[citation][nom]idisarmu[/nom]No, HD is an overused sales pitch with no real meaning behind it. Saying that 1080p is full hd and that 720p is hd-ready is like saying something is free but not absolutely free (Dane Cook reference... he explains it well and in an amusing way.)On topic: I think this rumor is 99% BS that came from some guy saying: I hope the new iPhone has double the vertical and double the horizontal resolution, as well as the internal hardware from the iPad.Personally, I think this screen with have a wvga or fwvga resolution. It MIGHT go 1024x600, but I really doubt that 960x480 is a real possibility here.[/citation]
LoL, you ever try importing 1080p footage in Avid or Final Cut? Doesn't work very well... the amount of GB per minute because of the resolution is unbearable for even a Mac Pro or 15,000RPM Hard Drives to handle. Hence why we filmmakers downconvert the footage to SD to edit and then do an upres of the finish film.
And you do know that 720p is still HD right? Stores still sell HDTV's that only can output 720p. Also, 720p supports the following frame rates: 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
These are HD frame rates: 23.976, 24, 25
These are SD frame rates: 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
[citation][nom]Tindytim[/nom]My monitor resolution is 1920 x 1200, not 1920 x 1080, doesn't mean I can't view 1080p content.The Zune HD doesn't have an HD screen, but can downsample 720p content. I'm not saying that's HD. But considering this resolution has more pixels than 480p, I'd say it's certainly higher definition than "standard" definition.As far as your monitor goes, it takes a more computationally intensive algorithms to downsample 1080p content for your screen. Downsampling to 940x540 is pretty much removing every other pixel, and rather simple, with 50 pixel borders top and bottom (and who doesn't like a little cinematic letter boxing?).[/citation]
Any monitor can view 1080p video, but depending if that display is an HD display and can support the 1080p resolution then it isn't truely watching HD footage. your monitor resolution is higher than 1080p, obviously you can view it. wow.
The Zune HD resolution is 480 x 272 so it doesn't have a higher resolution than 480p.
As far as my monitor is concerned, the video is relying on the GPU and possibly the CPU to playback the video. The software (Quicktime) and the hardware (GPU) don't downconvert the video unless I bring it into an NLE program and reduce the resolution (downcoverting it myself).
"cinematic letter boxing" or 16:9 is what HD footage is shot at. It is the native dimensions of HD.
Are we going to have to go into the difference between interlaced and progressive next? LoL