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Originally Posted by tcarcio
Well bandwidth is better so that is one thing. But don't get me wrong I agree with you I think it is a smoke and mirrors kind of thing.
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This is truly an unfortunate situation. A crying shame if you ask me.
We have maxed out HDTV the day the first HD DVD/BD hit the street over a year ago.
Yet they show us all these large improvements - and we can never have them with the HD chain that we are using today.
Problems with NTSC versus HDTV
1. Resolution - Solved by HDTV - up to 6X better
2. Interlace - introduced almost 60 years ago. Still in use today and will continue for YEARS to come.
HD Disc (HDTV) solves the problem - 1080x24P output (just need the proper display)
3. 3:2 Pulldown - introduced again over 50 years ago
HD Disc (HDTV) again solves the problem - 1080x24P output (need the proper display)
4. 8 bit Color Signal - Color Banding - introduced over 50 years ago.
No improvement here
Deep Color is the improvement for #4. But we will not be able to take advantage of it. Even the crummy little step xvYCC would offer - NG. Only to be used for HD Camcorders that do not use a BD as the recording medium.
That means you can shoot your own home made HD "movies" with a $2,000 HD Camcorder and produce a better looking image than a professional HD Camera can at a cost of $100,000! (as long as you have a display that accepts xvYCC)