[OT] HDTV recommendations?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:34:23PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> There are (or were) several 720p channels on Rogers.  I currently
> have my cable boxes set to convert everything to 1080i, but IIRC,
> some channels, such as Equator and Oasis, along with WKBW(?) were
> 720p.  Of course, with normal viewing distances, it's harder to see
> 1080 lines on smaller sets.  Computer monitors are the exception to
> this, as you normally sit quite close to them and resolution is more
> important.

I use passthrough.  I would rather have 60 frames per second than 30
and let the next device scale it to 1080p60 rather than convert 1080i
to 1080p30.

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Len Sorensen
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