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| Authored by: lnuss on Thursday, November 15 2012 @ 09:19 AM EST |
Not just 720p, but also 480p gets converted (not generally broadcast, but
usually on DVD or such), probably in the DVD player.
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Larry N.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 15 2012 @ 02:58 PM EST |
I used to sell TVs. I'd like to point out a lot of people still have their CRT
screens, buying converters or whatever as they need them.
Some even hate progressive TVs; older recordings don't look as good on
progressive tvs due to the limitations of the recording technologies, but
interlaced screens' properties disguise this fact. It's hard to explain to
someone who doesn't have an interest, though. These people are
under-represented on the internet because they're mostly older and want to watch
their old shows or home videos and stuff. You can convert
progressive->interlaced or back, but the CRT screens and similar (like old
projection tvs) have different properties when it comes to displaying the
picture that makes the older recordings look better on the older screens. You
can throw that same content on a new progressive LED screen and it doesn't look
as good. (I mean, relatively, compared to reality- it is a more accurate
picture, but it shows the limitations of the recording technology more plainly
than the old CRTs do. It's subjective.) However they still want to have their
TV service to work on the old tv too. Sold a lot of those digital converter
boxes to those folks.
It's a dying breed though, that cares about these. I'm ambivalent about it
personally; I could see why the corporations want to drop it, though. There's
no growth in that direction because nobody is making new content in interlaced;
all interlaced-related conversions are for dealing with older content or
equipment. There's still plenty of interlaced equipment in use, but someday
it'll all be replaced. Probably not as soon as the guys that make/sell content
and equipment say though...
I'm sorry if I didn't explain it well...[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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