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Comment on “If you’re scanning your photos, here’s what you should know about resolution” by Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:04:32 +0000

Thanks for that info! It simplifies it for me and now I know how to make decisions about my photos ..as to whether I could like to scan them or send them out.

Comment on “Looking for a scanning service? Read this first before you decide to ship your only originals.” by zerodtkjoe

zerodtkjoe — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:37:44 +0000

Thanks for the info

Comment on Would you buy a $800, 1080p HDTV if they said it’s a whopping 2 mega pixels? by Martin

Martin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:26:39 +0000

The “p” in 720p doesn’t stand for pixels. It means that it’s progressive scan, not interlaced. Older televisions were all interlaced, so none of them would be 480p.

While there is a great deal of technical jargon used to try to sell you stuff in the TV market today, most of it has to do with contrast ratios and proprietary gimmicry.

You should probably google stuff before you write about it. Your lines aren’t even labeled right in the first image. The 480 lines of resolution refer to the vertical scan, not horizontal.

God, everything about this is wrong.

Comment on Would you buy a $800, 1080p HDTV if they said it’s a whopping 2 mega pixels? by 1191

1191 — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:35:47 +0000

You’re really not that smart. It’s pretty easy to tell the difference if you look side by side. I look at 1080p and 720p TV’s all day. So maybe your eye can’t tell, but it sounds like you need your eyes checked.

Comment on Would you buy a $800, 1080p HDTV if they said it’s a whopping 2 mega pixels? by Ray

Ray — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:15:29 +0000

Uh, no… your “old square TV” had a vertical resolution of 525 lines, less the vertical blanking interval, so about 500 high. And about 640 wide (it’s analog, so not an exact number). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution if you doubt it. Pretty close to VGA.

Comment on “When I’m saving a JPEG, what does ‘quality level’ mean?” by TLI

TLI — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:01:12 +0000

Just to throw in another option… saving files in PNG format gives you lossless compression for files that are smaller than uncompressed TIFFs but preserve all the original data. I try to edit my images as PNGs, then save them as JPGs when I’m fairly sure I won’t need to do anymore work on them.

Comment on Would you buy a $800, 1080p HDTV if they said it’s a whopping 2 mega pixels? by Sporb

Sporb — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:39:59 +0000

It’s more than just marketing. There are reasons they jam more pixels into the tv. 1080p is a standard and most movies to date have been shot at 1920×1080 HD resolution (1080p). They could jam whatever pixels they want into the tv, but the real reason they jam 1080p in there is so you can have the same picture quality shown in theaters. Movies and video games are the only thing i can think of that take advantage of 1080p, and most video games don’t even take advantage of 1080p.

The size of your HD television and how far you sit from your tv matter. Most people sit way too far from their super awesome 1080p HD TV. There is no point to sit 20 feet from your 42″ 1080p HD TV. This handy chart explains it:
http://www.fliqr.com/image/421.jpg

People just don’t do the research and trust their friends who are also clueless.

Comment on Would you buy a $800, 1080p HDTV if they said it’s a whopping 2 mega pixels? by Becky

Becky — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:58:39 +0000

Awesome rant!! It definitely gives perspective to buying a new tv.

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