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Re: HDMI connections

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq (Post 35701524)

Because, funny enough, the 720p "certification" is for 720p60 and the 1080i "certification" for 1080i60. Both of which have exactly the same bandwidth requirements as 1080p30. Which virtually all 1080p content currently available comes under. There is no "bandwidth necessary for 1080p and beyond",

Some cable providers in other countries (Canada for instance) do supply a 1080p at 60fps feed, at least for their sports channel. Wonder if that will ever happen over here?

Re: HDMI connections

Yes, there are a few sources that have true 1080p60. But it is rare. You could argue a standard cable couldn't handle 720p at 120fps either. Or 1080i 3D. Both of which theoretically exist, but are just as rare.

Will it happen here? I hope so, but given the general public seem to be turned off by HFR movies "looking too much like TV", it doesn't look like HFR will ever take off aside from perhaps on sports. 48-60fps on movies just "feels wrong" and perhaps its to do with increased perceptual load or something but it just doesn't seem to work that well on movies and instead messes up people's brains.

TBH the broadcast (cable/satellite) examples I've seen are pretty crappy, as they usually encode it with the same bitrate as 1080p30 content in order to shove it down the same channel bandwidth. Yuck.

Re: HDMI connections

Having checked, the 60fps cable provider I was thinking of only does 720p60. My bad.