I am gonna guess is fps= frames per second? I have never heard of that in a player just response time on the tvs.
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Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 9:40AM
I don't really understand the difference between 1080i and 1080p. 1080p is 30fps. And 1080i is 60fps interlaced, right? But 60fps interlaced is just in essence a spliced 30fps. So why all the hoopla over 1080p? Unless they start shooting in 1080p60 of course. But only a few professional cameras are capable of that.
Right now, it's mostly marketing. Every HDTV, capable of displaying 1080p, can upconvert 1080i to 1080p. In the vast majority of TV's, 1080p through the TV is indistinguishable from 1080p out of the DVD player.
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Posted - Nov 19 2007 : 2:15PM
But there were also a lot more differences betwen VHS and DVD than resolution. Like the ability to just hit a button to go exactly where you want on the disc as opposed to rewinding and fast forwarding on VHS plus you do not ever have to deal with the hassle of a DVD player eating a disc so for a lot of people who have a casual level of enthusiam over electronics it is not that big of a deal compared to the advancement of DVDs of VHS. Besides by the time the market plays itself out to see where the trends are headed there will be some other format advancements made in some electronics companies R&D department and these forms will be outdated in 10 to 20 years anyway. The cutting edge of technology has the life expectancy of a mayfly.
I just got a blu-ray player and have a 42 inch plasma TV. I agree about buying blu-ray discs at $30 bucks. So, I will keep my DVD player and just buy the special effects movies on blu-ray and the others on DVD at this time.
Barry, Get yourself a membership at Netflix or Blockbuster Online. They both have a good selection of high def DVD's (both Blu-ray & HD DVD). Right now, I'm a lot more likely to rent the HD version of a movie, that I would have previously bought at the SD prices.
The one advantage that Blockbuster Online has is the fact that, you can return mailed discs to the store and they are immediately checked in, which triggers them mailing you your next disc. At the same time, depending on the plan that you have, you can get a free in-store rental when you return those discs. Given that Blockbuster stores are getting a pretty decent collection of Blu-ray discs (some more decent than others), you can often pick up discs, that are in your online queue, at the store. That having been said, if you have no intention of taking advantage of this feature, it appears that Netflix is doing a better job of having popular HD discs more readily available for immediate delivery than Blockbuster is.
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Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 9:10AM