HD really worth it?

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
I think that this picture pretty much sums up how good HD content is.

How can a 800x600 picture sum up how good HD content is? The lowest HD resolution is 1280x720.

 

[Reel]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Quasmo
I think that this picture pretty much sums up how good HD content is.

How can a 800x600 picture sum up how good HD content is? The lowest HD resolution is 1280x720.

I remember when my father and I watched a PBS type program on how good HDTV would be when it came out. This had to be about 10 years ago. They would show the difference in picture quality in the program by showing two TV's side by side. We couldn't understand how it made sense.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

yup

 

[jpeyton]

OP, did you buy it or not?

 

[Compton]

For that price definately get the EDTV.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
OP, did you buy it or not?

Try reading the thread.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

EDTV: 853 x 480
DVD: 720 x 480

I think these are accurate ... I just googled the numbers.

I had hte same debate. I decided that since I was getting comcast HD ... I might as wwell go after the 720P model.

Oh, I got the 42" Panny ... just like yours except not hte EDTV version.

I could not be happier.

 

[Sonikku]

What people don't seem to be getting here, is that it's not so much a question as to whether or not HD is better then ED. We know it is.

Rather, it's a question if the far higher premium of a HD plasma justifies the HD over a far, far cheaper ED TV. I've seen ED and HD in plasma's. The HD is nice sitting up close. But if this is to be a living room display while you sit on recliner, in all likely hood you will not notice the difference. If this was to be a PC display/HD display hybrid, HD would be worth it no question. It's a matter of what you're gearing it towards.

Seriously though, just how many saying ED displays are unthinkable have actually compared ED to HD with the same HD content being fed into them? Sheesh, specs trump Picture Quality before your very eyes...

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
OP, did you buy it or not?

It was a scam. :laugh:

Too good to be true.

 

[Sheep]

Originally posted by: five40
I think EDTV for $450 would be great. Unless you get a 1080p set. A 720p set is only going halfway which is dumb. If you are only going 720p, you might as well bump down to EDTV since they are both stop-gap resolutions.

Spoken like someone who's been drinking some of Sony's kool-aid--all those PS3 games in 1080p are sure burning a hole in our pockets, eh?

Unless you're talking about a very large set, 720p/1080i vs. 1080p isn't going to be noticeable. 720p/1080i are hardly stopgaps the way EDTV is.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Sonikku
What people don't seem to be getting here, is that it's not so much a question as to whether or not HD is better then ED. We know it is.

Rather, it's a question if the far higher premium of a HD plasma justifies the HD over a far, far cheaper ED TV. I've seen ED and HD in plasma's. The HD is nice sitting up close. But if this is to be a living room display while you sit on recliner, in all likely hood you will not notice the difference. If this was to be a PC display/HD display hybrid, HD would be worth it no question. It's a matter of what you're gearing it towards.

Seriously though, just how many saying ED displays are unthinkable have actually compared ED to HD with the same HD content being fed into them? Sheesh, specs trump Picture Quality before your very eyes...

our eyes are very good at seeing detail. its why we need such high resolution laser printers and large lcd monitors. you can't pretend one can't see the difference between the two. but its not something you can quantify. its like how some people dont care if they encode and listen to all their mp3s in 128kbps cbr. thats fine, just don't pretend its just as good. we aren't talking about the difference between 5mega pixel vs 8 mega pixel cameras here where both numbers are crazy high. edtv is definetly much lower and low enough that the image is not clear or detailed as hd. its stil at a level where pixels are large and crude, esp on a larger flat panel. we are talking less than half the pixels of 720p, and 5 times less than 1080p.