First, Wikipedia says 480p is ED, which is not technically HD, and we all know Wikipedia is always right. Right? >:-)
Second, I started trying the suggested method but am not comfortable with any of the suggested pin-replacements. Paper clips are so stiff I've already broken a few of the (very, very thin) plastic walls of the cable housing, and pretty much any standard crimp/solder-on pins from e.g. Radio Shack are the wrong size. I would love a piece of just-the-right-size leaf-spring copper, but don't really have the chops for that. Maybe some aluminum foil? Hrm...
First, Wikipedia says 480p is ED, which is not technically HD, and we all know Wikipedia is always right. Right?
480p is not HD, period, but rather ED. ED is in the specs for digital TV, that's probably what the poster above is confusing it with. Digital TV is anything from 480i through 1080p that is broadcast digitally instead of analog broadcast. All HD broadcast is digital although not all digital broadcast is HD. I think (dont quote me on that) analog broadcast for TV in the US is 330 lines even though analog TVs are capable of more than that.
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First, Wikipedia says 480p is ED, which is not technically HD, and we all know Wikipedia is always right. Right? >:-)
Second, I started trying the suggested method but am not comfortable with any of the suggested pin-replacements. Paper clips are so stiff I've already broken a few of the (very, very thin) plastic walls of the cable housing, and pretty much any standard crimp/solder-on pins from e.g. Radio Shack are the wrong size. I would love a piece of just-the-right-size leaf-spring copper, but don't really have the chops for that. Maybe some aluminum foil? Hrm...
First, Wikipedia says 480p is ED, which is not technically HD, and we all know Wikipedia is always right. Right?
480p is not HD, period, but rather ED. ED is in the specs for digital TV, that's probably what the poster above is confusing it with. Digital TV is anything from 480i through 1080p that is broadcast digitally instead of analog broadcast. All HD broadcast is digital although not all digital broadcast is HD. I think (dont quote me on that) analog broadcast for TV in the US is 330 lines even though analog TVs are capable of more than that.
http://www.dtv.gov/whatisdtv.html
Thats a good site for DTV info if anyone want something a little more concrete than Wikipedia.