"1366x768 @ 720p" Is this ok or should I opt for a true 720p television?

[Leros]

I'm seeing some very low priced 720p televisions, but they are 1366x768. How does this work? Does the image look good?

 

[Baked]

As long as it does 1080i, you're set.

 

[PurdueRy]

Scaling

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Well the bummer is that you pretty much won't find a set that is native 720P. I'm really not sure why this is, perhaps wanting to make the 1080P sets look better by comparison as they can have a 1:1 mapping for every pixel whereas the faux 720P (as I like to call them) have to scale everything sent to them (most won't accept a PC signal at their native resolution). I've heard people say something about the number of columns being divisible by 8 or something along those lines.

 

[krotchy]

Most 720p TV's tend to be 1366x768 for computer compatibility reasons. Alot of video cards tend to display 1024x768 as a default when recognizing a new monitor, and having the same vertical resolution helps to make sure the TV can be setup with a computer reasonably easily. Heck some Plasmas are 1024x768 and call themselves 720p, they just use fat pixels.

 

[sivart]

even with 1080p you will have scaling if not player HD DVD or Blu-ray as broadcast is 1080i or 720p.

 

[Wellsoul2]

Originally posted by: Leros
I'm seeing some very low priced 720p televisions, but they are 1366x768. How does this work? Does the image look good?

My Olevia 27 inch is supposed to be 1366x768 but it's BS because it looks right at
1280x720. (Windows XP Desktop)

TV's will scale 1080i and 720p and it will look fine.