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When will 1080p resolution become standard for video games and dvds? Next year, 2011, or after?
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As the technology becomes cheaper, 1080p will become the standard.
Even on TVs 1080p used to mean an automatic $300-400 price jump on a similarly sized set. But now, it's getting harder and harder to find 30", 40" or larger sets that DON'T come in 1080p.
Blu-ray, meanwhile, is 1080p and always has been. Currently, it's about the only source for true 1080p video. DVDs, meanwhile, will never go 1080p. Their spec defines DVD based on SD TV technology, which tops out at 480p. However, using an upscaling DVD player, it's possible to play regular DVDs in HD, but they won't be as clear as a blu-ray played on that same display.
As for video games, you can bet that the next generation of hardware and games will use 1080p as a standard. But even now, the smaller games you can download using the PS3 or 360, are mostly in 1080p now. Let me tell you, the HD remix of the classic arcade title, Street Fight 2, looks incredible. They put a lot of work into redoing the graphics for the game, but it just goes to show that a good game is more than just pretty graphics.
As for TV, it's going to take studios quite some time to switch from SD to HD, let alone to 1080p HD. My guess this will take quite a bit longer, and may not ever fully finish - especially if another advancement arrives.
As the technology becomes cheaper, 1080p will become the standard.
Even on TVs 1080p used to mean an automatic $300-400 price jump on a similarly sized set. But now, it's getting harder and harder to find 30", 40" or larger sets that DON'T come in 1080p.
Blu-ray, meanwhile, is 1080p and always has been. Currently, it's about the only source for true 1080p video. DVDs, meanwhile, will never go 1080p. Their spec defines DVD based on SD TV technology, which tops out at 480p. However, using an upscaling DVD player, it's possible to play regular DVDs in HD, but they won't be as clear as a blu-ray played on that same display.
As for video games, you can bet that the next generation of hardware and games will use 1080p as a standard. But even now, the smaller games you can download using the PS3 or 360, are mostly in 1080p now. Let me tell you, the HD remix of the classic arcade title, Street Fight 2, looks incredible. They put a lot of work into redoing the graphics for the game, but it just goes to show that a good game is more than just pretty graphics.
As for TV, it's going to take studios quite some time to switch from SD to HD, let alone to 1080p HD. My guess this will take quite a bit longer, and may not ever fully finish - especially if another advancement arrives.
Does BEC(basics electronics course) help land good jobs? Does it teach you to build radios or fix them?
Raul
I am going to enlist as a 2844 ground radio repair man in the Marines Corps and i want to know if this is a good job, i like it and it seems real coo. Of course becoming a Marine is more important but i just wanna know, and is graduating top of yiur class hard? Im a smart seed but do I have to.be albert einstein?
Answer
Electronics will set you up in a great position for a career. The military doesn't build radios, we fix the equipment we have.
The 2844 MOS doesn't exist anymore. As of Oct 1st 2011 we took the 2844 and the 2846 and combined them into one larger, higher trained, radio techinician; 2841.
You get into this job and you'll find that BEC alone will get you most of the way to a techincal Associates Degree. It won't be too hard for you to pass. The whole reason for the EL requirement of 115 is to be sure you have to propensity to graduate.
The other answerer that says we don't really fix things, but only replace them; that depends on the actual item. Some items are cheaper and easier to just replace the circuit cards, other items don't have cards to replace so they have to be fixed. Don't let anyone form another service tell you how maintenance is done, it is VERY different between the services. The Army and Air Force have HUGE budgets, so they have stockpiles of spares that allow them to swap whole items and call it a day. The Marines can't afford that, we have to fix what we have which will give you some awesome experience. The Navy ET's are prepared to fix their stuff in the middle of the Atlantic all by them selves so they get a great background too. (Woe is the kid that has a helicopter fly a part out to the ship only to find that didn't fix it)
Don't be too concerned with graduating the top of the class. Of course you want to do your best, but graduating is much more important than anything else. If you go to 29 Palms intending to "just pass" and don't really take in what you learn, you'll graduate and wonder why the Marines Corps didn't teach you anything usefull. So don't go there and study just to pass the tests; study and learn the material.
Remember this: (So many people just don't get it) Electronics is electronics. Whether is a RADAR set, a radio, an automobile computer, a microwave, the digital A/C control in your house, your DVD player, your computer, an aviation beacon, a power supply... the electrons flow through those transistors, resistors, capacitors, inductors exactly the same regardless of the final function of the device.
As for building things, that's up to you. Over the years I've built halloween strobe light controls, a wiper delay for my old truck, electronic spark unit for my garden tractor, many other timers & LED displays, ect; I learned all that theory in BEC @ 29 Palms in 1986. You will too.
I've been a 2800 for over 25 years, I've had friends get out to work for every company imaginable from QualCom to Crutchfield to the FBI.
You'll also get a Secret Security clearance which will open many, many doors.
Best of luck to you, and Semper Fi.
If you need any more info just write.
Electronics will set you up in a great position for a career. The military doesn't build radios, we fix the equipment we have.
The 2844 MOS doesn't exist anymore. As of Oct 1st 2011 we took the 2844 and the 2846 and combined them into one larger, higher trained, radio techinician; 2841.
You get into this job and you'll find that BEC alone will get you most of the way to a techincal Associates Degree. It won't be too hard for you to pass. The whole reason for the EL requirement of 115 is to be sure you have to propensity to graduate.
The other answerer that says we don't really fix things, but only replace them; that depends on the actual item. Some items are cheaper and easier to just replace the circuit cards, other items don't have cards to replace so they have to be fixed. Don't let anyone form another service tell you how maintenance is done, it is VERY different between the services. The Army and Air Force have HUGE budgets, so they have stockpiles of spares that allow them to swap whole items and call it a day. The Marines can't afford that, we have to fix what we have which will give you some awesome experience. The Navy ET's are prepared to fix their stuff in the middle of the Atlantic all by them selves so they get a great background too. (Woe is the kid that has a helicopter fly a part out to the ship only to find that didn't fix it)
Don't be too concerned with graduating the top of the class. Of course you want to do your best, but graduating is much more important than anything else. If you go to 29 Palms intending to "just pass" and don't really take in what you learn, you'll graduate and wonder why the Marines Corps didn't teach you anything usefull. So don't go there and study just to pass the tests; study and learn the material.
Remember this: (So many people just don't get it) Electronics is electronics. Whether is a RADAR set, a radio, an automobile computer, a microwave, the digital A/C control in your house, your DVD player, your computer, an aviation beacon, a power supply... the electrons flow through those transistors, resistors, capacitors, inductors exactly the same regardless of the final function of the device.
As for building things, that's up to you. Over the years I've built halloween strobe light controls, a wiper delay for my old truck, electronic spark unit for my garden tractor, many other timers & LED displays, ect; I learned all that theory in BEC @ 29 Palms in 1986. You will too.
I've been a 2800 for over 25 years, I've had friends get out to work for every company imaginable from QualCom to Crutchfield to the FBI.
You'll also get a Secret Security clearance which will open many, many doors.
Best of luck to you, and Semper Fi.
If you need any more info just write.
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