New web site showing DLP vs. Plasma vs. LCD stats

Here's a site that shows daily-updated stats on how the three main
types of High-def TVs (DLP, Plasma, LCD) are doing in the marketplace
(based on Amazon.com sales.) Also shows top selling TVs in each
category.

http://www.eproductwars.com/tv/

Question - to what degree do sales statistics for this type of thing
help inform a buying decision. I can see how this would work for
Blu-ray vs. HD DVD, but not sure if it matters much for HD TVs...

wrote:

Question - to what degree do sales
statistics for this type of thing help
inform a buying decision. I can see how
this would work for Blu-ray vs. HD DVD,
but not sure if it matters much for HD
TVs...

Does anyone know the current stats on Blu-ray vs. HD DVD?

Sales reflect marketing rather than consumer understanding of technologies.
The informed consumer would understand that 1080p may be technically better
but for most viewing conditions is indistinguishable from 720p.
The informed consumer would understand that for practical viewing conditions
HD and blu-ray are indistinguishable from current DVD technology upconverted
via HDMI connections.

"bmoag" wrote:

The informed consumer would understand that for practical viewing
conditions HD and blu-ray are
indistinguishable from current DVD
technology upconverted via HDMI
connections.

Has this been confirmed by any A-B test comparisons between upconverted
regular DVDs and the same titled newer HD discs (both HD DVD and
Blu-ray)? I would think that the difference in resolution and overall
definition between an upconverted regular DVD and the same titled HD
version is apparent due to the greater amount of information stored and
played back on the HD version of the disc.

In article ,
says...
Sales reflect marketing rather than consumer understanding of technologies.
The informed consumer would understand that 1080p may be technically better
but for most viewing conditions is indistinguishable from 720p.
The informed consumer would understand that for practical viewing conditions
HD and blu-ray are indistinguishable from current DVD technology upconverted
via HDMI connections.




Get your eyes checked. I've seen them both, one after the other on a
1080P LCD. Not even close.

BDK

BDK wrote:
In article ,
says...
Sales reflect marketing rather than consumer understanding of technologies.
The informed consumer would understand that 1080p may be technically better
but for most viewing conditions is indistinguishable from 720p.
The informed consumer would understand that for practical viewing conditions
HD and blu-ray are indistinguishable from current DVD technology upconverted
via HDMI connections.

Get your eyes checked. I've seen them both, one after the other on a
1080P LCD. Not even close.

I've compared them as well, and I agree that there is a substantial improvement
in 1080p over 720p. But the argument above says that in most viewing situations
the difference is insignificant, and to a large extent that's true. If you're
viewing, say, a 50" or smaller screen from 10 feet or more away in a brightly
lit room, it will be very difficult to tell them apart. And that's especially
true for those of us with imperfect vision.

"bmoag" wrote in message
...
Sales reflect marketing rather than consumer understanding of
technologies.
The informed consumer would understand that 1080p may be technically
better but for most viewing conditions is indistinguishable from 720p.
The informed consumer would understand that for practical viewing
conditions HD and blu-ray are indistinguishable from current DVD
technology upconverted via HDMI connections.


depends on the movie.

King Kong: HD-DVD DVD
Apollo XIII: HD-DVD ~ DVD
MI:III: HD-DVD DVD

using Microsoft HD-DVD add-on for HD-DVD and Oppo 971 for DVD, sitting about
6 feet from a 44" 720p dlp.

"khee mao" wrote in message

depends on the movie.

King Kong: HD-DVD DVD
Apollo XIII: HD-DVD ~ DVD
MI:III: HD-DVD DVD

using Microsoft HD-DVD add-on for HD-DVD and Oppo 971 for DVD, sitting
about 6 feet from a 44" 720p dlp.

I sit about 9 feet from a 60" 1080i using a similar setup and agree

Jim Gilliland:

But the argument above says that in most viewing situations
the difference is insignificant, and to a large extent that's true.
If you're viewing, say, a 50" or smaller screen from 10 feet or more
away in a brightly lit room, it will be very difficult to tell them
apart. And that's especially true for those of us with imperfect
vision.

I think the real problem is the garbage being broadcast as being HD when
in fact it isn't. The HD channels I get from DISH rarely show actual HD
content, at best it usually looks like overcompressed and maybe upsampled
DVD. Local OTA HD is where it's at if you want to really see what 1080
looks like.

Worse yet is the crap they demo at Best Buy. Even the Blue-ray set-ups are
grainy and show artifacts... crap.

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