HD DVD Resolutions

The term high definition states that video is of a high resolution which makes it very detailed and therefore very well defined.

The resolution used with an HD DVD player or television is always stated in the description when you buy, the important thing is to make sure that it matches the rest of your equipment. For example if you buy an HD DVD player and it has a resolution of 1080p then you will need to make sure that your television can display 1080p and if it cannot you will not be able to enjoy the HD DVD player at it's best. The HD Ready mark is a very useful guide for determining the resolution of televisions and DVD players as they can all display high definition resolutions but you need to check which ones before you buy.

There are several resolutions available and they are made up of a number and then a letter like 1080p.

The number relates to the resolution which is the number of pixels that are used to make up the picture. The more pixels it has the better the quality of the picture will be as it will have more detail and so the bigger the number is the better, generally HD televisions and DVD players have a maximum resolution of 1080.

The letter informs you of how the video is displayed on the screen. There are only two possibilities here which are 'i' and 'p' with the 'i' standing for interlaced and the 'p' standing for Progressive. Video is sent to the screen line by line and progressive video sends the video to the screen with every line one after the other. The interlaced video however sends it with half of the lines missing in each pass and so only half of the lines are sent in each pass, there are many passes per second and so it can be hard to tell the difference but the progressive scan has a better picture and is much better with fast moving pictures.

So it is best to buy an HD DVD player with a high resolution and progressive scan but these can often be expensive and so a compromise will often have to be made. As long as you know what you are looking for you should be OK though as you will be able to find the cheap deals that have a good resolution and hopefully progressive scan too.

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