Digital Media Player

[floccinaucini]

Hello Geek-9pm,

I am addressing this directly to you because of our previous communication on this subject. I hope that is in order. I have checked the link you gave me for Amazon.com. They don't ship most of their items to Canada. Amazon.ca has a few items, but the selection is poor, and the same items are far more expensive.

I have selected 4 items from eBay.ca, but I am unable to decide because I don't understand the comprehensive specifications that are posted on the web pages. I cannot attach them because they are HTML. Here are the links to these four. Could you please help by giving your opinion of them.

Best regards.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NBOX-Digital-USB-Disk-SD-MMC-Multi-Media-Player-HD-TV-720P-mp3-JPG-WMA-Divx-/110821083151?pt=Other_MP3_Players&hash=item19cd73880f

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NBOX-Portable-Digital-USB-Hard-Drive-Disk-HDD-SD-MMC-Media-Player-HD-TV-720P-/120855634339?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c238ea1a3

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mini-1080P-Full-HD-Digital-Media-Player-HDTV-TV-Portable-USB-SD-MMC-HDD-RMVB-/120830231097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c220b0239

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SD-Card-USB-Media-Player-TV-Digital-Media-Player-TV-/200698133042?pt=US_Memory_Card_Readers_Adapters&hash=item2eba8a7a32

[Geek-9pm]

First of all, please to not address a post directly to me. This is not my site. I just frequent it.

The first and third links appear to be the same one I got from eBay.

As I mentioned earlier, I recommend buyer for a reputable vendor. These vendors on  eBay, the two I refer to, are  not inside the USA or Canada. They are in China.

So you would be taking a chance. But the price is right..

[floccinaucini]

It is not always easy to know, what one should not do. Please accept my apologies for addressing you directly.

The item in the first link shows 720P, and the one in the second link, 1080P. Does this make an appreciable difference to the video quality?

[Geek-9pm]

The 1080p is better, ,if your TV can do it.

[floccinaucini]

I had to get on the internet to find the specifications of my TV.
The Display Resolution is 720P and the Panel Resolution is 1366(H):768(V)
If I get the media player with 1080P capability would it display a better picture than the player with 720P capability?

[Salmon Trout]

the Panel Resolution is 1366(H):768(V)
If I get the media player with 1080P capability would it display a better picture than the player with 720P capability?

No. Your TV cannot display 1080 pixels vertically. The panel only has 768 vertical pixels.

[floccinaucini]

Thank you.
Best regards.

[floccinaucini]

If I connect the 1080P player to my TV, which has only 768(V), will it not function at all or give a bad picture?

[Geek-9pm]

Apparently not!
The vendor makes no reference to either NTSC or PAL.
When a vendor can not fully describe his product - buyer beware!

[floccinaucini]

The item in my number one link above (720P), says 'compatible with NTSC and PAL'. Is this a better bet?

[Geek-9pm]

I would say yes. I am not sure why they called it 1080p. The never make clear what that means.  So that makes think they don't understand their product. It has to be NTSC or PAL  to be compatible with all TV sets.

[floccinaucini]

Please confirm, either NTSC or PAL makes it compatible with all TV sets.

[Salmon Trout]

I would say yes. I am not sure why they called it 1080p. The never make clear what that means.  So that makes think they don't understand their product. It has to be NTSC or PAL  to be compatible with all TV sets.

There are i-suffix and p-suffix video standards. The number is the vertical pixel count and i means interlaced and p indicates progressive (non-interlaced). I thought it was extremely widely known that 1080p means "1080 progressive", that is, a resolution of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically, progressive scan (that is, not interlaced) - TV sets have moved on since the days of the NTSC 525 line (480i) and PAL 625 line (576i) interlaced analog video formats.

[Salmon Trout]

either NTSC or PAL makes it compatible with all TV sets.

That is nonsense.

[floccinaucini]

TV sets have moved on since the days of the NTSC 525 line (480i) and PAL 625 line (576i) interlaced analog video formats.

Could you please explain, if TV sets are no longer NTSC or PAL, what have they changed to?