MikeB on 08 April 2008
| jkimball said: This was pretty funny. The wikipedia article on the first page stated that 1080p meant 1080 lines of VERTICAL and p for progressive. A 16:9 display needs 1920 lines of Horizintal to be 1080p A 4:3 display needs 1280 lines of Horizontal to be 1080p A 1:1 display needs 1080 lines of Horizontal to be 1080p. That said, 1920x1080 has become the defacto standard for '1080p' because wide screen TV's are 16:9. If widescreen TV's were 16:10, like computer monitors are then 1080p defacto standard would be 1728x1080 - and still be called '1080p'. personally I have rockin 20" CRT. With an antenna. And six channels. Woot. |
Interesting post. I agree the description for 1080i is rather similar: "1080i is a shorthand name for a category of video modes. The number 1080 stands for 1080 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter i stands for interlaced or non-progressive scan."
Nice to see a few people like you participating in this thread. I think RocketPig and a few others take things far too personal, IMO discussing technicals is nothing to get that upset about.
