1080P vs. 720P

Hey all,

I've started to look into purchasing an HDTV, but I get lost in some
of the terminology the sales guys throw around. The main reason for
the purchase will be for my xbox 360, which can output 1080P, but it
seems that the 1080P LCD's are considerably more expensive than the
720P LCD's. (Keep in mind that I'm on a real tight budget) If I
purchase a 720P LCD am I going to notice a large difference in what
the 1080P picture quality would be?

I would like to get the most bang for my buck, but at the same time I
don't want to get a year down the road and regret not going with
1080P. I was looking to get a 37", and no smaller than a 32".

Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone?? Thanks!

- Stumpy

wrote:
Hey all,

I've started to look into purchasing an HDTV, but I get lost in some
of the terminology the sales guys throw around. The main reason for
the purchase will be for my xbox 360, which can output 1080P, but it
seems that the 1080P LCD's are considerably more expensive than the
720P LCD's. (Keep in mind that I'm on a real tight budget) If I
purchase a 720P LCD am I going to notice a large difference in what
the 1080P picture quality would be?

I would like to get the most bang for my buck, but at the same time I
don't want to get a year down the road and regret not going with
1080P. I was looking to get a 37", and no smaller than a 32".

Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone?? Thanks!

- Stumpy


You will have to look at the sets and decide. At 37 in. or less, I
suspect that 720p will look fine at "normal" viewing distances. With a
60 in. set, you would probably notice a slight degradation.

On Jun 22, 2:03 pm, wrote:
Hey all,

I've started to look into purchasing an HDTV, but I get lost in some
of the terminology the sales guys throw around. The main reason for
the purchase will be for my xbox 360, which can output 1080P, but it
seems that the 1080P LCD's are considerably more expensive than the
720P LCD's. (Keep in mind that I'm on a real tight budget) If I
purchase a 720P LCD am I going to notice a large difference in what
the 1080P picture quality would be?

I would like to get the most bang for my buck, but at the same time I
don't want to get a year down the road and regret not going with
1080P. I was looking to get a 37", and no smaller than a 32".

Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone?? Thanks!

- Stumpy

1080p is a waste of money for a 37 or 32 inch TV. At normal viewing
distances there is no difference.

"ToMh" wrote:

1080p is a waste of money for a 37 or 32
inch TV. At normal viewing distances
there is no difference.

There are no 1080p 37 inch or less TVs on the market.

For any display smaller than 65~70" go with 720P. In the smaller displays
you will not (can not) see the difference. This topic was covered quite
well recently in one of the major AV rags. Their opinion was that you need
100" projection system to really be able to tell the difference.

Save your dough. On a screen the size you're considering, stick with 720.

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writes:

Hey all,

I've started to look into purchasing an HDTV, but I get lost in some
of the terminology the sales guys throw around. The main reason for
the purchase will be for my xbox 360, which can output 1080P, but it
seems that the 1080P LCD's are considerably more expensive than the
720P LCD's. (Keep in mind that I'm on a real tight budget) If I
purchase a 720P LCD am I going to notice a large difference in what
the 1080P picture quality would be?

I would like to get the most bang for my buck, but at the same time I
don't want to get a year down the road and regret not going with
1080P. I was looking to get a 37", and no smaller than a 32".

Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone?? Thanks!

- Stumpy

On Jun 22, 7:07 pm, (Steve Curtis) wrote:

There are no 1080p 37 inch or less TVs on the market.

It's not for lack of panels, because dense small ones are common.

All the 23 & 24 inch computer LCD monitors are 1920x1200.

The 30s are 2560x1600.

Wrong A/R of course, but you can easily build a 1920P
mediaPC TV in the 23-30in range.

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"Steve Curtis" wrote in message
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"ToMh" wrote:

1080p is a waste of money for a 37 or 32
inch TV. At normal viewing distances
there is no difference.

There are no 1080p 37 inch or less TVs on the market.


Somebody fergot to tell my Sharp 37" 1080p that!!

Mike

On Jun 22, 9:22 pm, Mr_Fixit wrote:
For any display smaller than 65~70" go with 720P. In the smaller displays
you will not (can not) see the difference. This topic was covered quite
well recently in one of the major AV rags. Their opinion was that you need
100" projection system to really be able to tell the difference.

I believe anything higher than 50 inches, a 1080 TV would be worth it.
Most of the HDTV's above 50" are 1080 anyway.
Anything 42" or smaller , you should get away with 720 and still have
great picture.

If the original poster has an Xbox 360, you should definately ante up
and get a 1080P TV.

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:03:48 -0000, wrote:

Hey all,

I've started to look into purchasing an HDTV, but I get lost in some
of the terminology the sales guys throw around. The main reason for
the purchase will be for my xbox 360, which can output 1080P, but it
seems that the 1080P LCD's are considerably more expensive than the
720P LCD's. (Keep in mind that I'm on a real tight budget) If I
purchase a 720P LCD am I going to notice a large difference in what
the 1080P picture quality would be?

I would like to get the most bang for my buck, but at the same time I
don't want to get a year down the road and regret not going with
1080P. I was looking to get a 37", and no smaller than a 32".

Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone?? Thanks!

- Stumpy

Another thing to consider is that no one transmits 1080p signals. The
only place you'll get a 1080p program is from a HD DVD player.

I cant tell the different between 1080i and 720p programming.

dickm

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Mikepier writes:


If the original poster has an Xbox 360, you should definately ante up
and get a 1080P TV.

Why?

On the size set he's buying (under 40") it's not going to matter. It
doesn't matter whether the signal source is from his Xbox or from an old
Atari game. No one's going to be able to see the difference in that size
screen.