Paradox-SJ said:This may be a bit OT but it does referacne something Sean brought up...
I hear people talk about HDLite and down rezed channels and how bad they look etc etc....
The fact remains unless you TV's NATIVE RESOLUTION is 1980X1080i your TV can not take advantage of the full 1980x1080i resolution signal anyway....
Most fixed pixel displays on the market today are all native 1366X788. (There are newer (as in this years modles) sets that are 1280X720p and 1980X1080p native)
So a full resolution 1980X1080i broadcast are down rezed by you set.
What hurts the quality more than bit starving is not having enough bandwidth to broadcast what bits you do have....
Note 15mbs is enough for a 1280X720p signal so its enough for a 1280x1080i signal...that just didnt 15mbs out of a hat...
You are right about the native resolution of the TVs but by getting the downresize right from the source, pixels are being lost in the convertion which creates a softer picture on big displays (greater than 42"). Also, remember that we are moving into the 1080p displays and right there those displays will show lots of the softness of the 1280x1080i.