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The term HD ready is a term used to describe a television that is HD capable.
When you visit a electrical or television shop, you will see that most televisions will have on them, or next to them, the following HD ready logo:
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This logo means that the television is capable of viewing high definition video, meaning it is hd ready.
However often, the term HD ready does not always mean that you are getting 'full' high definition. Sometimes, televisions that display the HD ready logo only mean that they are capable of displaying 720 lines (720i) rather than full hd (1080p)
Consider the following image below:
As you can see, the 720p (green area) is less than the size of the 1080p (blue area). A HD ready logo can mean either 720 or 1080 resolution. Therefore it is always important to check with the shop that the television, even if it is hd ready, includes support for 1080 resolution.
Another new addition to the HD ready logo is the HD ready 1080p. If you see this logo, you can guarantee that the television supports full hd, and is fully compliant to hd ready 1080p.
By seeing this logo, you will have no need to make sure that the tv supports full hd. But keep in mind, that some televisions that are hd ready could still support full hd, but check with the supplier or manufacturer first
Comments
This is a topic which I am very eager to express my opinion on. And I thought I may start a debate here.
I have both a HD-DVD player and a Blu-Ray player and after mass use of both devices I do sincerely believe that HD-DVD is the better format and now its becoming obselete! Who cares about extra storage, but by viewing the pixel lines on my Pioneer Kuro TV the HD-DVD seems to be much more integrated into the image, whereas Blu-Ray I find can be quite speckaled around the edge of images.
Has anyone else ever experienced this?
Posted by: Derek Loughbrough | May 30, 2008 12:08 PM