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spiderplant · 26-01-2019, 14:25

Freeview HD didn't exist at the time that HD Ready was specified. HD Ready only relates to the display properties. A TV could be marked HD Ready if it met the requirements, but so could a monitor that has no tuner at all.

You couldn't trust any display that wasn't marked "HD Ready". "HDTV Ready" (or any other similar wording) didn't mean anything in particular. For instance, it might only have component inputs, or might have an HDMI or DVI input but not support HDCP, or not support 720p and 1080i inputs.

26-01-2019, 14:25	#163
spiderplant cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,015	Re: An email from Neil Berkett re: VM HD Channels Freeview HD didn't exist at the time that HD Ready was specified. HD Ready only relates to the display properties. A TV could be marked HD Ready if it met the requirements, but so could a monitor that has no tuner at all. You couldn't trust any display that wasn't marked "HD Ready". "HDTV Ready" (or any other similar wording) didn't mean anything in particular. For instance, it might only have component inputs, or might have an HDMI or DVI input but not support HDCP, or not support 720p and 1080i inputs.