http://www.chadsnews.com/2006/04/21/quick-and-dirty-guide-to-purchasing-an-hdtv/ News items and other various tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share with his friends. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.chadsnews.com/2006/04/21/quick-and-dirty-guide-to-purchasing-an-hdtv/#comment-43 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:17:23 +0000 http://www.chadsnews.com/2006/04/21/quick-and-dirty-guide-to-purchasing-an-hdtv/#comment-43 [...] On the heels of this post, the linked article has a detailed explanation of the various HDTV formats geared for the tech-savvy-but-HDTV-ignorant audience. After reading it, you should be able to easily explain statements such as this one: “Although 1080i has 1080 lines of vertical resolution (against 720 lines of 720p) and 1920 pixels (against the 1280 pixels of 720p) per line, the fact that 1080i is interlaced, causes an overall lower resolution (in practice) than 720p.” [...] […] On the heels of this post, the linked article has a detailed explanation of the various HDTV formats geared for the tech-savvy-but-HDTV-ignorant audience. After reading it, you should be able to easily explain statements such as this one: “Although 1080i has 1080 lines of vertical resolution (against 720 lines of 720p) and 1920 pixels (against the 1280 pixels of 720p) per line, the fact that 1080i is interlaced, causes an overall lower resolution (in practice) than 720p.” […]

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