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As far as HD-DVD 1080i ALWAYS referenced the "output". Since a vast majority of films are recorded at 23.97(24p) it makes no sense to store the film in an interlaced format. Fear not about 1080i outputs. If you have a de-interlacer in your 1080P set it'll reassemble the interlaced fields back into a progressive picture via a feature called Inverse Telecine.

Bring on the High Def!!!]]>Apr 13th 2006 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/Apr 13th 2006 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/Apr 13th 2006 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/
1080i doesnt simply turn into perfect 1080p because your using an LCD TV or Plasma etc... If that was the case then why bother having a 1080i/1080p. De-Interlacing isnt always going to be perfect and I'm not sure I would trust any sort of flagging sent from a DVD player, Seems most manufacturers still cant even produce a perfectly flagging DVD player after all these years.

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However if your 1080p set doesn't deinterlace well then perhaps it seems rather foolhardy that you should place much emphasis in "interlace" versus "Progressive".

In audio and video the worst thing you can do is rely on specs. You have two eyes and two ears for a reason. Poor performing 1080p isn't going to look better than excellent 1080i in many cases.

I choose to let my eyes be the final arbiter of what is or isn't quality. I've seen HD-DVD and it looks greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat. I expect nothing less from Blu Ray as well.

However if money wasn't an option I'd love to see an XRD based set with a signal pumped in through a Realta HQV based processor and Algolith Mosquito. There's always ways to improve "assumed perfection". :D cheers ]]>Apr 13th 2006 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/Apr 13th 2006 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/Apr 13th 2006 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/Apr 13th 2006 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/
All HD DVD discs must feature at least one of the three mandatory surround formats.

The disc has to have at least one, but it doesn't say which one.]]>Apr 13th 2006 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/Apr 13th 2006 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/
from the same article:"HD DVD's optional decoders are Dolby True HD with up to 7.1-channel 96/24-quality channels, losslessly compressed DTS HD Master with up to 5.1 192kHz/24-bit quality channels, and all optional variations of lossy DTS HD, including 6.1- and 7.1-channel soundtracks with up to 192kHz/24-bit quality at data rates up to 3Mbps."]]>Apr 13th 2006 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movie-boxes-unveiled-1080p-standard/
Also have a mpeg 2 ts stream HD video cam, and that is interlaced 1080i. Looks fantastic on the Westy. so when i bring that camera to a bad TV ( 1366x768 samsung or dell ) i am stunned by how it is nowhere near as good to look at, but i find if i tell the proud owner of his less than perfect TV that this image isnt even close to right, i will offend him.
He sees it and says wow its great!!

bleh. just shoot me.

... such is life. All HIgh Def DVDs will be 1080 and what people actually see will be at the mercy of the scaler & firmare de-interlace in thier processing path, and the potentially crappy endpoint of thier HD-Ready whatever. so both the DVD player and the monitor get into the act and what happens is not always good.

Problem is partially solved with a 1080p source, reduces the problem to just scaling so i applaud the publishers that recognize the value in all that, and i will buy 1080p and likely be glad to pay more for it.
Hopefully the Progressive play flagging problem will not happen in our HD future.





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HD-DVD is the pricing winner for now. I agree with your blu-ray comment, but they need to have lower prices til the end of the year, or the next better format will lose.

We remember those format wars from the past and everytime the better......


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