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HD vs SD, cont. Anonymous
I was going to post this in the other thread where someone was asking why HD is better than SD, but it died while I was posting.

Here is a HD DVD and DVD version of the same movie. I played both on my comp at full screen, pressed the print screen button, and joined the 2 images together afterwards. My monitor is a 1080p HDTV btw.

See any difference in image quality? I chose a video location where the difference is not so obvious as well (on a in-focus scenery image, it is glaringly obvious)

It is a lot easier to tell the difference when they are in motion (video) than as stills, though.
>> Anonymous
The one major difference I see (and it shows up more profoundly for objects in motion) is the edges of things are a lot less blurry and jagged in the HD sample. I did some tests like this on my own, and the HD material struts its stuff best when you're looking at an actual movie clip.

I take it this is from "The Last Samurai"?
>> Anonymous
>>227494
correct, sir
>> Anonymous
Thats the huge benefit of a progressive image since the entire picture is drawn in one field. A interlaced video will always look worse since your hardware needs to combine fields to make a image and things get really ugly if the image is moving.

I really notice a difference on very large TVs or projectors.
>> Anonymous
>>227479
What's SD?
>> Anonymous
>>227653
"Standard Definition."
>> Anonymous
Quick noobie question here, my friends were debating...

My buddy claims his TV is 1080i, but has no HDMI input. My other friend claims that 1080i/p can only be displayed through a HDMI signal.

Anyone have any input on this?
>> Anonymous
HIGH RESOLUTION REPRODUCES MORE DETAIL THAN LOW RESOLUTION

NEWS AT 11
>> Anonymous
>>227658
Your friend is retarded.

1080i and 1080p can be displayed through either HDMI, component, composite, or DVI. The video part of HDMI is pretty much DVI anyways (it was derived from it).

Also, if his TV says for input signal "720p/1080i", like most do in the stores, it means it is only 720p. Just because it says it can input 1080i does NOT mean it can display 1080i. 720p TVs will just deinterlace and downscale 1080i (1920x1080) to 1280x720.
>> Anonymous
>>227658
People were doing HD through component years before HDMI existed. Tell your friend to stfu and lern2google.

>>227630
Only for TV. Movies use a form of interlacing that can be losslessly converted to progressive. (Telecine.) 60p F1 racing is pretty glorious though.

>>227494
The Last White Man's Burden amirite
>> Anonymous
>>227663
to add, if it doesn't say it can display 1920x1080 as maximum (usually, it will say "native") resolution, it can never display 1080i or 1080p at their proper resolution.
>> Anonymous
>>227665
Indeed. Unless you sit something like 15' away from your TV, then 720p is shit.

They should have never called 720p "HD". Maybe "HD lite", at the most.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>227682
chart is for average eyes, btw.

i can see a difference between 1080 and 720 at a distance further away than it says
>> Anonymous
>>227676
You think that's a travesty, in Australia 480p is marketed as "HD". And it's usually 25p, not even 50p. Technically the specs allow it, but it's still total bullshit.
>> Anonymous
>>227685
how the hell can 480p be marketed at "HD"?
480p is 640x480. That is standard DVD resolution. Pretty much what NTSC TV's have been doing for over 50 years.
>> Anonymous
>>227685
wow, sux for you guys.

I heard your internet is terrible as well. Download/upload useage caps? lol
>> Anonymous
>>227688
Because cheap fags. Actually it's 768x576p, sorry, and wiki says that's supposed to be ED (enhanced definition), but faggotry rules.
>> Anonymous
>>227684
aren't you special.
>> Anonymous
>>227690
Yes. I pay about $70 a month for 1500/256 down/up with a 12gig download limit after which my connection is slowed.

Some companies are still selling dialup at $50 a month.
>> MR. Anon
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>>227682
mind making a non-JPEGselated non-tiny image for /hr/

also: i have a 24in (22.5 viewable) widescreen (16:10) CRT, but I'm typically 1-2 feet away (nearly always less than 5). It's hard to tell where I fall there.

Image posted to left is an old outdated one from WP.
>> Anonymous
actually you can also tell on the faces by looking at the skin tone and smoothness aslo the guy on the right looks a lot older on the SD then on the HD
>> Anonymous
bumping informative thread
>> Anonymous
>>227790
Me and my 20/5mbps no limits for $50/month mock you.

fiber rocks
>> Anonymous
>>227479
which one is HD? they both look shitty. Give a better example
>> Anonymous
>>228085
what does 20/5mbps mean? upload 20megs or what?
>> Anonymous
>>227479
To me these images look like original vs. sharpened... i would go with left image... that is if you only saw freeze frame of the movie :P
>> Anonymous
mouse over for comparison:

http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html
>> Anonymous
>>228103
I think he means up/down.