Interesting article on HD

Good article... Thanks!

I wonder which HVX200 mode will look better projected digitally in movie theaters... 720p/24 or 1080/24p? If the projector only displays the 720p image, why bother with 1080?

How about transferred to film?

Interesting times for the indie filmmaker lie ahead.
 
jrv3034 said:
Good article... Thanks!

I wonder which HVX200 mode will look better projected digitally in movie theaters... 720p/24 or 1080/24p? If the projector only displays the 720p image, why bother with 1080?

How about transferred to film?

Interesting times for the indie filmmaker lie ahead.
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If you were talking about 1080i, I would say that 720p would be a winner. But since you are talking about 1080p, I believe 1080p will be the winner.
But, we don't really know how the HVX works on both modes. We can't make judgements about something that isn't yet available for us to see.

Ok, ok, I know we have seen that grab from the music video. But that doesn't tell me nothing, cause I still think the HVX can do better than that.

As for the projectors, I guess you are talking about the consumer ones, right? Cause how was star wars projected? That was shot in 1080p.
 
The article may have been true enough when the choice was between 720p and 1080i, but technology is moving fast, and much high end production here is now 1080p/25, with the desire being for 1080p/50 when technology allows. Similarly the impetus for manufacturers is for 1920x1080 native screens - at larger sizes anyway, and that's where the differences are most important.

It would be good to lose interlace in favour of progressive, but I'd rather see it done by means of 1080p than 720p. With bitrate constraints on broadcast (it is an ABC article) 720p/60 may have things to commend it, but for HD feature films on discs (and higher bitrates to play with) 1080p must be more future proof.

There may not be too much to choose at the moment between 720p and 1080i, but 1080 surely must have more latitude for future improvement?
 
alpi69 said:
720p, winning again.....yeah.
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Quoting the article: «(...) The topic of subjective picture quality is complex, but the reasons ABC chose 720P HDTV may be distilled down to a simple truth: it gives the viewer better HDTV pictures.» (despite the tech blá blá blá...) not this: «Randy Hoffner», but this: «Randy Hoffner, ABC Television Network» - if it doesn't say everything, it's near by...
araujofh said:
If you were talking about 1080i, I would say that 720p would be a winner. But since you are talking about 1080p, I believe 1080p will be the winner.
But, we don't really know how the HVX works on both modes. We can't make judgements about something that isn't yet available for us to see.

Ok, ok, I know we have seen that grab from the music video. But that doesn't tell me nothing, cause I still think the HVX can do better than that.

As for the projectors, I guess you are talking about the consumer ones, right? Cause how was star wars projected? That was shot in 1080p.
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araujofh said:
As for the projectors, I guess you are talking about the consumer ones, right? Cause how was star wars projected? That was shot in 1080p.
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That's the real question. I know Star Wars III, Sin City, and the upcoming Superman are all shot in 1080p, but what about the digital projectors in movie theaters? Are they 1080p as well, or do they downsize to 720p?
 
Early digital cinema projectors (Star Wars Episode II-vintage) were 720p, but I believe the new Digital Cinema Initiative calls for 1080p, doesn't it?
 
Barry_Green said:
Early digital cinema projectors (Star Wars Episode II-vintage) were 720p, but I believe the new Digital Cinema Initiative calls for 1080p, doesn't it?
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Here in Monroe, WA we have the only digital theatre (correct spelling) in the state. Naturally hanging out here I was curious of the resolution. I found the answer on http://www.dlp.com the HP company that makes the projector. Resolution is 1080 X2040, SW 3 and the latest Harry Potter looked VERY GOOD at 12:01am.
 
Konrad said:
(...) and the latest Harry Potter looked VERY GOOD at 12:01am.
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:laugh: OK! See it again and report it! If it will be possible a Harry Potter's second time... :evil:
 
i'm still trying to figure out why they don't split a 1080i 30fps signal down to 720p 60fps signal.

that way you get no interlacing lines during motion.
 
Barry_Green said:
Early digital cinema projectors (Star Wars Episode II-vintage) were 720p, but I believe the new Digital Cinema Initiative calls for 1080p, doesn't it?
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Oh, I thought it was projected at 1080p. That is interesting! So, at the moment they are all projected at 720p?
 
araujofh said:
Oh, I thought it was projected at 1080p. That is interesting! So, at the moment they are all projected at 720p?
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Here in Budapest, Hungary the first and last digital cinema projector was installed at the release of Star Wars Episode II and it was a 1280x1024 DLP projector. At the time most (if not all) digital cinema projectors displaying Star Wars Episode II were that resolution. The new DLP projectors are 2048x1080 (the minimum resolution of the Digital Cinema Initiative).
 
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