The official (legal) resolutions for optical media are:
720 X 576 (480 NTSC). Used by most DVD. ...
Physical number of lines is far from being the only measure of quality. Compression has a huge impact, and so do other digital artifacts. For instance, just take a look at the opening scenes (earth rising on the moon horizon) in Kubrick's 2001 on laserdisc and DVD. In DVD, the dark blue-black background consists of funny rectangles. There are also a lot of motion artefacts which give a certain "feel" do DVD image - but then, that may become fashionable, as valve amplifiers are again now or listening to dolby-recorded tapes without dolby players - some just like that boost in the high end. ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com