Gizmodo HD comparison Chart "Giz Explains"

[SteveHas]

"Interesting" reading

http://gizmodo.com/5048025/giz-explains-why-hd-video-downloads-arent-very-high-def

I should have also said controversial reading as well.
I thought this might light a few fires here.

[1948GG]

Interesting reading

http://gizmodo.com/5048025/giz-explains-why-hd-video-downloads-arent-very-high-def

And extremely suspect, as on a quick look, many (if not all) of the information in the 'article' is simply incorrect or skewed.

[gregjones]

Interesting reading

http://gizmodo.com/5048025/giz-explains-why-hd-video-downloads-arent-very-high-def

It is still oversimplified. You may get more detail out of an 8Mbps MPEG4 stream versus a 10 Mpbs MPEG2 stream. The codec has significantly more impact than is conveyed in the article.

As has been said dozens of times before, there is only one way to determine picture quality. Compare the source to the output pixel-by-pixel. The percentage of pixels that come out matching is a percentage of picture quality. Though discussing less detailed numbers is easier, it is not productive.