720p vs 1080p

[Dahak]

Im looking at getting a new tv for my room and at the sizes im looking at are all generally 720p (looking at below 32inch) only once you start getting to 32inch and bigger do they start getting at 1080p

Would it be better to go to 1080 or would 720p be find. Primary usage will be tv(standard def cable) dvd playback and streaming from my pc/whs.

Looking to get a ps 3 and blu-ray playback in the future as well

 

[The Boston Dangler]

if you connect to a computer, definitely get 1080p.

 

[sivart]

Also depends on your viewing distance from the TV. If it more than about 3-4 feet for something under 32" you won't notice a difference between 720p and 1080p.

If it is for a computer monitor, go 1080p

 

[0roo0roo]

32" is tiny
so yes, it starts not to matter, its just too small.

 

[Dahak]

ok, that is what was thinking too, the room that it is going in is no more than 10-12 feet anyway. the viewing is about 7-8 feet

 

[0roo0roo]

30" is a computer monitor
so yes 1080 if on the desk in front of you. at 8 feet...its just a tiny thing in the distance...

 

[SphinxnihpS]

720P as a computer desktop resolution is unacceptable. However, 50" at 1080P is quite lovely.

 

[kalrith]

ok, that is what was thinking too, the room that it is going in is no more than 10-12 feet anyway. the viewing is about 7-8 feet

Even with a 42" TV, you'd be fine with 720p from 7-8 feet away. Obviously as others have said, the one exception is when being used as a computer monitor.

 

[kalrith]

720P as a computer desktop resolution is unacceptable. However, 50" at 1080P is quite lovely.

I'd just like to point out that 720p as a video resolution for a computer is just fine. My 720p TV works very well with my HTPC, but I use it almost exclusively for watching video. When watching video on a computer, the same rules apply for watching video from any other source.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I'd just like to point out that 720p as a video resolution for a computer is just fine. My 720p TV works very well with my HTPC, but I use it almost exclusively for watching video. When watching video on a computer, the same rules apply for watching video from any other source.

Of course! The problem is only with text and windows, though I still prefer 1080P for video and games, when native.

 

[kalrith]

Of course! The problem is only with text and windows, though I still prefer 1080P for video and games, when native.

I agree that 1080p > 720p in every way, except price. Even if you're too far away to resolve the difference between 720p and 1080p, there's still the reduction in processing of 1080i and 1080p sources.

However, in the OP's situation, unless this is going to be his dedicated computer monitor (which it obviously won't be from 7-8 feet away), then 720p will either save him some money or allow him to get a larger size (42" 720p TVs are pretty close in price to 32" 1080p TVs).

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I agree that 1080p > 720p in every way, except price. Even if you're too far away to resolve the difference between 720p and 1080p, there's still the reduction in processing of 1080i and 1080p sources.

However, in the OP's situation, unless this is going to be his dedicated computer monitor (which it obviously won't be from 7-8 feet away), then 720p will either save him some money or allow him to get a larger size (42" 720p TVs are pretty close in price to 32" 1080p TVs).

The choir is here. Where do we sit?

 

[kalrith]

The choir is here. Where do we sit?

lol. My posts weren't directed towards the "choir" or even in rebuttal of your statements. They were directed at those who might not already know these things, and they were intended to expound upon what's already been said. For example, you wouldn't make a thread about 720p vs 1080p, but the OP did and probably doesn't know much of what's been posted in this thread.

 

[bobdole369]

Primary usage will be tv(standard def cable) dvd playback and streaming from my pc/whs.

Note that the only time that the resolution reaches maximum is when watching WHS/using as a monitor.

SD cable is 480i, (how is that going to connect to the screen BTW), and DVD's are generally 480p, player dependant, sometimes 480i. Again, how is that connected?

720p is 1280x720 in your PC resolution, sometimes panels will take 1368x768 or some variant.

 

[Dahak]

thanks for all the tips, I was leaning more to the 720p and save a few $$.

Gave me some though too on possibly using it as a pc monitor as well, but that would wait until I upgrade my vid card.

now all I have to do is decide on a tv

 

[0roo0roo]

get a 42" 720p....
better to sacrifice res for a bigger size at that point in the price spectrum.
even 42" is sorta small. 2.35 aspect film is only 15.5" tall on that tv. at 32 its under a foot tall. ~1 foot tall strip of image from 8 feet back=epic.