What is 960i?

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"Mark Hanson" <myspamhole2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I just bought a Sony KV-20HS420, and was puzzled by this line while
>reading through the specs:
>
> "DRC Multifunction allows you to enjoy a very high-resolution
> picture from any standard NTSC image (480i) by using digital
> processing to turn all NTSC images to 960i or 480p resolution..."
> blah blah.
>
> Converting a 480i signal to 480p is obvious, but what's 960i? This
> unit -- and all tube HDTVs, as far as I know -- displays either
> 480i/p or 1080i, so what would be the point of upconverting a
> signal to a resolution it can't display? I assume I'm missing
> something, but I can't figure out what.
>
> Mark
DRC = Digital Reality Creation = Line Doubler

Yes, it displays standard TV as 960 active scanning lines.

Remember there is no native resolution with CRTs.

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By chance, you're not the Mark Hanson of nascar racing 2 fame...are you?
hehe

Don

"Mark Hanson" <myspamhole2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:UgiHd.9137$qu2.1195@trndny08...
>I just bought a Sony KV-20HS420, and was puzzled by this line while reading
>through the specs:
>
> "DRC Multifunction allows you to enjoy a very high-resolution picture from
> any standard NTSC image (480i) by using digital processing to turn all
> NTSC images to 960i or 480p resolution..." blah blah.
>
> Converting a 480i signal to 480p is obvious, but what's 960i? This unit --
> and all tube HDTVs, as far as I know -- displays either 480i/p or 1080i,
> so what would be the point of upconverting a signal to a resolution it
> can't display? I assume I'm missing something, but I can't figure out
> what.
>
> Mark
>

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Was a long shot....bout 6 years ago. We were on the same online racing
team:-)

Thanks
Don

"Mark Hanson" <myspamhole2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "M-Tech" <mechtechllc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> By chance, you're not the Mark Hanson of nascar racing 2 fame...are you?
>> hehe
>
> An online game? Nope, sorry. :-D
>
> Mark
>