Feb
12
What is HDTV?
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I’ll spare you the big drawn out, super technical mumbo jumbo explanation (for now) and keep it straight up. HDTV (high definition television) is generally recognized as having a minimum resolution of 1280×720 which is referred to as “720p”. 720p for many of us was our first entry into the world of high definition, most of the early high definition televisions were 1280×720 models and many of the 720p displays manufactured in the last few years are still capable of making phenomenal looking images, but make no mistake 720p is on its way out.
1920×1080, “1080i” or 1080 interlaced most often comes in the form of HDTV broadcasts and often rivals 720p in overall detail but not necessarily in motion reproduction. The best of both worlds however is accomplished 1080p or 1920×1080 progressive, 1080p is also known as Full HD but it’s all just another way of saying this is the ultimate (currently) in resolution and theoretical image quality. Even though we have different HDTV resolutions, the aspect ratio for HDTV remains a pleasantly wide 16:9.
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