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Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?

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> Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?
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Yes.

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I've looked at HDTV and EDTV at Sears\Circut City\Best Buys and a few other
local stores. The pictures in some cases seem better on EDTV but I haven't
seen the opposite. Could it be that these stores are not providing the best
picture to show off the HDTV abilities as I haven't been knock out of my
socks by the difference yet. Richard is there something the stores are
showing?

Thanks


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> Yes.
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YES - DEFINITELY

ED by the way is called "standard definition" in ATSC terms, the term ED was
a marketing ploy by the plasma vendors to make them sound better.

and HD doesn't cost more than standard definition

"ED" plasma is more expensive than a HD projector
 
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"BeeFarmer" <OhioBeeFarmer@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've looked at HDTV and EDTV at Sears\Circut City\Best Buys and a few
> other local stores. The pictures in some cases seem better on EDTV but I
> haven't seen the opposite. Could it be that these stores are not
> providing the best picture to show off the HDTV abilities as I haven't
> been knock out of my socks by the difference yet. Richard is there
> something the stores are showing?
>
> Thanks

Normally, the quality of the video source in the big box retailers is
pathetically poor.
They simply don't spend the money or the effort to have decent signals.

Think of it this way ED = DVD in resolution
720x480 (except DVD is interlaced on the disk and ED is not)
 
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These comments are specifically for 42" Plasma TVs. For viewing
distances of 6 ft or less, the HD 42" plasma is definitely better at
showing HDTV content. At 10ft +, there HD and ED are more equivalent.
You can judge for yourself - as my eyesite may not be as sharp as
yours. The problem is finding out if the store is displaying 1080i or
480p content. Comparing 480p between HD and ED tvs is a waste of time.
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EDTV is 480p while HDTV is 720p or 1080i. 480p is like a good DVD picture,
which is better than the usual fare, but not high definition by any means.
But if you were watching something without a lot of small detail -- like
close-up shots of actors -- and/or on a small screen TV set, under 50" or
so, you might not notice a lot of difference. But watch something like a
football game on a 60" screen and the difference between 480p and 720p is
HUGE. If the stores you are going to are not demonstrating this to you,
then they are not doing their jobs.

Personally, I would not even consider buying "EDTV" to save a few bucks,
even a thousand bucks. I would stick with my old standard set until I could
buy a good HD set before I would go the half-assed route.

mack
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> I've looked at HDTV and EDTV at Sears\Circut City\Best Buys and a few
> other local stores. The pictures in some cases seem better on EDTV but I
> haven't seen the opposite. Could it be that these stores are not
> providing the best picture to show off the HDTV abilities as I haven't
> been knock out of my socks by the difference yet. Richard is there
> something the stores are showing?
>
> Thanks
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>> "BeeFarmer" <OhioBeeFarmer@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?
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>>> Many Thanks
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>> Yes.
>>
>> Richard.
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That's kind of what I was thinking was to wait for the price to come down.
You explained it to me very well. I will continue to ready the forums and
keep an eye on the prices. The Hitachi's and Sony's I've seen have been
really nice but I bet there are others out there I just haven't seen yet.

Many Thanks!


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> EDTV is 480p while HDTV is 720p or 1080i. 480p is like a good DVD
> picture, which is better than the usual fare, but not high definition by
> any means. But if you were watching something without a lot of small
> detail -- like close-up shots of actors -- and/or on a small screen TV
> set, under 50" or so, you might not notice a lot of difference. But watch
> something like a football game on a 60" screen and the difference between
> 480p and 720p is HUGE. If the stores you are going to are not
> demonstrating this to you, then they are not doing their jobs.
>
> Personally, I would not even consider buying "EDTV" to save a few bucks,
> even a thousand bucks. I would stick with my old standard set until I
> could buy a good HD set before I would go the half-assed route.
>
> mack
> austin
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> "BeeFarmer" <OhioBeeFarmer@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I've looked at HDTV and EDTV at Sears\Circut City\Best Buys and a few
>> other local stores. The pictures in some cases seem better on EDTV but I
>> haven't seen the opposite. Could it be that these stores are not
>> providing the best picture to show off the HDTV abilities as I haven't
>> been knock out of my socks by the difference yet. Richard is there
>> something the stores are showing?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> "Richard" <rfeirste at nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
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>>> "BeeFarmer" <OhioBeeFarmer@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?
>>>>
>>>> Many Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>> Richard.
>>>
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>>
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"Mack McKinnon" <MckinnonRemoveThis@tvadmanDeleteThisAsWell.com> wrote in
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> EDTV is 480p while HDTV is 720p or 1080i. 480p is like a good DVD
> picture, which is better than the usual fare, but not high definition by
> any means. But if you were watching something without a lot of small
> detail -- like close-up shots of actors -- and/or on a small screen TV
> set, under 50" or so, you might not notice a lot of difference. But watch
> something like a football game on a 60" screen and the difference between
> 480p and 720p is HUGE. If the stores you are going to are not
> demonstrating this to you, then they are not doing their jobs.
>
> Personally, I would not even consider buying "EDTV" to save a few bucks,
> even a thousand bucks. I would stick with my old standard set until I
> could buy a good HD set before I would go the half-assed route.

