On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:40:48PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > Sir, the typical Blu-Ray/HDDVD buyer is not > > going to still use an older HD set that > > doesnt have HDMI interface anyway, > > As good as they were, none of the > > older HD sets that dont have HDMI input > > are as good as the best HD sets being > > made at the time of BLURAY HDDVD > > introductions and later. The bottom line, is > > you wont even hardly see any > > differece between blu-ray/HDDVD > > on those older sets compared to > > upconverted DVD if the set is > > so old it doesnt have HDMI. > > > I cry bullshit on this. CRT's have been capable of reproducing > 1920x1080 (i.e. 1080i, 1080p) and *certainly* 1280x720 (i.e. 720p) for > many years. Many "HD-ready" sets sold withing the past 12-18 months do > not have HDMI-capable inputes.
Well, my (non-HDMI) HDTV might not be as good as "the best HD sets being made at the time of BLURAY HDDVD introduction", but it (and many other sets of that vintage) are quite capable of doing 1080i and 720p - that's what over-the-air HDTV can do. And while it's true that I won't see a difference between upconverted DVD and blu-ray/HDDVD on my set, I sure as hell would be able to see a difference if I could get a 720p or 1080i component signal from a HDDVD player. But as the manufacturers won't provide such a signal, the argument is moot. Blu-Ray/HDDVD have shot themselves in the foot; the early-adopters of HDTV (back in the days when the price of entry was $5000 and up) aren't quite ready yet to drop another few $K on a system upgrade (genuine 1080p LCD TVs are still pretty expensive, although the price is beginning to come down to more reasonable levels). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
