Tuesday, January 18, 2005
eCoustics: "Standard or High Definition: It's All in the Pixel Count"
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 04:00 AM
"Most of us don't think much about the images we look at on a TV, flat-panel display, or on a laptop or desktop computer screen; that is, we don't think about what comprises the image—because our eyes and brain merge all the elements of color, brightness and contrast into a "picture" we immediately see. The process is similar, but not exactly analogous, to what happens when we watch a movie. We don't sit there and dissect the 24 still pictures presented sequentially every second (in the case of a TV program, 30 frames per second). Our visual system and brain merge the rapidly moving images into motion, and if the TV show or movie is any good, we're happy."
eCoustics has some good content, but this is one of the best articles I've ever read on the subject of TV resolution and how it impacts the buying decision. I have a Samsung DLP TV with a native resolution of 1280 x 720, and everything other than the four HDTV channels I get from my digital cable looks like crap. But that's the price I was willing to pay - knowing that my TV is capable of amazing quality, but I won't be able to see that quality until more content is available for it. Kind of makes you wonder why I bought the TV, doesn't it? :roll: :lol:
eCoustics has some good content, but this is one of the best articles I've ever read on the subject of TV resolution and how it impacts the buying decision. I have a Samsung DLP TV with a native resolution of 1280 x 720, and everything other than the four HDTV channels I get from my digital cable looks like crap. But that's the price I was willing to pay - knowing that my TV is capable of amazing quality, but I won't be able to see that quality until more content is available for it. Kind of makes you wonder why I bought the TV, doesn't it? :roll: :lol:
