What's up with these HD tvs with 1366 x 768 resolutions?

[Shawn]

Aren't they supposed to be 1920 x 1080? 😕

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Aren't they supposed to be 1920 x 1080? 😕

Either that or 1280x720. In either case 1366x768 is a stupid resolution 😛

 

[Shawn]

Yeah, I don't get it. Won't the picture have to be resized? That'll look like crap.

 

[Goosemaster]

$$$$$$$$$$$.

They can charge xtra for the better TI chips + the electronics.....

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: Shawn
Aren't they supposed to be 1920 x 1080? 😕

Either that or 1280x720. In either case 1366x768 is a stupid resolution 😛

not if you have it plugged into a PC😛

 

[NutBucket]

There must be some engineering answer to this question. Its profit driven I'm sure but most likely has to do with the cost of the panel itself. Everything else is relatively cheap in comparison.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

ANSWER
If you have a 1080i (nativly 1920 x 1080) conenction, you can downsample to 1280x720 or 1366x768

1366x768 > 1280x720 so the quality of the new downsampled image to 1366x768 will result in a superior result.

<== engineer. Do I have to do the math also?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Are you people really that stupid?

You've been here for over a year, you should already know the answer to that question.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: Shawn
Aren't they supposed to be 1920 x 1080? 😕

Either that or 1280x720. In either case 1366x768 is a stupid resolution 😛

not if you have it plugged into a PC😛

True, but I seem to remember reading about video cards having problems with horizontal resolutions not divisible by 8 (Nvidia cards anyway)...not sure if that's still an issue or not.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Are you people really that stupid?

You've been here for over a year, you should already know the answer to that question.

Yes, thus the edit. Surprised someone actually got the original post... See my updated explanation.

 

[3chordcharlie]

In related news, why do most of these hdtvs suggest an optimal resolution of 1360x768?

Is this due to the divide-by-8 issue? (If my video card can handle it, am I better off at 1366x768, or not?)

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
ANSWER
If you have a 1080i (nativly 1920 x 1080) conenction, you can downsample to 1280x720 or 1366x768

1366x768 > 1280x720 so the quality of the new downsampled image to 1366x768 will result in a superior result.

<== engineer. Do I have to do the math also?

Yes, but how does this help a 720p signal to look better?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Are you people really that stupid?

You've been here for over a year, you should already know the answer to that question.

Well SORRY that I don't know everything there is to know about HDTV sets. I only starting looking into them for the first time ever TODAY.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
ANSWER
If you have a 1080i (nativly 1920 x 1080) conenction, you can downsample to 1280x720 or 1366x768

1366x768 > 1280x720 so the quality of the new downsampled image to 1366x768 will result in a superior result.

<== engineer. Do I have to do the math also?

Thats not the reason. Its got something to do with it being easier to upscale/downscale to that exact resolution because of the way the other resolutions divide. Its a hardware thing, so they can scale it easier/better/cheaper, but its definintely not just cause it has more pixels so it looks better.

 

[Shawn]

My dad was looking at getting this

 

[jpeyton]

720P may not be the highest available HD resolution, but it still looks awesome in my eyes.

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
In related news, why do most of these hdtvs suggest an optimal resolution of 1360x768?

Is this due to the divide-by-8 issue? (If my video card can handle it, am I better off at 1366x768, or not?)

yep. you won't be able to get 1:1 mapping when you hook up a 1366x768 res hdtv monitor to a pc. I have a LCD RPTV that got this problem.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: cHeeZeFacTory

Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
In related news, why do most of these hdtvs suggest an optimal resolution of 1360x768?

Is this due to the divide-by-8 issue? (If my video card can handle it, am I better off at 1366x768, or not?)

yep. you won't be able to get 1:1 mapping when you hook up a 1366x768 res hdtv monitor to a pc. I have a LCD RPTV that got this problem.

The only consequence is that you have a black strip 3 pixels wide on each side of your picture; hardly noticeable.