Our most common questions – what’s the difference between 720 and 1080, and what’s Full HD? Here’s our Pete to answer both questions
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Listen to FrequencyCast Show 56 – HD Questions Answered |
Two HD Questions:
In this show, Pete answered two of our most commonly asked HD questions:
Follows on from the 3D Transcript
Carl:
Cool – So that’s 3D. What about HD?
Pete:
Yes – we’re often asked for some help with some of the terms. One of our most common questions is the first one, Carl.
Carl:
“What does 720 and 1080 mean?”
Pete:
In HD, 720i, 720p, 1080i and 1080p – that refers to the number of lines, so 720 or 1080 lines, and in general p is better than i. P stands for progressive, and i stands for interlaced. The best you can get is called full HD, which is 1080p.
Carl:
Thank you very much. Next … “What does “HD ready” actually mean?”
Pete:
Now, this confuses a lot of people. They go out and buy a HD ready TV, Freeview HD’s now launched, and people are confused – they can’t get Freeview HD on their HD ready TV. So what HD ready means is, it’s a TV set that is capable of displaying a high definition picture, when it’s connected to an HD source. What it doesn’t mean is that your TV has a built-in Freeview or Freesat HD receiver.
Carl:
Oh – that’s clarified something for me. That was the wrong thing I bought.
Pete:
So if you get a TV that’s HD ready, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it has Freeview HD in it. If you’ve got an HD ready TV, and you want Freeview HD, you’ll need a separate box. Otherwise, what you need to look out for is an HD TV with Freeview HD built in. A bit confusing, but hopefully we’ve clarified.
Carl:
And we’ll write something about that on our website, just in case people would like to recap it.
Pete:
Indeed we will – thank you very much.
More help: HD Ready Defined and HD TV Basics
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Listen to FrequencyCast Show 56 – HD Questions Answered |