HD delivery - media other than TV?

fultro wrote on 2/15/2005, 7:02 PM
If I want to deliver HD video to people with HDTV what are my options?
Will DVD with a progressive output deliver the same quality that I am seeing on my computer monitor ? ( I have no way to test this easily as I have no progressive scan monitor yet). Will it at least be better than a standard TV monitor?
I understand that I must use 480i for the DVD. But if the idea is to de-interlace by using the component outs from the player is there any advantage to editing at a higher resolution than 720/480 especially in terms of picture clarity and color accuracy? The results would have to be rendered to 480i so is there an equivalent to digital audio dithereing for video and would it even apply here?
And I suppose if I really want to present what I am seeing in its full glory on a HDTV, I would have to do so with a computer with the content being delivered as a file to be played as any file would be played on another computer. Are there consumer products that are in people's homes now (or soon) that will play the video as viewed by its maker? And how is the content being delivered to them.
The more general question here is about how to deliver high quality video art to people's HDTVs - something that can act like a high tech piece of art hanging on the wall (a huge screensaver? -- hopefully way more interesting - but we digress into aesthetics).
Anyone out there seen such systems?
I probably have not asked all the relevant questions so anything anyone has to add would be greatly appreciated

fultro

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farss wrote on 2/15/2005, 8:12 PM
Media Centre PCs are gaining ground so anything that you can play they can play. All the consumer needs to do is load the file and let WMP play it. Resolution will be limited by their display device. CPU speed etc can also be a factor but WMV 9 720p @ 5Mb/sec looks pretty good and will not stress any CPU.
Bob.
busterkeaton wrote on 2/15/2005, 8:46 PM
Here's some samples.

I bought a used copy of the surf documentray Step Into Liquid which comes with a second DVD with a WHVHD version. It looks really nice.
fultro wrote on 2/15/2005, 9:23 PM
FARSS - are you referring to the WAYre' Media Centre?

busterkeaton - I checked this WMVHD -- looks good from here
but what is the format ? it says DVD rom is that what you have?
if that is the case it still is not as easy to deliver to the TV set in the living room as DVD-V
farss wrote on 2/15/2005, 10:30 PM
Nope,
just people like my son globbering a PC togther in a small box that uses heat pipes to keep the noise down. I don't know about the US market but I'd say 80% of the PCs down here are home or corner store built.
Even Apple have woken up to the idea with their new little white cube thingy.
Taiwanese manufactureres have been turning out suitable boxes for over a year now.

I downloaded two of those trailers, Speed (shot on Imax) and Dust to Glory shot in HDV I believe. Me thinks Imax is going to be safe for a very long time!
Did make me feel a bit better actually, they seemed to having the same issues as we've noticed, when all the number line up it looks great and when they don't....
Bob.
mhbstevens wrote on 2/16/2005, 7:15 AM
You could send out a Vegas project file with a trial copy of Vegas for viewing.