Comments on: iTunes HD: is it or isn’t it? Plus: SD Included! http://www.imore.com/2008/09/15/itunes-hd-is-it-or-isnt-it-plus-sd-included/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:52:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt http://www.imore.com/2008/09/15/itunes-hd-is-it-or-isnt-it-plus-sd-included/comment-page-1/#comment-14874 Matt Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:06:26 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=4357#comment-14874 <p>Any word if I could upgrade let's say the Dexter Season 1 to HD without buying the entire season again? I think that'd be a really good idea similar to the iTunes Plus tracks.</p> Any word if I could upgrade let’s say the Dexter Season 1 to HD without buying the entire season again? I think that’d be a really good idea similar to the iTunes Plus tracks.

]]> By: Rene Ritchie http://www.imore.com/2008/09/15/itunes-hd-is-it-or-isnt-it-plus-sd-included/comment-page-1/#comment-14863 Rene Ritchie Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:35:54 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=4357#comment-14863 <p>I have digital cable at home, and while they spare no bandwidth to make Discovery HD look mind-blowing, other channels are compressed down worse than old analog signals. Several of them are more noise than signal, even FX-heavy ones.</p> <p>iTunes aren't Blu-Ray for sure, but they're at least consistent to my eyes across the library, and consistency is key.</p> <p>Also, I think the iPhone display, while pegged at -- what? -- 320p? Would probably act like a 720p TV (i.e. 768px) and just take whatever the input signal is (720p/i, 1080p/i), downscale it, and display it -- and hopefully one day pass it through via HD video output cables...</p> I have digital cable at home, and while they spare no bandwidth to make Discovery HD look mind-blowing, other channels are compressed down worse than old analog signals. Several of them are more noise than signal, even FX-heavy ones.

iTunes aren’t Blu-Ray for sure, but they’re at least consistent to my eyes across the library, and consistency is key.

Also, I think the iPhone display, while pegged at — what? — 320p? Would probably act like a 720p TV (i.e. 768px) and just take whatever the input signal is (720p/i, 1080p/i), downscale it, and display it — and hopefully one day pass it through via HD video output cables…

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