[opendtv] Re: News: If There's a High-Definition TV in Your Future, Wait Till

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> I never said anything about 480i... We all know that
> Interlace sucks.

Point being, the only reason to obsess about *not* going to HDTV, which
seems to be your long standing quest, is to avoid having to go to
anything beyond MPEG-2 MP at ML. Once you get beyond that restriction,
it becomes a big "who cares" whether you use 480p, 576p, 720p. These
are, very simply, marginal improvements in image quality, and they all
require MPEG-2 MP at HL decoders.

The term "HD" might make it sound like there's some sort of huge step
improvement between 576p and 720p, but the simple numbers, 576 and 720,
are a much better indication of what's going on than some arbitrary HD
designation.

In short, I don't understand why it's so important to you to say you
don't need HD. Those guys with MP at ML decoders can't play anyway. And
those with the HL decoders couldn't possibly care less.

Bert
 
 
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