Benefits of 1080p TV ?

[LikeLinus]

50" Plasma for sure. That's what I have and I LOVE it. There's no point in getting a 1080p for several years. By the time it's mainstream and worth buying, I'll end up with a new TV anyway and move this one to a bedroom or something 😀

 

[FelixDeCat]

How about a 640x480 27" Toshiba?

 

[Montano]

Rage, thanks for pointing out my oversight 😉 You may have made the decision easier :beer:

Only issue now is that the Zenith only has 1 HDMI in and NO DVI in. My HD DVR will use the HDMI, but what will my upconverting (through DVI only) dvd player use ?

edit: it seems the 42" Westy in being phased out to make way for the 47" 1080p tv. My BB has not had them in stock for over a month, and now they won't even take orders for delivery.

 

[sourshishke]

Originally posted by: Montano
Both TV's I'm looking at are plasma 🙂

Are you sure you need a tv that big?If not you could get 32''720p for half those,and buy
with the rest whatever.

Screen
size Viewing
distance range
30" 3.75-6.25 feet
34" 4.25-7 feet
42" 5.25-8.75 feet
50" 6.25-10.5 feet
56" 7-11.75 feet
62" 7.75-13 feet
70" 8.75-14.75 feet

 

[Montano]

I have a 34" Sony WEGA XBR right now, and I'm looking to go bigger not smaller 😉

 

[Rage187]

Originally posted by: sourshishke

Originally posted by: Montano
Both TV's I'm looking at are plasma 🙂

Are you sure you need a tv that big?If not you could get 32''720p for half those,and buy
with the rest whatever.

Please hand over your man card.

 

[Montano]

Originally posted by: sourshishke

Screen
size Viewing
distance range
30" 3.75-6.25 feet
34" 4.25-7 feet
42" 5.25-8.75 feet
50" 6.25-10.5 feet
56" 7-11.75 feet
62" 7.75-13 feet
70" 8.75-14.75 feet

It's roughly 11 ft from my TV to my couch.

 

[sourshishke]

Originally posted by: Rage187

Originally posted by: sourshishke

Originally posted by: Montano
Both TV's I'm looking at are plasma 🙂

Are you sure you need a tv that big?If not you could get 32''720p for half those,and buy
with the rest whatever.

Please hand over your man card.

I was just making sure he was far enough away,and save $
So i guess you need a 56'',or buy a projector.
The numbers i posted are from Crutchfield.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: Montano
Do the networks even broadcast in 1080p ? Will BlueRay and HD-DVD be in 1080p ?
I believe some networks still use 720p. So what are the real benefits of 1080p over a 1366x768p TV ?

No they can't do 1080p yet because the connection isn't capable of such high bandwidth.

1080p content takes less bandwidth than an analog channel.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: Montano
Do the networks even broadcast in 1080p ? Will BlueRay and HD-DVD be in 1080p ?
I believe some networks still use 720p. So what are the real benefits of 1080p over a 1366x768p TV ?

No they can't do 1080p yet because the connection isn't capable of such high bandwidth.

1080p content takes less bandwidth than an analog channel.

Yep....one analog channel uses 168 mbps, that's a lot more then the 19.8 mbps for HDTV.

 

[0roo0roo]

but u know those networks are goddamned stingy. they are still convinced they should use the extra bandwidth for extra sd channels and scuh...as if they have enough content to fill 1 channel with decent material..let alone 3