LazyLion
King of de Jungle
lol... there's no research involved.... you click on the links for the stuff you already know you want.... and throw in a few other random clicks for good measure, and Bob's your uncle... you have it all downloaded.
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Question of the Day: Have you ever ordered a product online and received a fake knock-off?
Seriously done with the utterly expensive DStv
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lol... there's no research involved.... you click on the links for the stuff you already know you want.... and throw in a few other random clicks for good measure, and Bob's your uncle... you have it all downloaded.
Tinuva
The Magician
I agree, most of the time I don't research, I hear from a friend about a good show, or read on the series thread here what people like, and I go check it out once on IMDB, and then just add it to my Sickbeard. I start to watch it randomly, and most of the times I like what I get. And that takes 0 effort. Sickbeard+XBMC pretty much changed the way I watch TV forever, until something better comes along.
techead
Honorary Master
dude, 9/10 people cant even tell the difference between 720p and 1080p
so what do you think?
stevenv
Expert Member
Doesn't it depend on the size of the screen?
Ja, from 42" up it becomes more obvious. Though, this still isn't always enough for some people.
killadoob
Honorary Master
Sorry bud this is very wrong, you can clearly see a difference. Huge difference.
Roman4604
Executive Member
And its not just more than double the pixel count (900K vs 2M) that makes the picture clearer, sharper & crisper.
As important is the fact that 1080p is the only format where media and display device match exactly (down to the pixel). With 720p you're usually watching 1280x720 content rescaled to a 1024x768 or 1366x768 display, which inevitably lead to a loss of picture sharpness (smudged look).
All 1080p TVs default to 16:9 display mode which will crop 5% off an incoming 1080i/p image, so you're actually watching 1824x1026 rescaled to 1920x1080, again with associated smudge. Only when one puts the TV into 1:1 pixel mapping mode (Screen Fit, Just Scan or Pixel mode) will you see the true sharpness of 1920x1080 image being display at 1920x1080.
Maybe a huge difference when you stand half a metre away but step back to your normal viewing distance and then check if you can see the huge difference.
http://www.faqhdtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/HD-Resolutions.png
Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
What he means is, it isn't as easy to discover new shows.
Roman4604
Executive Member
Dont think I'd give much credence to these (seemingly simulated) images. The one that looks glaringly inaccurate is the top 1080i one where the top edge of the snow patch is all jaggered & stepped.
Thats not how the picture on a properly configured 1080p TV + HDPVR in 1080i mode look like. Modern HDTVs have very competent de-interlacing engines with the resultant picture looking pretty much like the 1080p one next ot it (at any viewing distance).
Remember 1080p & 1080i have exactly the same resolution, only difference is to save bandwidth the 1080i updates are stagger with odd & even lines arriving one after the other. For mostly static pictures the two would be indistinguishable, theortically only if there's extreme amounts of movement should there be differences, but again modern TV signal processors are so good at compensating you'll have a hard time finding any.
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