Now, there is nothing in today’s world that is shot in 1,080 pixels—no cameras that can shoot it, no televisions that can receive it, and for that matter, no bandwidth that can hold it! So how is it that there is a 1,080 progressive scan TV? The signal is up-converted inside the DLP TV and gives the eye the illusion of 1,080-pixel HDTV. And even though I’m sure “real” 1,080-pixel TV would look much more amazing, especially if it was shot with a camera from the future that was capable of capturing the format, what I saw was just fantastic. Every videophile should go see one of these new products, which is made with technology from Texas Instruments. Mitsubishi, Toshiba and a select few other manufacturers market the product. But as with any projection display, once you move off of the center axis, or “sweet spot,” it loses clarity and brightness. I do have to say though, that in that “sweet spot,” its color, contrast and black levels rivaled anything I have seen.
– From Mark Haney’s Video Digerati column in the December issue of PLSN
