42" to big for 720P?

[AkumaX]

plan on hooking up a computer to it? 1080p then
i'd rather have a Panasonic 42" 720p then a no-name 42" 1080p

 

[TheShiz]

i have two 42" tvs, one 1080p, one 720p. i sit around 11 feet away from the 720 and around 7 feet away from the 1080 and at those distances there is not too much difference. if you are going to be 6 feet away, I would say get a 1080p if you are going 42".

 

[TheShiz]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Sniper82
I heard you really only see the difference going from 720p to 1080p if you have something bigger than a 37". Curious would a 42" with only 720p still look good or should one look for a 1080p on anything bigger than a 37"?

This isn't really true. I have a 30" CRT HDTV that does 1080i and I can see an obvious difference between 720p and 1080i. The difference is quite drastic. 1080i looks very crisp while 720p looks halfway in between 1080i and standard definition.

I also have a 1080i crt, one of the best made (sony KD-36xs955) and I can say the picture is good, but what you probably don't know much about is how 1080i CRTs have to do some conversion to display in 720p, 720p looks better on a 720p television than it does on a 1080i crt.

 

[lizardboy]

I've got a 50" Sony RP-LCD, it's 720p and it looks great. Sittin about 10-12 feet away.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Sniper82
I will be roughly 5-6ft from the screen. Is that to close or should I get something smaller?

the only thing to consider here should be if youre' planning to hook a PC up to it. if so, then you're better off paying the exorbitant 1080p price premium. for TV/movies though, 720p is just fine up to 50"...maybe even 60"

...uh, wrong forum

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Slick5150

Originally posted by: spidey07
42 inches is never too big unless you're sitting 4 feet from the screen.

the year is almost 2008. 1080p is the only way.

Not even remotely true.

Uhh, absolutely true. Stop the misinformation, read this.

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com...80p-3-2007-part-1.html

The biggest misinformation out there is "well you won't notice the difference." 1080p IS BENEFICIAL FOR ALL SOURCES. Stop buying outdated inferior technology.

lol. that's the same article you keep posting, and it makes the SAME argument that the rest of us make: 1080p IS NOT WORTH THE PRICE AT THIS MOMENT. read it again dude

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: spidey07
42 inches is never too big unless you're sitting 4 feet from the screen.

the year is almost 2008. 1080p is the only way.

You are aware that it's not actually 2008 yet, right?

Anyway, I've been looking around for a good HD projector recently and just about ever knowledgeable person I've spoken to tells me that you can't really tell a difference between 720p and 1080p until you reach about 100" screen size. So... obviously ymmv.

Keep in mind that while hd-dvd and blue ray are output at 1080p they're about the only things that are. Most OTA channels, cable, sat, and xbox-ps3 games output at 720p.

Personally I'll probably go with 720p for now and upgrade in a year or to when 1080 is more widely used. *shrugs*

I agree with your sentiment on 720 vs 1080, but in my area over half of the OTA broadcasts are 1080i.

haha, that supports Spidey's argument. your TV will de-interlace the signal--so it doesn't matter that it's 1080i, you will see 1080p if you have a 1080 set. this is the one area where agree with on Spidey--most broadcasts are in 1080i, that's a fact. the rest of the argument though....lunacy

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Keep bumping this thread so all the misinformation can be dispelled. I understand that only a sledge hammer can stop it, but it must be stopped.

1080 displays are NOT about content (even so, most content is 1080 anyway). I'm not keen on throwing away resolution, nor should one justify such a position. I swear, it's like trying to convince somebody who justifies BOSE. They just won't listen and will keep telling everybody that bose is the best.

Even when you show them and show proof they'll still expound on how bose is the best. Go figure.

Don't you get it? You're the Bose guy in this argument. You're the one telling us that MP are the most important factor in a quality Digital Camera...it's the same damn argument.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: TheShiz

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Sniper82
I heard you really only see the difference going from 720p to 1080p if you have something bigger than a 37". Curious would a 42" with only 720p still look good or should one look for a 1080p on anything bigger than a 37"?

This isn't really true. I have a 30" CRT HDTV that does 1080i and I can see an obvious difference between 720p and 1080i. The difference is quite drastic. 1080i looks very crisp while 720p looks halfway in between 1080i and standard definition.

I also have a 1080i crt, one of the best made (sony KD-36xs955) and I can say the picture is good, but what you probably don't know much about is how 1080i CRTs have to do some conversion to display in 720p, 720p looks better on a 720p television than it does on a 1080i crt.

I agree that there is conversion and it'll never look as good as it would on a TV whose native res matches the input, but I've seen 720p programs on a 720p LCD TV and I can say that it's just not as good as 1080i on a 1080i/1080p TV.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: spidey07
Keep bumping this thread so all the misinformation can be dispelled. I understand that only a sledge hammer can stop it, but it must be stopped.

1080 displays are NOT about content (even so, most content is 1080 anyway). I'm not keen on throwing away resolution, nor should one justify such a position. I swear, it's like trying to convince somebody who justifies BOSE. They just won't listen and will keep telling everybody that bose is the best.

Even when you show them and show proof they'll still expound on how bose is the best. Go figure.

Don't you get it? You're the Bose guy in this argument. You're the one telling us that MP are the most important factor in a quality Digital Camera...it's the same damn argument.

But you can't honestly say that you think 720p looks just as good as 1080p on the TVs you look at. It's not really that close.


This reminds me of the threads where people were claiming that the human eye cannot see anything faster than 60 hz, and that people who claimed that they could see it strobing were lying. To me it's like looking at a strobe light, it's so obvious that it's a low refresh rate yet some people simply cannot see it.