Star Wars Episode III

[Conquest10]

Who saw that last night? HBO showed ROTS last night in HD and in OAR. It was so beautiful.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

OAR???

how could watching it on HBO be any better than watching it on DVD?

[Conquest10]

It was in HD.

[yoda313]

oar - Original Aspect Ratio.

And actually that hd would be really beautiful since it was recorded in high def digital in the first place.

[vhelp]

conquest,

so why didn't you upload a small clip, ya bumm
(what's the point sharing this with us SW fans anyays, sheeze)

-vhelp 3977

[Xylob the Destroyer]

cable systems can only do HD in 480 or 720.... my progressive scan player can do that.
no cable or satelite providers offer 1080i and I flat-out defy you to show me one that offers 1080p

i still don't get how it's better on HBO than DVD.
what am I missing here?

[Conquest10]

vhelp, unfortunely, HBO is flagged here. The best I could post would be in SD. At least the recording on the DVR is in full HD with 5.1 DD.

[Conquest10]

cable systems can only do HD in 480 or 720.... my progressive scan player can do that.

Upconversion is not the same as true HD. By your logic, watching a VHS on an HDTV will make it look better than DVD.

no cable or satelite providers offer 1080i

Hmm...
You know this for a fact?

[Craig Tucker]

WHAT FORMAT WILL SKY'S HDTV SYSTEM USE?
· Sky 's HDTV broadcasting system and HDTV receiver will support two HDTV formats:

- 720 / P / 50 (Progressively Scanned picture)

- 1080 / I / 25 (Interlaced picture)

· Sky believes the progressively scanned picture format is better suited for the delivery and viewing of HD content on large screen, flat panel displays (mostly plasma or LCD) that are increasingly available in electrical and specialist retailers. However, Sky does accept that for some types of programming, the higher screen resolution offered by the 1080 Interlaced format may be preferable.

· Broadcasters planning on launching HD services on the digital satellite platform will be able to choose whether to broadcast content in 720 / P / 50 or 1080 / I / 25.

· Sky's HD service will also utilise the advanced compression technology MPEG4. MPEG4 is a more efficient means of compressing the data in a TV picture.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds19617.html

[Xylob the Destroyer]

there's certainly nothing that good available around here
480 is currently the 'best' available through the local cable provider's HD package
and satelite simply isn't an option at this time...