Category Archives: Scaling

Sharpness? No. Distortion? Yes.

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve been umm-ing and ah-ing for ages about upgrading, style-wise, some of the older parts of this site. I may well do so. That will involve turning them into ‘Pages’ within WordPress and organising them under items in the menu … Continue reading →

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Scale once, not twice

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Stephen Dawson

Your home entertainment display probably has a fixed physical resolution due to the pixel structure of its LCD, DLP or LCoS panel(s). Many modern DVD players and HD set top boxes can output the video with a vertical resolution of … Continue reading →

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What output resolution to use for HDTV?

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Stephen Dawson

Okay, you have a nice shiny new high definition TV receiver. You work through its setup menus and discover you can set its high definition output resolution to 576p, 720p or 1080i. Which should you use? Preferably, none of them. … Continue reading →

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What’s all this about 1080p?

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Stephen Dawson

I had a chat with one of my editors yesterday about a piece I’d done on high definition video, in which I hadn’t mentioned 1080p. In Australia, the legislated high definition TV standards are 576p, 720p and 1080i. The ‘p’ … Continue reading →

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