Help about HD READY TV's

xangeleyes

We have a HD Ready TV and I was thinking about buying a Blu-Ray Player, but was told there was no point unless my TV was HD.

I don't understand the 'READY' bit. Does it mean that as soon as I hook up my Blu-ray player that it will be HD, or do I need to hook it up with a special cable?

ALSO, I have an xbox360, is that already in HD?

Thank you in advance

Enterprise_1701C

HD Ready is around 720p, between SD and HD.

It is definitely worth getting a blu ray so long as you can connect via HDMI.

The XBox 360 is HD - again needs connecting via HDMI to get fulll effect.

HD is not necessary under about 50 inches, our HD Ready is 43 inches and fantastic definition.

Evren

HD ready is 720p, and will play ps3 games, blurays and xbox games.


If you bought a player, it will be connected via HDMI cables, so just make sure you're TV has those, and you're all set.

aliEnRIK

Whats the make and model of tv?
Theres nothing official about the term 'HD READY' - the generalisation is that FULL HD is 1080P and anything less is deemed 'HD READY'. Though ive seen 1080P sets that are also labelled as HD READY just to confuse matters
Either way, blurays, XBOX 360 etc should look awesome (MUST be connected via HDMI to get digital HD though)

wba31

Doesn't HP ready simply mean that the TV is ready for a HD device to plug in, but the content available with the TV alone (built in freeview) is not HD. my HD ready TV is 1080i.

Toxteth_OGrady

wba31 wrote: »

Doesn't HP ready simply mean that the TV is ready for a HD device to plug in, but the content available with the TV alone (built in freeview) is not HD. my HD ready TV is 1080i.

That's the American definition. The European definition from Wkipaedia is:

The HD ready is a certification program introduced in 2005 by EICTA (European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations), now DIGITALEUROPE.

There are currently four different labels: "HD ready", "HD TV", "HD ready 1080p", "HD TV 1080p". The logos are awarded to television equipment capable of certain features.

In the USA, a similar "HD Ready" term usually refers to any display that is capable of accepting and displaying a high-definition signal at either 720p, 1080i or 1080p using a component video or digital input, but does not have a built-in HD-capable tuner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_ready

xangeleyes

Thank you everyone for your help, better go and find a HDMI cable then

TheGaryHawkins

Hi Angel,
I'm afraid it's not as straight forward as has been stated so far.
Depending on how old your TV is, the HD ready may be quite misleading and mean only that the TV can receive a HD signal. In the earlier days of HD, the "HD Ready" label made no promise of the resolution of the TV screen itself.

The Wiki article that Toxteth mentions above goes on to say...
"Older products that bear the label "HD ready" may not be able to display the full picture resolution possible from an HD source. Most "HD ready" sets do not have enough pixels to give true pixel-for-pixel representation without interpolation of the higher HD resolution (1920x1080) – or (in rare cases) even the lower HD resolution (1280x720) horizontally (CRT based sets, or the plasma-based sets with 1024x768 resolution). Equipment with the "HD Ready 1080p" logo is not permitted to have this limitation."

A quick web search of the make and model of your TV should give you some information about its resolution. If it's not at least 720 then Blu-Ray would be wasted. At a guess, if you don't already know the specs of your TV I'd guess you wouldn't notice nor care about the difference in resolution between DVD and Blu-Ray. Have you ever thought while watching a DVD that it was a bit blurry, shaky, pixelated? If not, BR is probably not worth the added expense, which is why we're all on this website in the first place!
Hope this helps )
Gary