Waiting for true HDTV

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Jim Hannon -- Fri, 08/05/2005 - 20:21

Does it make sense to invest a lot in home theater displays and digital players today when higher rez displays and players that enable full HDTV are allegedly right around the corner?

Are most folks going to move their current displays/projectors into the bedroom when the high rez stuff comes out?

Thanks
Jim

ESV1955 -- Sat, 11/05/2005 - 16:57

Good Question. With the players expected to cost $1,000 and two formats to choose between the growth of Blu-ray/Hdvd will be slow. My guess it will be several years before a sizable market share is obtained. Much of the population does not have televisions that can reproduce the best of DVD let alone Blu-ray. There may not be much more of a market for HD in the short-term than DVD-Audio (Which I love by the way for its enhanced stereo).

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tmartin2 -- Fri, 11/25/2005 - 16:34

If you watch sports on TV, HD is definitely worth it! The detail and the ability to follow the action is greatly enhanced and a lot of programming is available.

Jim Hannon -- Sat, 11/26/2005 - 02:56

I agree that sports programming on HD can look incredible.

However, many new displays produce objectionable motion tracking artifacts.

Any advice on which technologies (e.g., LCD, plasma, DLP) handle HD motion tracking the best?

Thanks
Jim

scottwilkinson -- Sat, 02/11/2006 - 14:36

I get a bit concerned when someone talks about "true HD" being just around the corner. It's here now! I suspect what you mean is that 1080p is just around the corner, which is true to some extent, but 1080i and 720p, which are also "true HD," are here now, and they look great.

There are more and more 1080p (that is, 1920x1080) displays becoming available, but there is precious little content that can be delivered in 1080p, and that is not likely to change anytime soon. I've been told that HD DVD will deliver 1080i from HDMI; I've not been able to get a straight answer from the Blu-ray camp about this.

The issue of motion artifacts is mainly a problem for the video processor rather than the display technology. LCD has traditionally had more of a problem with "image lag" (ghosts that follow fast-moving objects) because the LCD pixels can't turn on and off quickly enough, but that's becoming less of a problem with each new generation.

enmoco -- Tue, 04/25/2006 - 22:25

jimhannon1 wrote:Does it make sense to invest a lot in home theater displays and digital players today when higher rez displays and players that enable full HDTV are allegedly right around the corner?

Are most folks going to move their current displays/projectors into the bedroom when the high rez stuff comes out?

Thanks
JimI think you must mean "true 1080p" as their are already several "true HDTV" resolutions. And,btw,there are some incredible HTs using this "untrue" LOW rez,outd :? ated equipment you refer to.

1080p is where ya wanna be!

scottwilkinson -- Tue, 06/13/2006 - 12:22

Since my last posting, I have learned that Bu-ray players will have 1080p/24 output, unlike the first generation of HD DVD players, which are restricted to 1080i or 720p. (BTW, the 720p output from the Toshiba HD-XA1 looks awful, even on a 720p display!) And 1080p displays are being introduced very quickly. If you're in the market for one, just make sure it can accept a 1080p signal.

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