Author Topic: What is the resolution for TV/video??? SI
posted 03-30-2000 02:06 PM
What is the resolution for TV/video???

Sam
posted 03-30-2000 02:30 PM
640x480

ebrigman
posted 03-30-2000 02:36 PM
525 lines horizontal lines....

HDTV as proposed will be something like 1080... which is about the same as digital movie projection...(regular 35 mm film is approx 5000 lines depending on the film stock) that is assuming that the TV stations will use the frequency space that way... they are proposing using the extra frequency space the goverment gave to them for more regular channels

Broadcasters don't want to give us better TV just more opportunities to see commercials

doom1701
posted 03-30-2000 02:40 PM
Well, it's not necessarily 640x480, although, if you are outputing something from a computer, 640x480 is a good resolution to work with. DV, for example, is 720x480 (ntsc).

Also, I don't believe an analog signal really has a specific "resolution". If you watch a TV program on a projection TV with a 100" screen, the image doesn't get blocky up close, it gets fuzzy.

From my experience in hooking my computer up to my TV, the best resolution I've gotten out of my 27" is about 540xsomething.

Like I said, I'm just being nit-picky. 640x480 is a good resolution to work with. I still prefer 720x480, though, so it's easily convertable to DV.

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ebrigman
posted 03-31-2000 11:00 AM
analog video does have a specific resolution... film does not... which is one of the advantages of film over video regardless of whether the video is digital or analog

SI
posted 03-31-2000 12:36 PM
K well is it better to do it at 640x480 or 720x480

thedude
posted 03-31-2000 05:10 PM
640x480 if it is going to be viewed on a computer, 720x480 if it's going to be viewed on TV.

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