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720p HD

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ghost wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:43 pm We should make clear, that the 720p files are not true HD, just upscales.
Very true, but then I always assume that for 720p.

I have a dumb question that I should probably make another thread for, but I won't:

When are 720p files ever NOT an upscale? When they are a downscale instead?

DVD goes up to 576p, and Blu-ray is 1080p. HD television can be 720p, but I can't believe the source for their footage was actually that. They either upscaled a SD source or downscaled a FHD source to take less broadcast / streaming power. What kind of film owner would provide a half-assed 720p remaster? I don't understand.
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