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hdtv snobs... i dont understand this.

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Originally posted by: TheSnowman
Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
I notice a huge difference between 480p tv and 720p hd, but for some reason I have trouble telling 480p dvd from 720p. Also whats strange is that 640x480 in a computer game looks like crap to me, but 1280x960 seems much better.
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Probably because DVD is only 720X480 (16:9) or 852X480 (2.35:1) to begin with. DVD upconversion is a nice feature to accomodate laggy upconverters on fixed pixel displays (eg DLP's, etc) but it can't increase the resolution that DVD is stored in.
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Nah, DVDs are all 720x480 interlaced recordings at either 16:9 or 4:3, and the black bars for letterboxing to 2.35:1 and such eat up some of that resolution. 842x480 is what makes for square pixels with 16:9 at 480 lines, but DVDs are all still only 720x480.
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Ah thanks for clearing that up.
 
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