Yes. The definition of HD is that there's atleast 720 vertical lines. iPad has 768. The problem just is that the aspect ratio of iPad is "wrong", so if you want to watch 720p HD movie, it will either be scaled up or down depending on wheter you want to watch the movie in fullscreen (no black bars) or in native aspect ratio.
But you can watch 720p HD movies from iTunes Store on iPad.
Yes. The definition of HD is that there's atleast 720 vertical lines. iPad has 768. The problem just is that the aspect ratio of iPad is "wrong", so if you want to watch 720p HD movie, it will either be scaled up or down depending on wheter you want to watch the movie in fullscreen (no black bars) or in native aspect ratio.
But you can watch 720p HD movies from iTunes Store on iPad.
Just wanted to throw this out. Food for thought.Thanks just wanted to make sure I can watch HD videos before I start buying them.
Just wanted to throw this out. Food for thought.
HD videos take more storage space, er. a lot more space than SD videos -- maybe 3-4 times as much depending on the video. That means that you can carry fewer videos with you on your iPad. Selecting HD videos result in longer DL times. Additionally HD videos cost more.
Rounding out the negatives of HD movies:
- Require more space to store
- Longer DL times
- Cost more
On the positives, you get a better picture depending on the device that you watch them on.
Again, just some food for thought.
Hope this helps.
That's not correct.
For me, SD is good enough. It allows me to carry more videos on my iPod touch.Thanks for that. So if the iPad scales the HD video to standard definition than it is not worth paying the extra.
Yes, it is. The only requirement for HD is 720 vertical lines. The pixel width is entirely dependent on the aspect ratio of the movie. So a widescreen movie (of any of the common widescreen ratios) will need to be downscaled to fit the screen without cropping, but a non-widescreen (4:3) aspect ratio video in HD will fit just fine.
People get caught up with resolution but your eyes notice contrast and color before it notices resolution. The iPad is the only portable Apple product with a IPS display, therefore it will have the BEST picture quality for watching media, even with the hit in resolution.
SD video on an ipad screen is within acceptable scaling. On a 30" monitor, it degrades much more noticeably.
On a 10" screen at 2ft away, you probably won't notice the difference.
IPS isn't as good as OLED so I'm not sure you can say it will have the best picture when clearly that isn't true.
You are forgetting that on the iPod Touch/iPhone, only SD shows can upload to them so HD content is non applicable here.For me, SD is good enough. It allows me to carry more videos on my iPod touch.
For example, went on a ski trip a couple of weekends ago and wanted to take some video/movies just incase. I have a 32GB iPod touch 1st gen. I put 22 movies and this season of NCIS. Everything was in SD.
If I went the HD route, I would have been able to have 13 episodes of NCIS, and 2-3 movies. Definitely a much more restricted option.
Note, there is no doubt that HD quality is better. However, for me convenience and capacity are much more important.
YMMV.
IPS isn't as good as OLED so I'm not sure you can say it will have the best picture when clearly that isn't true.
OLED is unwatchable in sunlight so yes, IPS is better considering people will want to use this outdoors.
That is probably the best point. I buy some HD movies and TV shows from iTunes and watch them on a 52" HDTV via Apple TV, however the file sizes are larger. But if I want to sync one of those movies to my iPhone it auto syncs the SD version. On the Apple TV I can choose which version. When the iPad comes out we will know based on whether we have a choice. But I agree that putting the HD version is most likely a waste of HDD space in the iPad and that you won't notice the difference at it's size, resolution and proximity to you.