Hell, my shiney 37" LCD 'accepts' them, but the same as an analogue CRT, just doesn't have the physical 1080 dots to display them.
What does its manual and promotional material say?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FD_Trinitron_WEGA has more guts on the tube technology itself.
You guys are great, thank you for this!
Oblivian: That little tip in the userguide would likely cover them in any instance.
"This TV accepts inputs of the following resolutions.." accepts, not displays in full size.
Lets call "This TV accepts inputs of the following resolutions.." statement A, which is actually silent on what is seen by the consumer.
Although this seems to be what the TV actually does, it does not say (statement B):
"This TV accepts inputs of the following resolutions 720p and 1080i AND cuts off 5% from all four edges AND downscales them to the native resolution of the display which is 625x~1080 to finally display to the users eyes something in the order of 70-80% of the original image."
As it does not further clarify the statement A "This TV accepts inputs of the following resolutions.." any further around or anywhere in the material. In my view a reasonable consumer is entitled to conclude statement C that:
"This TV accepts inputs of the following resolutions 720p and 1080i AND displays all the pixels sent"
simply because it naturally follows and there is no clarification to alter that natural conclusion. Other information in the manual is consistent in both word and also illustration terms.
Indeed we have one technically savvy poster emphatically confirming that C: was his understanding! I also have no reason to believe he is not a gentlemen of sound mind with excellent intelligence nor compromised in any way, indeed he seems to be technically very competent, yet he seemed to honeslty believe he was seeing 1080i.
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/FairTrading/Overview.aspx seems relevant here, from where is sourced:
where a business acts unlawfully, its directors, managers, agents and employees, as well as anyone else involved in the offending conduct – such as wholesalers or retailers – can all be held liable.
A business making claims about products it supplies must remember that its audience will include those who may be gullible, of less than average intelligence or poorly educated. Some people, by reason of age, language difficulties or lack of education, can be more easily misled than others.
The Fair Trading Act:
- prohibits people in trade from engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct generally;
- prohibits certain types of false or misleading representations about employment;
- prohibits certain types of false or misleading representations about goods or services;
- prohibits certain types of false or misleading representations or conduct in relation to land;
- prohibits certain unfair trading practices; and
- provides for consumer information and product safety standards regulations and unsafe goods notices.
While (I) am not qualified to make determinations, we as consumers need to think about whether the issues I raise here might fall within these parameters and be of interest to those that do make such determinations.
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