General Info about HDTV

[pascal]

Hi

I will try to organize some info about HDTV in this post.
And I will update it as often as possible.
Please, contribute with questions/answers/comments/advices/links, etc...
thanks


VISUAL PROBLEMS IN GENERAL

Screen Door Effect:
http://www.hifi-writer.com/he/video/screendoor.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_door_effect

The Screen Door Effect or FPN (Fixed Pattern Noise) is a visual artifact of the projection technology use in digital projectors, where the fine lines separating the projector's pixels become visible in the projected image. This results in an image that appears as if viewed through a screen door. It can appear as a grid like structure or as a hexagonal structure.

http://www.smartcomputing.com/edito...=&searchtype=1&DicID=14391&RefType=Dictionary

The appearance of viewing an image from an LCD (liquid-crystal display) projector as if through a screen door. This occurs because LCD projectors have pixels with limited fill factors. For instance, if the pixels have a 70% fill factor, the remaining 30% of each pixel is the unlit border area.

Plasma Burn-in:
http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plasmatv/plasmatv-burnin.html

OVERSCAN
ATI and NVIDIA: Quick Look at HDTV Overscan Compensation (Anandtech): http://www.anandtech.com/multimedia/showdoc.aspx?i=2181

Motion Ghosts
Sample gifs of Motion Ghosts http://www.displaymate.com/motion.html
Motion artifacts explanation http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1744458,00.asp



TOOLS

Viewing Distance Calculator:
http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

Scanning Frequency and Bandwith Calculator:
http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/bandwidthcalculator.html

Some LCD monitor tests:
http://www.techmind.org/lcd/

Calibration Discs
Avia review: http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/reviews/20030708/avia_review.html
Digital Video Essentials (DVE) Review: http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/avhardware/DigitalVideoEssentialsDVDr.php

Performance Tests
PixPerAn (Pixel Performace Analyzer) : http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/pixperan.html

Displaymate software utility program: http://www.displaymate.com/

TECHNOLOGIES

How HDTV Works: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hdtv.htm

What is HDTV?: http://www.avdeals.ca/classroom/what_is_dtv.htm

Display Technology Shoot-Out: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1734380,00.asp

LCD – For the Novice and the Expert (Anandtech): http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=1855

Contemporary LCD Monitor Parameters and Characteristics (xbitlabs): http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/lcd-guide.html

How LCD works: http://www.netbored.com/classroom/what_is_tft_lcd.htm

DLP Technology: www.dlp.com

Plasma Monitor & TV Buying Tips - Large FAQ
http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/bigfaq.html

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: Feature and Performance Investigation (Anandtech): http://www.anandtech.com/multimedia/showdoc.aspx?i=2240


AUDIO AND VIDEO SITES

AVSforum http://www.avsforum.com/ (very good, US based)

AVforums http://www.avforums.com/ (very good, UK based)

HDTV for UK: http://www.hdtvuk.tv/

LCD reviews: http://www.lcdtvbuyingguide.com

Plasma reviews: http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com

Home Theather PC site: http://www.htpcnews.com/


HDTV CONTENT AND GUIDES

HDTV Guide for US consumers: http://www.hdtvgalaxy.com/whatson.php

 

[Simon F]

Viewing Distance Calculator:
http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

Measured in feet?

 

[pascal]

Measured in feet?

Feet and inches, depending on the field (see the page).

 

[Tahir2]

After pascal's tech-centric links and information pages here is the idiots version for people like me:


Digital Light Processing Technology page (DLP)

HDTV UK

HDTV TV Guide for US consumers

How stuff works page on HDTV

HDTV Brief Introduction

AVForums good forum for UK consumers

 

[pascal]

Great links Tahir

 

[Simon F]

Feet and inches, depending on the field (see the page).

I was just being my usual sarcastic self... where's the version using cubits?

 

[pascal]

I knew
I hope someone could develop a java based Viewing Distance Calculator using the metric system for the B3D site