HDTV. What do you know about it? High Definition TV is the glamorous name for it. A lot of brands that you can see in the market but how to choose the best for you?
What is HDTV 1080p?
1080p, or 1080 progressive, is a very high resolution video format and screen specification. It is one of the ATSC HDTV specified formats which includes 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. If you are even casually interested in Home Theater, you no doubt have heard the term 1080p, and if so, you most likely have been misinformed about it. Common misconceptions being spread include that there is no media to carry it, that you need an enormous screen to benefit from it, and on the whole you just shouldn’t care about it. Why the industry has persisted in the charade is beyond the scope of this piece, but suffice it to say, if you don’t care about 1080p now, you will.
Difference Between 1080p and 1080i?
In the laymen term:
1080p: 1920 *1080 progressive
1080i: 1920 * 1080 interlaced
Don’t put yourself stuck in the term itself. It is simple, 1080p is much more better quality than 1080i. It is because of how the picture been displayed.
What Brand of LCD should I Choose?
Brand is only the name. This is because most of the LCD maker will purchase the LCD panel from the manufacturer like Hitachi, Sharp, Philips, Samsung and etc. You can buy whatever brand to suit your need. Colour, brightness, white balance can be set later. I noticed that most of the Korean brand, the quality of the sound system is way too low compared to the Japanese.
Don’t Get Trapped With The Dynamic Contrast Ratio
Nowadays LCD maker tend to show off the dynamic contrast ratio rather than the real native contrast ratio. To make it simple, do you still remember the amplifier watt, difference between RMS watt and PMPO watt?
Take for an example:
Philips 32″ LCD - 30,000:1 (Dynamic Contrast Ratio) but the native contrast ratio is only 1,500.
When I looked around, only JVC is brave enough to show their native contrast ratio to the world.
Why my ASTRO Blurred, Not As Sharp As CRT?
Astro broadcasting is digital. Do not listen to the LCD salesman. They usually told the buyer that Astro broadcasting analogue. KU-Band is tailored made to boost more power to overcome the heavy rainfall problem. The problem with your LCD TV is, the resolution.
While LCD which are HD Ready or Full HD, the resolution is 1920*1080 while Astro not even the Standard Definition.
Astro isn’t even SDTV, it is using LDTV and using mpeg2 compression technology from the 90’s… i think the resolution is about 320×240 like VHS size..
plus, can u guys imagine watching astro on 42 inch 1080p (1920*1080) resolution, a 320×240 video been upscale to 1920×1080 resolution, and stretch from 4:3 to 16:9… how you expect it is going to look?
Either you like it or not, just grab any LCD and use the RCA cable to get connected. Don’t waste money to buy those expensive S-Video cable. If you want to use S-Video go ahead but remember S-Video can deliver only the standard definition quality of 480i or 576i. Still low and get worse when it upscale to 1920*1080 right?
Enjoy Watching HD/DVDRip Using Pioneer DV Series
With budget below RM2,700 you can watch the HD quality of movies. Try this set up with the low budget.
JVC LCD 32″ = RM 1,799 (HD Ready, 1080p, 2 HDMI Input, Super Nice Speaker)
Pioneer DV 410V = RM 350 (1080p Upscaling Support, USB Input, Dolby DTS, Pro Logic 2, DivX, XVid, WMA support)
Western Digital External Had Disk 250Gb = RM 220
Download all the movies from the internet and just plug the hard disk to the DVD player. It’s all yours..
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