sc94597 said:
It is really a semantic debate, but most people usually qualify a 720 horizontal resolution as HD and 1920 x 1080 as Full HD. There is nothing special about 1080p or 720p that make them, "HD" they were just attributed that by people as a label to distinguish them from the long standing standard of 480i/480p. Either way, 1024 x 768 has 16 times the number of pixels than the original DS resolution. So in comparison to the DS' very low resoluton, 1024 x 768 is indeed "High resolution." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television XGA - 1024 * 768 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution#XGA_.281024.C3.97768.29 |
We call 720p HD ready, it isn't popular with those that have educated themselves, wit TV but they tend to be able to sell them to those who don't understand the 1080p standard. I guess it may be different in your country USA but UK the SD format is PAL 576i for UK old TV standard, 480 NTSC was never a good standard and a little bit of a joke here as Never (Twice) the Same Colours. If you or other want to be sold a 720p TV then you are being sold a sub HD standard in many people's eyes over in the UK.
1024 x 768 is XGA as you said not HD.
