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In reply to the discussion: The difference between normal and high-definition TV, for the non-technical among us. [View all]sir pball
(4,741 posts)27. "HD-Ready" is not 720.
It was (don't know if there are still any products on the market) a term that basically meant the physical display panel was capable of displaying 1280x720 or 1920x1080 pixels, but there was no tuner or image processing hardware onboard to generate that picture "inside" the TV - it had to be connected to an external box that was feeding it the final, ready-to-display signal. Long story short, it just mean "computer monitor" instead of "TV".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_ready
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The difference between normal and high-definition TV, for the non-technical among us. [View all]
Scuba
Sep 2013
OP
Except of course that there is more high quality television programming now than ever before.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2013
#3
and anyone sitting a normal distance from a normal size screen will NOT see the diff 1080/720p
BelgianMadCow
Sep 2013
#6
Using a site that wants to sell HDTVs, but which uses the formula, you need 720p
BelgianMadCow
Sep 2013
#25
Yes, and that is the choice consumers are making now. Full HD or HD-ready
BelgianMadCow
Sep 2013
#21