Do you guys feel we should pursue HTC to give the E3D 1080p support for 2D recording? I really think our phone should have this feature.
Honestly, I'm ambivalent about it.
Thanks to compression and frame processing, the data rate can be lower - but the MPEG2 data rate for 720p is half what it is for 1080p. Assuming equivalency down the line to get same quality just more pixels, that means double the storage and data rates to accommodate the exact same movies.
A lot of people saw an upgrade in visual quality going from crappy 720p or 1080i to 1080p HDTVs. And a lot of people heard a lot of myths.
But in the eye's ability to see detail, the order is: color, contrast, saturation and then finally, coming in at last place - is resolution. Anyone trying to relate this to still pictures finds it counterintuitive, but it's acceptable and proven.
Also - the scalar in my HDTV is of very high quality, and I've no doubt that for short, cell phone vids, 720p - if acceptable quality - is going to be more than enough.
What I want in widescreen vids is good color without motion artifacts - motion artifacts kill moving picture entertainment.
Others have different needs and different home video setups, so this is the answer for me, not everyone.
PS - Blu-ray is better, Blu-ray is 1080p. But all we really had before that was 480i DVD, scaled with better players and TVs and all most people have seen otherwise is crappily-compressed cable and satellite (and maybe local) TV at 720p and 1080i. (And if you've got decent equipment and decent local affiliates, broadcast HDTV is better than sat or cable - lots better - at no more than 720p or 1080i. In fact - if you're halfway deep into Blu-ray, you're aware that a lot of titles, while truly 1080p, are compressed and processed until they look like crap.)
In the pre-mandate, very early, experimental days of HDTV, ABC made a commitment to pure 720p from camera, through booth, thru feed, through rigidly-controlled standards at affliates ready to broadcast, for Monday Night Football. It was jaw-dropping. Nothing caught up with it until Blu-ray.
HD is HD and it doesn't suck when done correctly. Done poorly, it's just more dots.
I doubt the sensors could handle it - but if I could choose between 60 fps / 720p and 30 fps / 1080p, I'd take the 60 fps every time.
As it stands, I think we'll have to hope to get 30 fps at whatever rate - iow - barely good enough.
I'm just going to charge the whole phone to my bill and sell the Evo for 100+, to have some nice pocket change..
