grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 So I'm getting really confused with all these numbers. My plasma can, I believe, support 1125i (1080i) and 750p (720p). Whatever that means. The connections are D4 I believe. But I'm reading a UK article and they don't mention D4, but are going on about HDMI. Are D4 and HDMI effectively the same, or not? I don't seem to be able to find that answer and then I'm getting even more confused with talk of 1035 and 1080p. They don't really do a good job of making these things easy to understand... Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I hear you g-g, I'va always been confused by all the different standards myself. Thinking about buying one, but my old dinosaur is still working fine. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 19, 2006 Author Share Posted November 19, 2006 All the names are just so so similar with all these is and ps. Confused. Not that I'm considering changing my plasma I only got it a couple of years ago. I was just intrigued reading that PS3 thread. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 From the top of my head, the number is the number of horizonal lines on the screen. The more the better. i means interlaced. This is where one frame is made of odd numbered lines and the next frame is made of even numbered lines. This is then repeated. p means progressive. This is where every line gets updated in every frame, so its better than interlaced. You'll get smoother movement. I don't really understand the different wires for connecting up. Link to post Share on other sites
jgraves 0 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Also from memory, I think D4 is an optical fiber connection (rather than coax) running between your TV and DVD player (which obviously also has to have D4). For better clarity. Link to post Share on other sites
fjef 0 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 HDMI is digital video and sound together in one cable. New video players have it but the video decks are quite pricey. I use a DVI to HDMI cable to connect my PowerBook to the TV screen - you can watch any video that will play on the computer on the TV screen and use the computer too... Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 That makes it clearer. They're selling them with stickers on over here "HD Ready". Just to make things, er, clearer - I have recently seen some "FULL HD Ready" stickers. Obviously HD on it's own is not full enough. Or something. Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 fjef-Would that work with a mac also do you know? Been trying to work that out for a while now, how to get my movies through TV rather than having to stare at the laptop, Link to post Share on other sites
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