Television investment?

Hi

Currently watching tv from a standard 14" set in the lounge....terrible.

Opt1 - I have thought about getting a new flatscreen, "HD Ready", 32" or
37".
Opt2 - However, for about 25% of the cost, one can get a 28" - 32" standard
large TV set on eBay.

Option 1 seems a bit daft at the moment because none of the cheap (£500)
televisions are "real" HD - This is true isn't it?

If HD is something I want in the future, there's no point getting a HD Ready
unit - best to wait a couple of years and get a true HD television -
esspecially when HD becomes more mainstream.

Therefore means that the majority of HD tv's aren't even true HD, is there
*any* point apart from space saving in actually getting a flat screen over
standard tv? (Essp when standard is so much cheaper).

Another point....these so called HD Ready televisions running at 1280x720

What size set actually consitutes 1280x720?

My 17" monitor runs at 1280x1024 and picture is perfect...i.e. no blurring.

However, if for example a 32" lcd tv runs a 1280x720 broadcast - surely this
means that the image is just stretched?

Does a 32" set have more pixels than 1280x720 and then a 1280 broadcast is
merely stretched to fit the whole screen?

confused...

"-Darren-" wrote in message
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Another point....these so called HD Ready televisions running at 1280x720

What size set actually consitutes 1280x720?

My 17" monitor runs at 1280x1024 and picture is perfect...i.e. no
blurring.

However, if for example a 32" lcd tv runs a 1280x720 broadcast - surely
this means that the image is just stretched?


not stretched - it's simply that each pixel is physically larger.
it does make sense to pick up a 1920x1080 resolution screen - but these can
be bought now, not just in the future.


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"-Darren-" wrote in message
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Another point....these so called HD Ready televisions running at 1280x720

What size set actually consitutes 1280x720?

My 17" monitor runs at 1280x1024 and picture is perfect...i.e. no
blurring.

However, if for example a 32" lcd tv runs a 1280x720 broadcast - surely
this means that the image is just stretched?


not stretched - it's simply that each pixel is physically larger.
it does make sense to pick up a 1920x1080 resolution screen - but these
can be bought now, not just in the future.



Is what the broadcasters broadcast better on the 1920x1080 than the
1280x720?
Is HD like DAB and digital TV now, could be better but quantity is more
important.

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"-Darren-" wrote in message
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Another point....these so called HD Ready televisions running at 1280x720

What size set actually consitutes 1280x720?

My 17" monitor runs at 1280x1024 and picture is perfect...i.e. no
blurring.

However, if for example a 32" lcd tv runs a 1280x720 broadcast - surely
this means that the image is just stretched?

Does a 32" set have more pixels than 1280x720 and then a 1280 broadcast is
merely stretched to fit the whole screen?

confused...


Depends whether it remains purely a TV what actually happen in my household
it end up with a PC attached, and now shares it time between a PC and a TV,
and actually both with a PC tuner card.

A 37" 1368 x 768 panel will actually support 1600x1200 PC display
surprisingly well

"David" wrote in message
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Is what the broadcasters broadcast better on the 1920x1080 than the
1280x720?
Is HD like DAB and digital TV now, could be better but quantity is more
important.




the broadcasters are currently all using 1080i - which needs the 1920x1080
to be viewed at it's best.
that's not to say it looks bad on the lower resolution screens however.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/