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[MaLing]

Happy birthday to you 2005!

Relax for one day, enjoy this weekend.

Perhaps buy yourself a golden watch?

[2005]

I dont know about any golden watches, but I did grab my PS3! Resistance has been sweet even at 480i !!!!

I'll have a great 20th B-day! Thanks alot

[Ljugtomten]

I dont know about any golden watches, but I did grab my PS3! Resistance has been sweet even at 480i !!!!

I'll have a great 20th B-day! Thanks alot

Happy birthday etc

I'll get me one of those PS3-thingies when they are available in sweden

[ptolomeus3]

Happy Birthday to you 2005

Enjoy the day and leave your PS3 in the box today

[Charalambos]

Happy birthday 2005!
That thing about 480i, I didn't catch it.

[Jito463]

He's referring to the HD resolution. Instead of 1080i (1080 lines interlaced) or 1080p (1080 lines progressively scanned), it's reduced down to 480i (480 lines interlaced) because of his hardware. Here's some info from Wikipedia:

1080p is the shorthand name for a category of video modes. The number 1080 represents 1,080 lines of vertical resolution,[1] while the letter p stands for progressive scan or non-interlaced. 1080p is considered a HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal (display) resolution of 1920 dots across and a frame resolution of 1920 × 1080 or about 2.07 million pixels. The frame rate in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p (such as 1080p30, meaning 30 frames per second).

1080p is sometimes referred to in marketing materials as "True High-Definition" or "Full High-Definition". 1080p is currently the digital standard for filming digital motion pictures. Directors such as George Lucas (in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) shoot their digital films in this high definition mode to be shown in theaters equipped with 1080p digital projectors.

1080i is the shorthand name for a category of video modes. The number 1080 stands for 1080 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter i stands for interlaced or non-progressive scan. 1080i is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 1920 pixels and a frame resolution of 1920 × 1080 or about 2.07 million pixels, and a field resolution of 1920 × 1080 / 2 (because it's interlaced) or about 1.04 million pixels. The field rate (not the frame rate) in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter i. The two field rates in common use are 50 and 60 Hz, with the former (1080i50) generally being used in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, much of Asia, Africa), the latter (1080i60) in traditional NTSC countries (e.g. United States, Canada and Japan). Both variants can be transported by both major digital television formats, ATSC and DVB.

Some people prefer to use the line number of fields, which is half that of frames, in their nomenclature and thus call this mode 540i, likewise 240i and 288i. Others, including the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), prefer to use the frame rate instead of the field rate and separate it with a solidus from the resolution as in 1080i/30 and 1080i/25, likewise 480i/30 and 576i/25.

1080i is directly compatible with CRT-based HDTV sets. CRT-based HDTV never entered the market in large volumes and is today regarded as outdated technology. 1080i is compatible with newer 720p- and 1080p-based televisions but must be deinterlaced first in order to be displayed on those sets.

Due to a curiosity of the NTSC format, the field rate of actual 1080i broadcasts is usually 0.1% slower than is implied. For example, a 1080i60 or "60 Hz" transmission actually displays about 59.94 fields each second. Both the straight 24/30/60 and 23.976/29.97/59.94 frequencies are supported by current standards.

Progressive format 1080p50 or 60 is foreseen as the future broadcasting standard for production.

480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines. The digitally transmitted horizontal resolution is usually 720 or 704 pixels with an aspect ratio of 4:3 and therefore a display resolution of 640 × 480; that is standard-definition television (SDTV).

The field rate (not the frame rate) is usually (60/1.001 ≈) 59.94 hertz for color TV and can be rounded up to 60 Hz. There are several conventions for written shorthands for the combination of resolution and rate: 480i60, 480i/60 (EBU) and 480/60i. 480i is usually used in traditionally NTSC countries (North America, Japan), because the 525 transmitted lines at 60 hertz of analogue NTSC contain 480 visible ones. 480i can be transported by all major digital television formats, ATSC, DVB and ISDB. NTSC DVDs use 480i when high motion is desired, but for movies 24 progressive frames per second (480p) are used instead. The 480i resolution is used in most standard definition tv's.

[2005]

Yea, my television cant support 720p or 1080p but only the old 480i of most standard non ED/HD sets.

Even at 480i these games are amazing, but lets just see if I cant save enough to get atleast maybe a 720p set in a few months or so!

[Charalambos]

Thank you Jito!
2005, enjoy your PS3 and be carefull not to be robbed( have a look at the "PS3 violence" topic about it).

[zamiel]

Belated birthday wishes

[shawn_nee]

Happy belated B-Day 2005!!

Hey I thought you were going to sell your PS3 and buy a HD TV? Couldnt hold off opening the ps3 could you, or did you get 2?

[2005]

The prices tanked before I had a chance to list it, my moms ebay wasn't set up to sell things and by the time I had it ready the prices were slashed by half or better.