Comments on: The HDTV, 720p, 1080i and 1080p jungle http://www.larre.com/2008/04/08/the-hdtv-720p-1080i-and-1080p-jungle/ technology, innovation and media Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:29:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: larre http://www.larre.com/2008/04/08/the-hdtv-720p-1080i-and-1080p-jungle/#comment-49 larre Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:57:11 +0000 http://www.larre.com/?p=25#comment-49 he he. I always read that... use 720p. But my brain is not made that way. I need to know why! In my case... I think 1080i from my decoder gives the best result. By the way, I have Discovery HD, and it is really a huge step forward from SD television. The picture is crystal clear, and you really get the feeling of standing in the nature, not watching it on TV. But I must say, that U2 3D gave a more whow-effect than the Discovery HD did :D he he. I always read that… use 720p. But my brain is not made that way. I need to know why! In my case… I think 1080i from my decoder gives the best result. By the way, I have Discovery HD, and it is really a huge step forward from SD television. The picture is crystal clear, and you really get the feeling of standing in the nature, not watching it on TV. But I must say, that U2 3D gave a more whow-effect than the Discovery HD did :D

]]> By: T. Benjamin Larsen http://www.larre.com/2008/04/08/the-hdtv-720p-1080i-and-1080p-jungle/#comment-45 T. Benjamin Larsen Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:19:21 +0000 http://www.larre.com/?p=25#comment-45 I think Eyvind that you would do yourself a huge favour by switching of the geek-mode in your brain before starting to deal with this kind of stuff. ;) The rule of thumb is to choose up-scaling rather than down-scaling. The logic behind this is simply that downscaling by nature discards information. In reality a lot of people would even have difficulties telling a properly upscaled progressively-scanned SD picture from a HD source. More importantly: from your normal viewing distance you wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway, so why should you care? Choose 720p sit back and enjoy the show. I think Eyvind that you would do yourself a huge favour by switching of the geek-mode in your brain before starting to deal with this kind of stuff. ;) The rule of thumb is to choose up-scaling rather than down-scaling. The logic behind this is simply that downscaling by nature discards information. In reality a lot of people would even have difficulties telling a properly upscaled progressively-scanned SD picture from a HD source.

More importantly: from your normal viewing distance you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference anyway, so why should you care? Choose 720p sit back and enjoy the show.

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