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Yep. “They don’t have the best scaling engine in the world and they don’t have world renowned picture quality that has been awarded more than anyone else.” A
by silvestrov 15y ago
Yep.
“They don’t have the best scaling engine in the world and they don’t have world renowned picture quality that has been awarded more than anyone else.”
A lot of those concerns go away when the source is digital.
Apple has created the splendid CoreGraphics package and that getting the best scaling on the market might be the easiest part of iTV for Apple.
Try do a blind-test: play the same video using VLC using 100% and 110% window size. How many people can see the artifacts from the 10% scaling?
- MBCook 15y agoDon't forget the problem of consumers even knowing they are watching HD content. People still buy HD TVs, hook up SD content, and think they're watching HD since it looks better than their old TV. As long as it looks good, I think consumers will be happy. Having a scaling engine that turns 1080p content into 1184p content better than the competition is not something I think will change a lot of buyers minds. If you're at 99% optimal and Apple is at 96.5%, almost no one will care. Having a simple remote, easy access to content, or a responsive user interface will win people over a lot faster than the technical quality of your scaling. Think of all those "important" things the first iPhone didn't have (memory cards, user replaceable batteries, keyboard, 3G, etc). Look at all the things the iPhone still doesn't have. The average customer has pretty obviously made their choice that those limitations were acceptable.
- hessenwolf 15y agoJust watch the download rates on pirated cams and you see how little 'many' people care about the screen resolution.