Hvx resolution = HDTV analog standard

[doumm]

Maybe this is common knowledge, but looking at freshhdv this morning and i noticed the native res is the same as the new hdtv restriction coming in.

Because the copyright holders cannot control what is done with the analog signal (copying, for instance...or maybe just watching), they have decided to cut the resolution on analog outputs. What this means is that if you have an HDTV with nothing but component inputs, the max res that your Shiny! New! HD-DVD or Blu-ray player will output is 960x540 pixels.
http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/early_hdtv_adopters_screwed_by_hddisc_rules.html#more

Panny HVX design team determined that 1920x1080 native pixels would not gather enough light, due to the individual pixel size on a 1/3" imager (which, while the standard at this price point, is still relatively small as CCD's go). So they chose to use 960x540 native res, and then spatial shift both horizontally and vertically to obtain a 1440x810 effective resolution. They call this Advanced Progressive Technology or A.P.T, it's a 1/2 pixel biaxial shift.
http://toshpit.blogs.com/the_toshpit/2006/02/info_for_you.html

 

[harddrive]

I wouldn't draw too many conclusions from the two sets of numbers being the same - you aren't comparing like with like.

In the case of the HVX EACH CCD (R,G,B) has that no of pixels, and the green pixels are offset from the red and blue ones by half their width and height. Due to the processing then employed, and for luminance only, resolution can be obtained up to about 1.5 times the figure for each individual chip - so limiting at about 1440x810.

With your blue laser player figures, I assume they are limiting those outputs to that figure for luminance.