I also would definitely NOT buy and EDTV, but the price differential is
sometimes far more than one thousand dollars.
 
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BeeFarmer wrote:

> Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?
>
> Many Thanks

It appears that we have mostly anti-ED people on this forum. The short
answer is that it depends on a large extent to the size of the screen
and how far away you sit from it. On a 42" plasma at 10 feet, the
difference between an ED and the current officially HD (1024x768)
plasmas is not that obvious. On a big 60" set at 8 feet, the difference
between an ED 480p and HD 720p or 1080i set is more noticeable.

However, HD is more than just resolution, it is digital, better
dynamic range of color & picture. The 37" and 42" 852x480p ED
plasmas are quite popular because they handle HD signals (by downscaling
to 480p), do a pretty good job with SD channels (simpler scaling
involved in taking 480i to 480p than to 768p for example), present a
fine picture for DVDs (which are 720x480 resolution), and run $2000 USD
or more cheaper than the current 42" HD plasmas. One drawback to the ED
plasmas is the Screen Door Effect (SDE) which you will see if you sit
too close to the screen.

At the moment, 42" ED plasmas reportedly make up around 54% of all
plasmas of all sizes sold. So they are very popular.

Are they true HD? No. But I would argue that the step from an SD CRT
TV (say 32" or less) to a good quality 37' or 42" ED plasma is far
bigger in picture improvement than the step from a ED to HD TV. Did I
get an ED plasma? No. I got a 42" HD Panasonic commercial model, because
I could afford it. But I can very close to buying a 37" Panasonic ED
consumer plasma (TH-37PD25U) with the idea of only keeping it as the
main TV for several years. The price difference is pretty big so it
really comes down to a person's budget and if they decide the ED is good
enough for them. This will be something people will debate until HD
plasmas come down in price enough to drive EDs out of the market, but
that won't happen for a few years.

Alan F
 

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There is no such thing as EDTV. Only SD and HDTV. You gotta speak the
language before you can communicate.


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Alan Figgatt wrote:
> BeeFarmer wrote:
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>> Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?
>>
>> Many Thanks
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> It appears that we have mostly anti-ED people on this forum. The short
> answer is that it depends on a large extent to the size of the screen
> and how far away you sit from it. On a 42" plasma at 10 feet, the
> difference between an ED and the current officially HD (1024x768)

1024x768 is not an official HD geometry. It is marketed as HD because
the FTC has not (and probably will not) set minimum standards for
advertizing HDTV.

Matthew (What has the FTC done lately?)

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In article <A65Ad.800$S72.717@bignews4.bellsouth.net>,
"curmudgeon" <curmudgeon@buzzoff.net> writes:
> There is no such thing as EDTV. Only SD and HDTV. You gotta speak the
> language before you can communicate.
>
>
Back in the early days of the digital TV developments, the term
EDTV was indeed used in technical discussions... It was mostly
meant (probably not formally defined) to imply the super-NTSC type
schemes, the MAC schemes or the non-analog composite video schemes
that provided resolution greater than NTSC.

