Will Picture quality improve with 1080P?

[blanquitoman1984]

I have a 720P TV will I see any change from the HD channels today compared to tomorrow? Would the image be clearer since the 1080P image is being forced into a 720P TV?

[CubsWin]

HD channels are not being upgraded to 1080p at this time. The way I understood it, this is currently only planned for select VOD channels. So no, you shouldn't notice any difference tomorrow on your existing HD channels.

[EscapeVelocity]

Even if you had a 1080p set, the short answer would be no.

[blanquitoman1984]

Would there be a difference on the VOD with my 720P TV compared to the HD programming?

[gdodd12]

If your tv is less than 50", you wouldn't be able to tell the difference btw 1080p and 720p unless you were about 3 feet from the TV.

[KAB]

If your tv is less than 50", you wouldn't be able to tell the difference btw 1080p and 720p unless you were about 3 feet from the TV.

[smoeke]

i think the question is...

if they can now transmit at 1080p ,have they increased the bandwidth coming into out receivers?


and will we see some of the Hd channels finally looking like HD?

[AllieVi]

If the camera that made the video was a 1080 and the screen is a 720, OF COURSE the picture will be degraded.

How does a picture produced in 1080 get displayed on a 720 screen? Does it simply throw away every third row? Whatever happens, picture information is lost and definition suffers.

Just for comparison, a picture that was made in 720 and then shown in 480 (i.e., standard definition) would also require throwing out every third row.

[thedamaja]

If your tv is less than 50", you wouldn't be able to tell the difference btw 1080p and 720p unless you were about 3 feet from the TV.

Keep telling yourself that.

[tnsprin]

i think the question is...

if they can now transmit at 1080p ,have they increased the bandwidth coming into out receivers?


and will we see some of the Hd channels finally looking like HD?

A 1080p24 signal actually takes less bandwidth than a 1080i and it also compress better. So they could decrease bandwidth for the same picture quality. Its not clear if they will actually be sending such out except for VOD.