How good is HD supposed to be?

[artisticforge .]

hello

I have found that projection television is always disappointing.
part of it is due to the picture your eyes view is a reflection and
not a light beam as from a CRT Television or LCD/LED Television. The
literal physics of the light is different.

The best results for a projection television are using a screen of the
same type used to show home colour slides and home super 8 movies. I
still have my grandfather's home movie projector, home camera &
screen. A friend used the screen to test out his new projector. the
results were far better than when projected unto a bare plaster wall
or large sheet of white muslin.




On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Budge <ajebay at errichel.co.uk> wrote:
> I have been downloading using tv prefs flashhd, flashvhigh and when viewed
> on laptop I have always been satisfied with the picture quality.
>
> I have recently purchased a projector and to test network installation I
> tried projecting a downloaded programme; with rather disappointing results.
> Picture was dimmer than expected with vertical scan lines visible.  (Not yet
> tried Bluray which will be normal source but not set up yet on lan)
>
> Meanwhile Mediainfo gives the following on the file I used:-
>
> General
> Complete name                            :
> /home/alastair/mastermedia/Videos/The_Night_Manager/The_Night_Manager_-_1._Episode_1_p03g14d5_default.mp4
> Format                                   : MPEG-4
> Format profile                           : Base Media
> Codec ID                                 : isom
> File size                                : 990 MiB
> Duration                                 : 57mn 30s
> Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
> Overall bit rate                         : 2 406 Kbps
> Season                                   : 1
> Movie name                               : The Night Manager
> Album                                    : The Night Manager
> Album/Performer                          : BBC TV
> Part                                     : 1
> Part/Position                            : 1
> Track name/Position                      : 1
> Grouping                                 : Drama,Thriller
> Performer                                : BBC One
> Composer                                 : BBC iPlayer
> Genre                                    : Drama
> ContentType                              : TV Show
> Description                              : Hotel night manager Jonathan Pine
> is drawn into the world of arms dealer Richard Roper.
> Recorded date                            : UTC 2016-02-21 21:00:00
> Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-02-22 18:32:55
> Writing application                      : Lavf56.40.101
> Copyright                                : 2016 British Broadcasting
> Corporation, all rights reserved
> Cover                                    : Yes
> Lyrics                                   : Hotel night manager Jonathan Pine
> receives a plea for help from a well-connected guest. His actions draw him
> into the world of Richard Roper, a businessman and arms dealer. /  / EPISODE
> / http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03g14d5 /  / SERIES /
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g13rt
> Comment                                  : Hotel night manager Jonathan Pine
> is drawn into the world of arms dealer Richard Roper.
> Part_ID                                  : s01e01
> TVNetworkName                            : BBC One
>
> Video
> ID                                       : 1
> Format                                   : AVC
> Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
> Format profile                           : High at L4.1
> Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
> Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
> Codec ID                                 : avc1
> Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
> Duration                                 : 57mn 30s
> Bit rate mode                            : Variable
> Bit rate                                 : 2 307 Kbps
> Maximum bit rate                         : 3 500 Kbps
> Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
> Height                                   : 720 pixels
> Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
> Frame rate mode                          : Constant
> Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
> Color space                              : YUV
> Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
> Bit depth                                : 8 bits
> Scan type                                : Progressive
> Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.100
> Stream size                              : 949 MiB (96%)
>
> Audio
> ID                                       : 2
> Format                                   : AAC
> Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
> Format profile                           : LC
> Codec ID                                 : 40
> Duration                                 : 57mn 30s
> Bit rate mode                            : Constant
> Bit rate                                 : 93.5 Kbps
> Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
> Channel positions                        : Front: L R
> Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
> Compression mode                         : Lossy
> Stream size                              : 38.4 MiB (4%)
>
> The aspect ratio of 16:9 seems OK but 1280x 720 pixels seems low.  Is there
> any way I can get better resolution?
> Projector is capable of "4K" resolution let alone "full HD."
> What is the best I can expect using GiP and do I have it already or not?
>
> _______________________________________________
> get_iplayer mailing list
> get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer



-- 
terry l. ridder ><>