[opendtv] Re: Spectrum Use for Broadcasting

"I" still don't get it?  

I didn't rank DVDs above HDTV broadcasts?  I think you misread something
there -- note "I watch analog tv, I watch DVDs, and I watch HDTV broadcasts.
I rank them in that order."

The ONLY way for you to be correct on that point is if I rate analog higher
in quality than dvds or HDTV, which -- to be clear -- I do not.

Methinks a correction is in order, or a comprehension test.  Or both.

John Willkie

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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Craig Birkmaier
Enviado el: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:07 AM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Spectrum Use for Broadcasting

At 9:54 AM -0800 2/26/08, John Willkie wrote:
>No, I didn't miss anything.  I watch analog tv, I watch DVDs, and I watch
>HDTV broadcasts.  I rank them in that order, and I don't use a display any
>bigger than 20" to compare them.  But then, I watch at a very close
>distance.
>
>What is "more than adequate" for you isn't necessarily "more than adequate"
>for me.
>
>If someone wants to "rent" me a movie at 640x360, they would have to pay me
>by the minute.

You still don't get it.

You rank DVDs above HDTV broadcasts and apparently like the quality 
on your 20" or smaller displays. But DVD is limited in vertical 
resolution to just a bit more than 240 lines because this content may 
be viewed on interlaced displays.

A 640 x 360 encoding from a progressive source (e.g. 24P that has 
been resampled from an HD film-to-tape transfer) has more vertical 
detail than a DVD, and nearly the same level of horizontal detail 
(640 versus 704/720).

I don;t make this stuff up John. It is reality. The same reality that 
has made it possible for a number of reviewers of iTunes movie 
downloads to report that the quality is equal to or better than an 
SD-DVD.

Regards
Craig
 
 
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