Comments on: Early Article about HDTV (Nov, 1981) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/14/early-article-about-hdtv/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/14/early-article-about-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-1075818 Casandro Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:09:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/14/early-article-about-hdtv/#comment-1075818 Now that I personally have a HDTV capable setup for live TV. I seriously start questioning the 16:9 aspect ration. So far most movies I have seen had wide black bars on the sides. I seriously hope BluRay versions of movies will not crop off the top and bottom of movies. Now that I personally have a HDTV capable setup for live TV. I seriously start questioning the 16:9 aspect ration. So far most movies I have seen had wide black bars on the sides. I seriously hope BluRay versions of movies will not crop off the top and bottom of movies.

]]> By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/14/early-article-about-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-86783 Casandro Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:44:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/14/early-article-about-hdtv/#comment-86783 Well actually similar demonstrations have been made in germany right after WWII. It's actually just a matter of tuning your equipment to go from standard resolution to high definition on such small scales. To bad that todays digital HDTV is so much worse than those early HDTV experiments. The olympic games in Barcelona have been transmitted in HD-Mac, a system which is analogue and optimized for deinterlacers. What's also interresting is they mention stereo. Back then stereo sound on television was by no means the norm. Some countries didn't get it till the late 80s. Well actually similar demonstrations have been made in germany right after WWII. It’s actually just a matter of tuning your equipment to go from standard resolution to high definition on such small scales.
To bad that todays digital HDTV is so much worse than those early HDTV experiments. The olympic games in Barcelona have been transmitted in HD-Mac, a system which is analogue and optimized for deinterlacers.

What’s also interresting is they mention stereo. Back then stereo sound on television was by no means the norm. Some countries didn’t get it till the late 80s.

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