broadcast, you would need a now defunt HD-DVD player or a blu-ray player to get the full benefits of a 1080p panel :rolleyes: Just some intresting points... |
radium (8645) | ||
| 1130159 | 2010-08-21 20:37:00 | Well, thanks everyone. I now feel disambiguated, to use the lovely Wikipedia term. I am glad I asked the question, and this thread gives the answer to the other poll that I did not respond to - why do I like pressF1! A helpful wee community so long as you stay off race, religion, and politics... :thanks |
John H (8) | ||
| 1130160 | 2010-08-22 07:23:00 | John, if you view two screens from 3m distance (or farther), one TV is full HD and the other is HD Ready, you will not be able to see the difference. The exception may be with 50 in screens or larger. At least most people cannot see any difference. Up close you can definitely see that full HD is better. Would I buy HD Ready? Probably not since it would bother me knowing it is not full HD and occasionally I would be closer than 3m. If someone is on a tight budget then an HD Ready plasma will fit the ticket. If $$ is not an issue then a 200 Hz LED screen would be the one. | Strommer (42) | ||
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