Hi! I have this model also, and had that exact question a few days back. Long story short, hindi sya HD, or should I say not-quite-HD.
So far, the most satisfactory explanation I've had is the response of pchin below.
tonedeaf, the minimum HDTV standard is 720p or 1280 x 720 = 921,600 pixels to be exact. Thus, your HDTV set with its native resolution of 1024 x 768 = 786,432 pixels is short of the minimum HDTV standard. Tho it's not true 720p but it still looks good as the resolution is 2.5 times as compared to a standard 640 x 480 TV.
Is 1024 x 768p HD or not?
In my opinion, 1024 x 768p is HD.
Wikipedia defines HDTV as "a digital television broadcasting system with a significantly higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL)". This is the generally accepted definition of the term "HD".
Based on this definition, since 1024 x 768 is a significantly higher resolution than standard definition, then 1024 x 768 can correctly be considered high definition.
I disagree with the notion that the minimum HD resolution is supposedly 1280 x 720p. I have searched all over the net, but I have failed to find any authoritative pronouncement to this effect.
I suspect that this impression was based on the fact that the ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) supports only 3 HD variants: 1280 x 720p; 1920 x 1080i; and 1920 x 1080p. This has led to the conclusion that 1280 x 720p is the absolute minimum resolution for HD.
But note that the above resolutions refer specifically to the ATSC HD standards. They do not refer to the general definition of the term "HD".
Therefore, it would be correct to say that 1280 x 720 is the minimum HD resolution
under the ATSC standard, simply because the ATSC does not support 1024 x 768. However, it would not be correct to say that any resolution below 1280 x 720 is not HD. Moreover, the ATSC itself has never declared that any resolution below 1280 x 720 cannot be considered "HD", as far as I know.
hi all!
i was just looking at Cnet.com HD world special report. the report discussed, among others, HDTV display resolution as follows:
1920x1080, commonly called 1080p = HD
1366X768, 768P = HD
1280x720, 720p = HD
1024x768, commonly called HDTV plasma = not HD
852x480, EDTV plasma = not HD
640x480, VGA = not HD
http://asia.cnet.com/hd_world/0,39063941,61968972-4,00.htm
I checked your asia.cnet link. I don't find it very convincing because it says 1024 x 768 does not meet the definition of high def, yet it does not cite its basis for saying so.
The article seems to have been sourced from this article:
http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5137915-1.html, by cnet editor David Katzmaier.
According to the linked Katzmaier article on its "HDTV display resolution" table (not the "HDTV source resolutions" table), a 1024 x 768 resolution, commonly called HDTV plasma (37 and 42 inch),
meets the definition of "high def".
Katzmaier provides the basis for this statement on footnote 3 of his article:
http://www.ce.org/shared_files/resources/95DTV%20Definitions.pdf. In the cited document, the CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) stated:
"The Board defined minimum attribute resolution requirements that, until now, had not existed for High Definition televisions and monitors. Specifically, HDTV displays must have active top-to-bottom scan lines of 720 progressive, 1080 interlaced, or higher."Note that the CEA criterion is scan lines, not pixel count. Therefore, a 1024 x 768 panel definitely qualifies as an HDTV under the CEA definition.
