21-06-2017, 02:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-06-2017, 02:27 PM by ppppenguin.)
The Belgian public didn't have any choice in the matter. Their take on the 819 system was damaged at birth by use of narrow channels.
If anyone has a full BW 819 set there isn't a currently available source of full BW 819 pictures. All the Aurora converters are limited by the 625 line input. You'd need a minimum 720p HD input to approach full resolution. FWIW, 720p has very nearly as many active lines as 819 and commensurate horizontal resolution. 1080 HD is comfortably better than 819. This ignores any problem with aspect ratio. If you keep all the lines from an HD source you're losing a fair bit of H resolution. OK if starting from 1080 but not from 720.
This goes to show what a leap of faith 819 was. A leap that was taken a bit too early for the technology to catch up with the potential of the system.
If anyone has a full BW 819 set there isn't a currently available source of full BW 819 pictures. All the Aurora converters are limited by the 625 line input. You'd need a minimum 720p HD input to approach full resolution. FWIW, 720p has very nearly as many active lines as 819 and commensurate horizontal resolution. 1080 HD is comfortably better than 819. This ignores any problem with aspect ratio. If you keep all the lines from an HD source you're losing a fair bit of H resolution. OK if starting from 1080 but not from 720.
This goes to show what a leap of faith 819 was. A leap that was taken a bit too early for the technology to catch up with the potential of the system.
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