However, EDTV has fallen into disuse, or perhaps wasn't used all that
often or for very long (for example, perhaps not much after 1986.) AFAIR,
the Sarnoff super-NTSC type scheme
(e.g. adding quadrature modulation, another subcarrier in the NTSC Fukinuki
hole and digital data in the sync blanking regions) would have been
an EDTV scheme... Off topic: imagine how darned fragile and non-CATV
friendly that signal would have been!!!

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EDTV distinguishes itself from SDTV by being Progressively Scanned (480p).
It is usually Widescreen, but not always.

Beyond a certain distance (about 1.5x the diagonal measure of a 16:9 screen)
your eyes can't see the HDTV pixels and at a larger distance, (about 4x) you
can't see the pixels of NTSC. So if you sit far from the screen, HDTV
resolution is overkill, as you won't see the difference unless you get
closer.

A useful viewing distance calculator can be found here:
http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

Brad H

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> There is no such thing as EDTV. Only SD and HDTV. You gotta speak the
> language before you can communicate.
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> > Many Thanks
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:17:44 -0500, "curmudgeon"
<curmudgeon@buzzoff.net> wrote:

>There is no such thing as EDTV. Only SD and HDTV. You gotta speak the
>language before you can communicate.
>

Are you nuts ?

Get with the program. EDTV is selling big time.

Take your "no such thing" baloney and get out of here.

communicate ???

LOL.
 
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Here's my understanding of the situation:

480i with a bandwidth of 6 MHz is SDTV. Also called NTSC here in North
America.
720p and 1080i is HDTV. There may be other formats, like 1080p, considered
to be HDTV but rarely used.
480p is EDTV (since it's neither SDTV nor HDTV, and can have a higher
bandwidth than SDTV, e.g. downsampled HDTV)

I hope it's enough language to communicate.






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> There is no such thing as EDTV. Only SD and HDTV. You gotta speak the
> language before you can communicate.
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> "BeeFarmer" <OhioBeeFarmer@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?
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>> Many Thanks
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Hasenpfeffer wrote:
> Here's my understanding of the situation:
>
> 480i with a bandwidth of 6 MHz is SDTV. Also called NTSC here in North
> America.
> 720p and 1080i is HDTV. There may be other formats, like 1080p,
> considered to be HDTV but rarely used.
> 480p is EDTV (since it's neither SDTV nor HDTV, and can have a higher
> bandwidth than SDTV, e.g. downsampled HDTV)
>
> I hope it's enough language to communicate.

Actually, from what I understand (and I could be wrong), the 480p is done
internal to the unit, similar to a DVD player, so the bandwidth would be the
same as the input is still 480i (unless, of course, these units can accept
an input of 720p or 180i and downscale it to 480p).

Though I can't see the sense of setting up for HD service to downscale.....


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>> There is no such thing as EDTV. Only SD and HDTV. You gotta speak
>> the language before you can communicate.
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>> "BeeFarmer" <OhioBeeFarmer@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Is HDTV picture that much better than EDTV comparing the cost?
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L Alpert wrote:
> Hasenpfeffer wrote:
>
>>Here's my understanding of the situation:
>>
>>480i with a bandwidth of 6 MHz is SDTV. Also called NTSC here in North
>>America.
>>720p and 1080i is HDTV. There may be other formats, like 1080p,
>>considered to be HDTV but rarely used.
>>480p is EDTV (since it's neither SDTV nor HDTV, and can have a higher
>>bandwidth than SDTV, e.g. downsampled HDTV)
>>
>>I hope it's enough language to communicate.
>
>
> Actually, from what I understand (and I could be wrong), the 480p is done
> internal to the unit, similar to a DVD player, so the bandwidth would be the
> same as the input is still 480i (unless, of course, these units can accept
> an input of 720p or 180i and downscale it to 480p).
>
> Though I can't see the sense of setting up for HD service to downscale.....

You are thinking about the 480p progressive scan feature for DVDs
which can deinterlaced film source material into 720x480p. This feature
is also known as 3:2 pull down. This is not the same as 480p widescreen
source broadcasts as one of the ATSC standards, which Fox used to do
until they switched to 720p this year.

