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New member Username: Andymac10UK Post Number: 1 Registered: Feb-06 | I have just bought a Philips 42PF7320 plasma TV, it is a none ready HD unit with a DVI-I connector, dos this meen I will be able to add a piece of equipment eventualy to turm my none HD TV into a HD TV and if so an idea as to what will be required, set top box etc. |
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Silver Member Username: John_sColumbus, Ohio US Post Number: 740 Registered: Feb-04 | Andy, your TV is an "EDTV", or Extended Definition unit. This is a step below a display capable of a true HD picture as defined by EICTA. See http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds18570.html Wherein they state · The minimum native resolution of the display (e.g. LCD, PDP) or display engine (e.g. DLP) is 720 physical lines in wide aspect ratio. Since you have only 480 phisical lines (or your native resolution is only 852 X 480) your TV cannot display all the information in a hi-def signal. No special adaptor, set top box, or connector is going to change that. Oh the picture will be mighty fine indeed, but HD it will not be. The DVI connection is capable of carrying an HD signal, and is a very good way to transfer a digital video signal from point to point. But, sorry to say, you just don't have enough pixels to play a true HD signal. |
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New member Username: Andymac10UK Post Number: 2 Registered: Feb-06 | Thanks John, you made it very clear for me. Regards |