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[Nashou66]

link not working Tom ?

Athanasios

[Tom.W]

Not sure what is up but it works fine here... Try this

[ecrabb]

I've read that paper half a dozen times, Tom... It's dealing with the temporal resolution (response or rise/fall time) of different display technologies. I don't see how that has anything to do with Dragan's suggestion that 720p somehow has better on/off contrast than does 1080p.

I suppose that with the slower Hscan of 720p, the projector could be slightly brighter, increasing the on/off somewhat, but I would think you could bump beam current (contrast) slightly to offset the difference.

But, I don't see how the temporal resolution white paper has anything to do with it... Unless I'm missing something.

SC

[draganm]

TSE posted some cool graphs over on AVS, with Beam overlap their isn't enough time to turn it fully "off" before the next pulse (pixel) is generated.

[Spanky Ham]

I could see that affecting ANSI not on/off. As for sharpness, you may be right. I remember when Scott measured MTF and I had him do it at different resolutions. I seem to remember that it didn't change that much between 1080p and some lower resolutions. IIRC it jumped dramatically at 800x600.


Crabb,
I am curious about something. Before Scott told people they could run 1080p on 8" pjs no one really did it and stuck with 720p and 1080i. Would you have went digital already if you were stuck at these resolutions? I wonder how many people went digital because they were unaware that they could do higher resolutions.

[draganm]

[zaphod]

[Jim Shonk]

The best way to solve this resolution issue is to do what I did, I set up 720p, 1080i, and then 1080p, on my Leeza, then I just flipped from one to the other, I used the same spot in the video using the DVR, And I am sorry to inform the nay sayers, but to my old tiered eyes 1080p looks the best hands down, I even had the wife tell me witch one she liked best and she picked the 1080p right off the bat. Now I am in no way implying that 1080p looks as good on my 8 inch as it would on 9 inch, or that measured with the newest high fangled color meter oscilloscope wave guide watton tott thinga jig , it wouldn’t have a few missing wiggly lines, I feel I am getting the best possible picture the PJ can give, which is what we all want, Had I just bought into all the banter and never tried it, I would still be watching 720p which would be only in my opinion 70% of the PJ’s capability, as 1080p on my unit, looks 30% better.

[HighDefDude]

You are so right with you first post Jim,

I also wondered if the top CRT's still could compete withe the high-end digital world. Apart from the stabillity and over-the-years performance of CRT's, image quality tsill is superb with a good setup..

A few days ago, someone wrote he bought a JVC HD950, which, according to him, was an upgrade over the BG1209/2 he used till then.. I was tempted to write to him: How much effort did you take to properly setup the 1209 ??
On a later note, his 1209 was not color filtered and had visible wear on green.. So in his case he was propably right calling the JVC an upgrade..

I still use a perfectly color corrected BG 1209 with no wear at all.. And all that come over to watch films, friends, collegues, family, say that they never have seen an image that clean, rich of contrast, color-real, and transparent !

Edit: I see you guyzz talk about resolutions of 1080i, 1080p and 720p.. Ever considered 900p ?? I use an HTPC at 1600x900p with very satisfying results..

I'm sure I'll stick with CRT for many years to come !!


Happy newyear to you all !!


HDD.

[VideoGrabber]

HDD wrote:
> I see you guyzz talk about resolutions of 1080i, 1080p and 720p. Ever considered 900p?? I use an HTPC at 1600x900p with very satisfying results. <

MikeEby uses that rez as well, and is very happy with it, after trying just about every other alternative on his XG/LC. He's also using an HTPC, though I suspect most with standalone HD scalers could try that too.

[draganm]

[Spanky Ham]