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1080p HDTV
You may know that 1080i refers to 1080 lines of vertical resolution interlaced. This means that instead of 30 frames a second, the TV displays 60 fields per second, where each field contains alternate lines of the picture. Because the fields are refreshed so quickly, your brain interprets the signal as 30 full frames per second.
720p means 720 vertical lines of progressive scan video where every frame of the signal is displayed in its entirety, giving a higher-quality, film-like appearance to the picture.
Most HDTVs or HDTV-ready TVs support either 720p or both 1080i and 720p, very few support 1080p HDTV. Part of the reason for this is that very few broadcasters want to broadcast 1080p signals. The reason for that is that 1080p requires significantly higher bandwidth than either 1080i or 720p. And for broadcasters, bandwidth is a precious commodity. Using up more bandwidth for one signal means that there is less room for other channels. So in many cases, opting for a 1080p signal would mean dropping or degrading other channels.
Is 1080p HDTV important? Well, yes and no. Not all video footage benefits greatly from progressive scan. Sports broadcasts and action movies look better at 720p than 1080i because there is lots of fast movement and the interlacing in 1080i is sometimes noticeable, reducing the quality of the picture. Movies and TV shows where there is not a great deal of fast action look better at 1080i than 720p because the higher resolution has a greater impact on quality than the progressive scan, which has little effect where there is only a small difference in the image between frames.
So, while 1080p HDTV is the best of both worlds, the cost in terms of bandwidth, is very high compared to the benefit for most people most of the time.
Wanting to view one monitor's desktop on another monitor?
Looking for a piece of software to view one monitor (in another room) on my other monitor (1080p HDTV). a preview (the monitor in the other room is running at 1440x900) which I could re-size to half size would be preferable.
Both monitors are already setup. the issue is I want to be able to view what is happening on the secondary monitor(1440x900), on the TV. All the cabling is already run, I just don't want to have to go to the other room to retrieve programs which opened on the wrong monitor. I would prefer be able to see on the TV where my mouse is on the 1440x900 in the preview screen with software.
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Aspect ratio/screen resolution?
I'm using a 28 inch 1080P HDTV in lue of a monitor for my PC. When I play PC games, the screen resolution is always defaulted to one of the lowest settings. When I put it higher, the aspect ratio goes weird and the screen stretches or becomes too small.
I don't understand why this is happening.
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What hardware would you recommend for a Media Center PC?
I'm planning on buying a new PC for use STRICTLY as a media center to my 1080p HDTV. I don't want to pay too much, and I'm thinking that since I won't be using it for anything other than playing media (music, 1080p videos, and maybe some games), what hardware would you recommend?
What I'd like to know is:
Single, dual or quad core? Considering it's only going to play media, I'm thinking I'd probably be better off paying less and getting a single core computer with about 3GHz or more.
What type of graphics card would you recommend?
Thanks!
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