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Is there any difference between the phrase "High Definition Ready" and "High
Definition"?

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"Bob Watkinson" wrote in message
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Is there any difference between the phrase "High Definition Ready" and
"High Definition"?


High Definition is just a general term, the meaning of which might easily be
misinterpreted differently by people. One man's high definitition might be
another's standard definition

Consequently, "HD Ready" is a programme run by EICTA to enable
manufacturers to certify/logo their equipment as meeting certain minimum
criteria to support HD broadcasts and is compatible with other equipment
that has the HD Ready logo. This covers resolution and connectivity.

loz

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loz wrote:


Consequently, "HD Ready" is a programme run by EICTA to enable
manufacturers to certify/logo their equipment as meeting certain minimum
criteria to support HD broadcasts and is compatible with other equipment
that has the HD Ready logo. This covers resolution and connectivity.

loz

And, because of this, any presently on sale set that implies HD ability, but
specifically lacks the HD ready logo, is almost certainly not a HD (as it is
generally meant) compatible set.

Gaz

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And, because of this, any presently on sale set that implies HD ability, but
specifically lacks the HD ready logo, is almost certainly not a HD (as it is
generally meant) compatible set.

Be careful even with "HD Ready" - almost all of them have a native
resolution of 720 or 768 lines, so 1080i material has to be downscaled.

Simon Kempster

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"Gaz" wrote in message
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loz wrote:


Consequently, "HD Ready" is a programme run by EICTA to enable
manufacturers to certify/logo their equipment as meeting certain minimum
criteria to support HD broadcasts and is compatible with other equipment
that has the HD Ready logo. This covers resolution and connectivity.

loz

And, because of this, any presently on sale set that implies HD ability,
but specifically lacks the HD ready logo, is almost certainly not a HD (as
it is generally meant) compatible set.


Then there is the fact that HD ready can mean anything from a resolution of
844 x??? to 1368 x 768 the later res which very few tv's seem to have. The
better the res the better the picture

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Bob Watkinson wrote:
Is there any difference between the phrase "High Definition Ready" and "High
Definition"?


hd ready means you can plug an hd sky box when they come out. hd ready
means you can view hd transmissions on that equipment

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Then there is the fact that HD ready can mean anything from a resolution of 844 x??? to 1368 x 768 the later res which very few tv's seem to have. The better the res the better the picture

Mine 'boasts' a 1366 x 768 resolution. Is that no good?

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Mine 'boasts' a 1366 x 768 resolution. Is that no good?

HD Ready means at least 720 lines, so that fits the definition of an HD
set.

Simon Kempster

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I don't think that's right. 1080i is interlaced, which means that it
sends all the odd-numbered lines of a frame in a 50th of a second,
followed by the even-numbered lines in the next 50th of a second, to
give 25 complete frames per second. Each complete frame is 1080 lines
deep. For progessive scan - e.g. 720p - you get all 720 lines of the
frame each 25th of a second.

Current TV is 576 interlaced lines. DVD players that output
progressive scan don't halve that resolution. Unless your TV has a
native resolution of 1080 lines (and not many do), the image will be
downscaled to fit - but to be "HD Ready" it must have at least 720
lines.

Simon Kempster