There are 18 different formats accepted for ATSC many of which are not
HD. See http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ISSUES/what_is_ATSC.html for the list.
Enhanced Definition for OTA broadcasts effectively means the 704x480p
16:9 standard, but with Fox dropping it, I don't know if there are any
stations broadcasting at that standard in the US any more. All of the
major networks are either 720p60 or 1080i60 now.

For TV sets, ED has come to mean 16:9 480p sets. Fixed pixel ED
plasmas have a resolution of 852x480p pixels. At 852 horizontal pixels,
these sets do have higher resolution than the 720 or 704 pixels of
resolution for US encoded DVDs or ED broadcasts. They upscale DVDs
horizontally & downscale the 720p or 1080i signals to 480p and still
provide a pretty good picture for medium sized 37" or 42" screens at
typical 8 or 10 feet viewing distance.

Alan F
 
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> Hasenpfeffer wrote:
> > Here's my understanding of the situation:
> >
> > 480i with a bandwidth of 6 MHz is SDTV. Also called NTSC here in North
> > America.
> > 720p and 1080i is HDTV. There may be other formats, like 1080p,
> > considered to be HDTV but rarely used.
> > 480p is EDTV (since it's neither SDTV nor HDTV, and can have a higher
> > bandwidth than SDTV, e.g. downsampled HDTV)
> >
> > I hope it's enough language to communicate.
>
> Actually, from what I understand (and I could be wrong), the 480p is done
> internal to the unit, similar to a DVD player, so the bandwidth would be
the
> same as the input is still 480i (unless, of course, these units can accept
> an input of 720p or 180i and downscale it to 480p).

Not True. Progressive scan DVD players do create the 480p signal, as would
HDTV tuners. The bandwidth is therefore double 480i, since 2x the number of
scan lines are sent each 1/60th of a second. The 480p capable TV doesn't
receive one field and repeat it, which is what a line doubler does.

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Alan Figgatt wrote:
> L Alpert wrote:
>> Hasenpfeffer wrote:
>>
>>> Here's my understanding of the situation:
>>>
>>> 480i with a bandwidth of 6 MHz is SDTV. Also called NTSC here in
>>> North America.
>>> 720p and 1080i is HDTV. There may be other formats, like 1080p,
>>> considered to be HDTV but rarely used.
>>> 480p is EDTV (since it's neither SDTV nor HDTV, and can have a
>>> higher bandwidth than SDTV, e.g. downsampled HDTV)
>>>
>>> I hope it's enough language to communicate.
>>
>>
>> Actually, from what I understand (and I could be wrong), the 480p is
>> done internal to the unit, similar to a DVD player, so the bandwidth
>> would be the same as the input is still 480i (unless, of course,
>> these units can accept an input of 720p or 180i and downscale it to
>> 480p). Though I can't see the sense of setting up for HD service to
>> downscale.....
>
> You are thinking about the 480p progressive scan feature for DVDs
> which can deinterlaced film source material into 720x480p. This
> feature is also known as 3:2 pull down. This is not the same as 480p
> widescreen source broadcasts as one of the ATSC standards, which Fox
> used to do until they switched to 720p this year.

How many stations are going to broadcast the 480p version of DTV, and how
many cable and satellite carriers will offer this scale of service?


>
> There are 18 different formats accepted for ATSC many of which are
> not HD. See http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ISSUES/what_is_ATSC.html for
> the list. Enhanced Definition for OTA broadcasts effectively means
> the 704x480p 16:9 standard, but with Fox dropping it, I don't know if
> there are any stations broadcasting at that standard in the US any
> more. All of the major networks are either 720p60 or 1080i60 now.

Well, I wasn't sure if the EDTV was expecting the source to be 480p or if
was scaling it similar to PS DVD players.

>
> For TV sets, ED has come to mean 16:9 480p sets. Fixed pixel ED
> plasmas have a resolution of 852x480p pixels. At 852 horizontal
> pixels, these sets do have higher resolution than the 720 or 704
> pixels of resolution for US encoded DVDs or ED broadcasts. They
> upscale DVDs horizontally & downscale the 720p or 1080i signals to
> 480p and still provide a pretty good picture for medium sized 37" or
> 42" screens at typical 8 or 10 feet viewing distance.

I would still have a problem with going through the trouble of obtaining a
720p or 1080i source signal and downscale it.

>
> Alan F