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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic pokes fun at the differing standard between image quality for television sets and | + | This comic pokes fun at the differing standard between image quality for television sets and electronic devices, even though both standard are based on essentially the same standards. When rating television sets, a {{w|1080p}} screen, that is, a screen 1,920 pixels wide and 1,080 pixels tall with progressive scan, is considered impressive. In contrast, the same resolution with a computer device is considered standard fare, given that a computer screen 1,024 pixels wide is expected, though computer screens can reach 1,366 pixels. |
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− | + | The title texts explains another disagreement involving images and popular opinion. The feeling that a viewer gets from watching a film in a theatre is different from the feeling from a home film, or again, between a serialized programme from an international television channel and a locally-broadcast programme. The disparity is that the small-time productions actually implement better-quality equipment than the big-time productions, in terms of higher frame rate (although not in image fidelity or other respects). However the small productions really are cheaper in other respects, and this feeling is transferred to the look of high frame rates, thanks to videotapes often being used instead of film stock. Low frame rates on more big budget films (and all old, nostalgic productions before high frame rates were commercially possible) mean low frame rates are associated with quality. Blur, judder, and slow pans are mostly absent in high-frame rate productions. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Friend: Wow, that's over ''TWICE'' the horizontal resolution of my cell phone. | :Friend: Wow, that's over ''TWICE'' the horizontal resolution of my cell phone. | ||
:Friend: In fact, it almost beats the LCD monitor I got in 2004. | :Friend: In fact, it almost beats the LCD monitor I got in 2004. | ||
− | : | + | :It baffles me that people find HDTV impressive. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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