Dead pixels and split screen

[Jonathan Nelson]

Originally Posted by Richard Hunter

Hi Steven. I thought I read somewhere that there were 2 CCDs (per colour channel) butted together to give the HD resolution, and that this was the reason for the SSE. Sorry for spreading untrue "facts" and thanks for the clarification.

Richard

From what I have gathered, each half of each ccd uses a seperate processor to reduce heat and save power.