Cedar Point DVD

Wii rules over all. Cheap price, the graphics are decent, and the controls are kick ass. the only down side is that its the official six flags counsel. :(

I had a BetaMax machine, Jugga. It cost me 800 bucks USED.

MrScott

Turbo Jaw said:
Blu-Ray is awesome. I just watched one on my PS3 in 1080i, it is really nice. I want to see a MF POV in 1080i, that'd be cool.

1080i is not true high definition. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players are produced to show in true high definition, 1080p. Unless you have a television that will display 1080p then you aren't really watching that Blu-Ray disc in true high def.

I can watch Vegas on NBC in 1080i on Friday nights as well as anything else on high def TV right now...well ESPN is still displaying 720p but that's only because they're waiting for the 1080p to take off before they upgrade.

While 1080p is certainly better quality, anything 720p and above is considered HDTV.

He was speaking specifically of Blu-Ray technology. It was designed specifically for 1080p technology.

If you watch a 1080i movie on a Blu-Ray player you are not gaining anything more than if I play it in my regular DVD player that has component outputs and is capable of displaying 1080i.

There is a HUGE difference between interlaced pictures and progressive scan pictures. I would personally rather watch a program in 720p rather than 1080i because it's rendered so much faster and is more pleasing to the naked eye. 1080i was just a stop gap until they could massively reproduce something that would play "true high definition" in 1080p format.

In an interlaced picture the display is "painted" on your screen with the odd lines showing up first then the even ones after that. As for a progressive scan format they are all displayed in a single pass and is much more pleasing to the eye as well as being MUCH better for sports and other motion intensive content.

I hear it every day at work from customers....why does it look like there's a trail behind the football players on my brand new HDTV?

The answer I'd like to give is that they were too cheap to purchase a good TV but instead I attempt to explain to them how high definition TV works, usually getting a dumb look the entire time.

OK, sorry about the tangent but it's really a common misconception about high definition and I thought some people would actually like to know.

*** Edited 3/4/2007 2:13:21 AM UTC by Loopy***

My apologies to other PB members as this has nothing to do with CP.

Loopy,

The intent of my previous post was not to debate about which HDTV format is best. I know that BD players and media (including some PS3 games) are designed for 1080p. I also know the difference between interlaced and progressive scan pictures. In fact I mentioned in my post that 1080p is better quality.

All I was stating is that the International Telecommunication Union defines HDTV quality video to be anything 720p and above.

To say a standard DVD looks as good as 1080i is ludicrous.