I want to put XviD / DivX movies on DVDs and watch them on a XviD / DivX cerified dvd player. However, i noticed normal DVDs have a resolution of 720x480(NTSC) or 720x576(PAL). Would this mean the native resolution on a TV is 720x480(NTSC) or 720x576(PAL), meaning that playing, for example, a 640x480 resolution movie played on a 720x576(PAL) TV would have lower quality than a 720x576 movie played on the same TV? And even lower quality playback from a 32x240 movie? I thought TVs had no native resolution and could playback a movie with the same quality it started out with as long as the aspect ratio is the same or you add a letterbox.
I'm asking so I can know which movies to download. If playback quality is worst for lower then native resolution I will try to get as close as possible to 720x576 sence my TV is PAL. If the playback quality remains unchanged from the origonal I guess i could download whatever.
what kind of TV do you have? CRTs don't have native resolutions but LCD & plasma ones do. I have a decent CRT TV and I watch Divx movies with resolutions like 640 x 352 and they look just fine.
Anyway, your eyes will tell you better than we can.
Hey, thanks for the reply. I don't have a plasma or LDC and i'm not sure if it's a CRT but sence theres only 3 options I suppose it's ruled down to being a CRT. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage....With+ATSC+Tuner Looks pretty close to that one, i'm fairly sure it's a CRT.
I ask because I don't have the dvd player yet. I plan on getting it soon and want to start downloading now, so i'll have things to watch on it ;). Assuming "CRTs don't have native resolutions" means the quality remains the same as the origonal as long as the aspect ratio is maintained I suppose i'm free to download any 4:3 movies, or other aspect ratios with letterboxes.
Thanks for the information, if theres another type of TV besides plasma, LCD and CRT I would like to know about them. If anyone can list them, so I can look them up, I would appreciate it, thanks.
Originally posted by TacoROCK: Hey, thanks for the reply. I don't have a plasma or LDC and i'm not sure if it's a CRT but sence theres only 3 options I suppose it's ruled down to being a CRT. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage....With+ATSC+Tuner Looks pretty close to that one, i'm fairly sure it's a CRT.
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SYLVANIA 6427GG 27" Aspect Ratio 4:3 Silver CRT TV With ATSC Tuner
An LCD or plasma screen is made up of actual pixels so an LCD screen which has a native resolution of (say) 1024 x 768 actually has a rectangular screen with 1024 tiny diode groups across and 768 downwards. That is what "native resolution" means. An image not in that resolution needs to be rescaled and this is where jaggies and blockiness can appear.
As the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) ages, the focus can deteriorate and hence the dot size can get bigger but CRTs don't have to rescale material so you get a very slightly softer picture but no rescaling artifacts.
A lot of people prefer a good, well set up CRT to a cheap LCD or plasma.
