2007-11-20 15:03:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
It's all about pixels (picture elements). A regular DVD, even through HDMI, makes 480 x 720 (about 300,000) pixels display on your TV. HDDVD or BluRay make 1080 x 1920 (about 2,067,000), or about 7 times as much picture information.
CAVEAT: In order to take advantage of HD discs you must have a TV that is HD ready, preferably 1080p.
2007-11-20 17:26:52 · answer #1 · answered by Pragmatism Please 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A HD DVD player can play High Defination DVDs,DVDs and sometimes CD's.
A DVD player cannot play HD DVDs and only plays DVDs and CDs.
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is simply a cable. It is the first and only industry supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video infterface. It delivers clear, all digital audio/video via a single cable.
So you can connect your DVD player (the new ones) with HDMI cord to your TV or A/V receiver, if yours has one, but you would not get HIgh Definition pictures. The only way to get high definition pictures is to play a HD DVD on a HD DVD player.
You can still get HIgh Definition pictures if you play your HD DVD on a HD DVD player and connect to your HDTV, vide composite audio/video cables and not HDMI.
2007-11-20 16:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If ur planning on buying one, HD is too costly right now. Buy a LCD TV thats "HD-Ready" capable of displaying 1080p. And you can buy a DVD player from Samsung, Sony, Oppo capable of 1080p. Later when the HD player prices fall, you can easily switch to that.
To enjoy 1080p, which is a resolution of 1920x1080 progressive scan, buy a larger LCD display 40" or more.
HD does make a difference though.
2007-11-20 17:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by rendezvous_rama 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