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Subject: I need info on HDTV to use while playing halo 2
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This is only halo related because that's what i'll be using this tv primarily for...

I am ready to buy a tv capable of 1080 interlaced display. Does anyone know if 480 progressive display is better?
And also does anyone know if tv's capable of 1080 are automatically capable of 480?

  • 06.28.2004 9:52 AM PDT
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Any Progresive display is better then interlaced. I belive halo2 will suport 480p and widescreen. as for your question you would have to check. not all tvs can do progresive scan, but i'm certain all HDTVs can, but i would check the specs of the tv.

  • 06.28.2004 10:06 AM PDT

Posted by: capkirk64
Any Progresive display is better then interlaced. I belive halo2 will suport 480p and widescreen. as for your question you would have to check. not all tvs can do progresive scan, but i'm certain all HDTVs can, but i would check the specs of the tv.


480p means that their are 480 lines on your screen at any given moment. 1080i would mean that there are 540 lines on you screen. So, not all progresive displays are better. Either way, Xbox only supports 720p and 480p. The only HDTV's that I have found to consistantly accept 720p signals are Sony TVs. Most of their new ones upconvert 720p signals to 1080i. So, unless you find a reasonably priced Sony ( Check bestbuy, they just started stocking a new Sony 30inch widescreen HD ready for $999 ) then all your signals will be 480p... I think that's right:)

[Edited on 6/28/2004 12:30:59 PM]

  • 06.28.2004 10:33 AM PDT
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Q

Will Halo 2 support HDTV resolutions like 720p or 1080i?

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In addition to supporting normal television resolutions, Halo 2 will run in 480p resolution when connected to an HDTV.

  • 06.28.2004 10:36 AM PDT
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I'm looking at a SONY HDTV and it says Hi-Scan 1080i™ Display and that it will convert 480p, 720p images. But what I want to know is if it converts a progressive image (480p) to 1080i, will the image no longer be progressive? Also can all HDTV's progressive scan?

  • 06.28.2004 11:14 AM PDT
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1080 may have mroe lines, but i isnt as smooth or clear a picture, it is still trying to fool the eye with alternating lines. Progresive is still better.

  • 06.28.2004 12:21 PM PDT

Posted by: capkirk64
1080 may have mroe lines, but i isnt as smooth or clear a picture, it is still trying to fool the eye with alternating lines. Progresive is still better.


You are right in saying that progressive is a better medium; however, 480p is not a better picture than 1080i. 1080i is the beginning standard of true HD signals. To be a true HD signal the resloution must be atleast 540p/1080i. This is why most of the newer HDTV's convert 420p to a 540p/1080i signal... it looks better. 1080 is actually a display of 540 lines. This means that there are 540 progressive lines on the screen at any given moment, which is a better quality picture than 480 progressive. 480p is the native resolution of DVD's, and I'm sure you know that DVD aren't true HD.

[Edited on 6/28/2004 12:52:51 PM]

  • 06.28.2004 12:52 PM PDT