RaptorChrist said:
You capitalized "FACT", so does that mean that this is what the literal definition of HD is? Because I have a hard time accepting that my very first computer was hooked up to an HD monitor, a bulky, 4:3 CRT that maxed out at 800x600, running on an analog signal that provided a less than perfect picture and a flicker that was mesmerizing. Maybe it was just ahead of it's time. I jest. But yeah, it is certainly difficult to provide a definition to something that we all know and understand, but don't truly have a specific metric for. Looking back, the term "HD", which we are all familiar with, referred to the transition between old, CRT television sets and the newer, HDTV models which were capable of displaying a digital signal. I wonder though. Maybe there's a reason YT removed the HD tag from 720p. I don't know the specifics, but when streaming YouTube over LTE, you are restricted to streaming in lower resolutions. Maybe this change is related to that, where YouTube is re-categorizing their streaming options in order to provide higher quality LTE streams. |
I see a point in your response. And yes, is somewhat literal, but is a standard concept. Believe it or not 800x600 is a high definition resolution compared to 480i/p back then and still is. A lot of today portable devices(smartwatch) use that resolution as a base. I guess people are getting confused with high definition vs high quality video feed, Size vs Resolution, and Analogue vs digital signal. CRT tended to be small, but with LCD the bigger displays required higher resolutions to outperform CRT.
Something I too realized is that I was playing already in HD 720+ (at 1024p), long before the 360 or PS3 arrived. For example I was playing battlefield 1942/ BFvietnam/BF2, combat flight simulators, DOOM 3, FFXI, RTCW, etc in 1280x1024 resolution, which translates to a 30% higher pixel count and 30% higher resolution details compared to 720p(wide). Back then monitors and resolutions with a 4:3 aspect ratio were a common standard. LCD and wide monitors changed all that, but it didn't immediately surpassed CRT technology until 1080p panels started to show up. For LCD panels a wide aspect ratio was essential, and with it size vs weight...people overtime made the change, specially with digital video/audio data transmission vs analogue signal. But CRT technology still to this day is superior to any LCD set in some areas like response time (0ms), black levels (infinite), color gradient (blending) and no upscaling (scans range between acceptable resolutions with No distortion/ no pixelation/ no lag). A high end CRT with HD resolutions can rival an OLED HDTV easy, and that is not an overstatement,...problem is...SIZE, hehe.
Last edited by alexxonne - on 01 April 2020
