[opendtv] Re: Case for 720p60

  • From: "Tom McMahon" <tlm@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "OpenDTV" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:52:01 +0000

Except for the tube comment, this is only partially correct.

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Richard C. Ramsden" <ramsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:31:00 
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Case for 720p60

That's because most people are buying 1080p native displays.  Blurays 
are all 1080p 24, down converting diminishes the image.
720 is limited, except for mobile.

And no one makes a crt now.  Tubes are dead.

On 4/18/2010 12:50 PM, Tom Barry wrote:
> ...
> Yes, but almost nobody is watching ANYTHING on a native 1080i display
> anymore.  That is certainly a reason to diminish support for that
> format.   1080i CRT based systems were the first consumer HD displays
> but mostly have disappeared from the market these days.  I don't miss
> mine at all.
>
> - Tom
>    
 
 
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