Home audio & video: 1080P vs 720P
Um what does that have to do with what I said?
by bkchurch - 4/25/07 2:14 PM In reply to: Standard DVDs are ED or 720x480. John by jcrobsoFirst of all DVD's over component will play in 480p (SD in a progressive resolution) and ED is 854x480p not 720x480. Second I was talking about DVD's played in an upconverting DVD in which the the 480p signal is upscaled to play in 720p or 1080p.
last years 1080p
by widojofus - 4/18/07 1:15 PM In reply to: 1080P vs 720P by saltyjefflast years samsung dlps and sony lcos 1080p tvs are cheap with the new models coming out, and for rear projection they are the cream of the crop. check them out and you might like them, the pictures on good rptvs are now rivaling flat panels. i recently purchased the samsung and am so impressed with the colors and sharpness i think it might be even better than the sony, but next time you are looking at tvs check them out for yourself and see.
plasma vs lcd
by DustinJohnson - 4/20/07 5:01 PM In reply to: 1080P vs 720P by saltyjeffwhat size and what technology are you thinking about doing? if you do a plasma, i have seen many 720p's that look better than 1080lcd just because of the color quality and contrast capabilities. Working at Best Buy, we just recieved the new Panasonic 1080p TH-pt700u, and it is amazing at 3500 bucks! plasma and 1080p = the way to go. look for the 42" in a coupe months at $2,500!
decisions decisions decisions
by nzmc36 - 4/20/07 6:02 PM In reply to: plasma vs lcd by DustinJohnsonWell after much a-do, I finally decided to go for a 720 Pioneer, there we loads on the net for great prices (4270...~ $1550, and the 5070 ~ $2200),from pretty good and respected stores.... went to Best Buy and the best they could do was $400 more for the 42 and $500 more for the 50" aaaaagh, I WANT A NEW TV NOW... Not in 10 days......... must.... be ....patient...... can't..... do.....it.............
720P vs 1080P
by blo46 - 4/21/07 8:16 AM In reply to: 1080P vs 720P by saltyjeffSo after all this, I have a question. Which is better, 720P or 1080P?
obviously 1080p
by widojofus - 4/21/07 8:58 AM In reply to: 720P vs 1080P by blo46but 720p is cheaper. it doesnt take a rocket scientist to know that 1080p is going to be a little better.
It depends on the source and the size of the display
by breslin - 4/21/07 8:25 AM In reply to: 1080P vs 720P by saltyjeffThis is an excerpt from a response to another post in this thread.
"There are many factors that affect the quality of the picture and resolution is just one. A top quality 720P display might very well look better than a lesser quality 1080P display. Assuming that all other factors are equal I would suggest that for SD sources, like SD DVD, you will not see much, if any, difference between a 720P and 1080P TV unless you get up to 60 inches or more. For HD sources, like Blu ray and HD-DVD which are native 1080P, I believe you will see a difference even on 30-40 inch screens because you will not have to scale the picture from 1080P to 720P. Even very good scalers can introduce some artifacts and by definition you will loose some detail when you reduce a 1080P source to 720P.
So to sum up my thoughts; If your source will be SD and the picture size is less than 60 inches, a quality 720P set will perform as well as a quality 1080P set. If you will be using HD sources you will want a 1080P set."
Several More Factors
by headgame - 4/21/07 8:42 AM In reply to: It depends on the source and the size of the display by breslinEveryone has mentioned the size of the screen which is basically correct but perhaps as important or even more so is your viewing distance from the screen. It's just common sense, the closer to the screen the better the eye can detect the subtle differences in resolution. After over 25 years of being an early adopter of electronics, I would always future proof as much as my budget would permit. make sure to insure that any screen you purchase has HDMI and as many coonnection otions as possible.
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by bkchurch - 4/21/07 6:01 PM In reply to: It depends on the source and the size of the display by breslinYou won't care about losing that detail because chances are you probably could never see it in the first place (unless you had a larger screen) and scaling 1080p down to 720p isn't nearly like scaling SD to HD, any artifacting would be tiny at most.
1080P vs 720P
by d_zirkler - 4/21/07 11:24 AM In reply to: 1080P vs 720P by saltyjeffYou will notice the difference when the screen size get larger. I would say 40 inches or larger you will need more resolution. The larger the screen the greater the resolution.
TV resolution: 1080p vs. 720p
by ulara - 4/21/07 5:49 PM In reply to: 1080P vs 720P by saltyjeffWe waited what seemed like forever for the 1080p Sony 55" to come out and when it did last fall we went to Best Buy all ready to buy it. But in the back of our minds was how good our daughter's Sony Wega KDF-55 looked every time we visited. They had gotten a great deal on it but we were determined to wait to get the latest and greatest. Well, when we were there at BB, all ready to take the leap, that 55" 720p Sony that our daughter had bought just happened to be there, a little off to the side, beckoning to us to compare the two sets, and after an hour of going from one to the other, we decided to save the over $850 difference in price, because to our eyes there just wasn't enought of a difference to warrant spending that much more money. We're so glad that we did because the HD programming is crystal clear and we couldn't imagine a better picture. I'm sure the higher resolution has to have somewhat of a better picture overall but we're very happy with our decision. For the money we saved we were able to buy the stand, a high quality HDMI cable, cover the tax, and still have some money left over.
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