Giz Explains: Why HD Video Downloads Aren’t Very High Def

4:20AM September 11, 2008 | Matt Buchanan

Yesterday Apple introduced HD TV downloads to the iTunes store, meaning you can watch Peter be super emo on Heroes at a crispy 720p resolution. That’s a higher resolution than DVD, and technically, yup, that’s HD. There’s a catch though. Like every other video download service touting HD videos, it’s all actually lower quality than DVD.


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