HD DVD resolution

Does anyone know what picture resolution hd dvd will be?

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> Does anyone know what picture resolution hd dvd will be?

Most likely 1920 x 1080 - the way all the studio masters are being made.
I don't imagine they'll use one of the lower resolution ATSC specs.

720P progressive: No, because it sounds too low compared to 1080i HDTV
(even though 720p is actually very good.)

1080P: No, because true progressive scan images are not
filtered/softened, and so will appear to sharp and pixellated on an
interlaced 1080i TV.

1080i: Yes. And will have all the drawbacks of interlacing. And
de-interlacing will be just as problematic as it is with current DVDs.

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> Does anyone know what picture resolution hd dvd will be?

No, nobody knows, this information isn't available on the web at all.

Kidding aside, the American HD standard (ATSC) allows for all sorts of
resolutions, from 480i to 1080p (1080p was not originally supported in
the ATSC standard but this has been changed, I looked it up). It also
supports either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios.

And if a tv show were released on HD-DVD (and keep in mind HD-DVD is the
Toshiba spec that seems to be losing ground to Sony's Blu-Ray, so we'll
probably be buying "Blu-Ray players" in three or four years, not "HD-DVD
players"), then that show would be released in its original format, from
480i for the older shows, to the HD specifications of 720p or 1080i
(many people say 720p and 1080i look the same, in spite of 720p's lower
resolution, because it is interlaced, however 1080p, which no shows are
filmed in but is nevertheless supported, looks the best of all).

But I'm guessing your real question is, what resolution will I be
watching movies in? That will be 1920 pixels across by 1080 pixels high.

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> Does anyone know what picture resolution hd dvd will be?
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There will probably be 3 choices of resolution, similar to the choices for
current DVD technology depending.on the quality of the source material they
have to work with.

540p=960x540
720p=1280x720
1080i=1920x1080