Is 1080p overkill for a 32" bedroom TV?

On 7/1/2012 5:20 PM, the dog from that film you saw wrote:
On 01/07/2012 16:51, Bert wrote:
Looking for a second TV, to be used almost exclusively for late evening
viewing from bed.

We only have space for a 32" HD set which will be viewed from a distance
of about 12 feet.

With a screen of that size viewed from that distance, would we see any
real difference with 1080i satellite programming or 1080p BDs with a
720p vs a 1080p set?



more to the point do they still sell 720p 32" sets? - other than some
supermarket el cheapo leftover brand.

They sure do! In fact, it is next to impossible to find a 32" 1080p
set. I was looking for a 32" set in May, and all the major brand 32"
sets I could find were 720p.

On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:48:13 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per Metspitzer:
nothing is being brodcast in
1080P

We only get OTA, but if "Video 16:9 " is 1080, a
number of programs that we watch in the Philadelphia PA USA area
are in 1080.

For instance, channel 12's Charlie Rose, Globe Trekker,
McLaughlin Group, Meet The Press, channel 6's The Tonight Show...

But I'm one more that would say they cannot tell the diff between
1080 and 720 on a 30-something screen. 1080 and 480,
definitely... but not 1080-720.

720p is better than 1080i
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JXfyvlPh0

Per Metspitzer:

720p is better than 1080i
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JXfyvlPh0

That was pretty good. Thanks.

One of my takeaways was that I should not bother with anything
where the rez ends in "i"....
--
Pete Cresswell

Per :
In fact, it is next to impossible to find a 32" 1080p
set. I was looking for a 32" set in May, and all the major brand 32"
sets I could find were 720p.

Our 32" Vizio XVT323S claims tb 1080i.

OTOH it's a few years old and maybe Vizio has seen the error or
their ways since...
--
Pete Cresswell

On 7/1/2012 8:51 AM, Bert wrote:
Looking for a second TV, to be used almost exclusively for late evening
viewing from bed.

We only have space for a 32" HD set which will be viewed from a distance
of about 12 feet.

With a screen of that size viewed from that distance, would we see any
real difference with 1080i satellite programming or 1080p BDs with a
720p vs a 1080p set?

Your opinion counts way more than those of others.
We have 55" 1080p240, 42" 1080p60, 32" 720p60 sets in different rooms.
Neither of the 1080 screens struggles with fast motion, the 720s do -
when the source is 1080i. The leaves of trees are just blobs of green
when the camera is panning. It is noticeable from any distance.
Here's my opinion: Gonna watch romance movies, 32"x720 fine. Gonna
watch Fast and Furious or Planet Earth, not so good.
One of the 32" screens is also the monitor to the PC I'm using at the
moment, it's perfectly fine for typical web pages and email but I
wouldn't watch the YouTube presentation of the America's Cup World
Series on it from any distance.

On 02/07/2012 00:40, wrote:



more to the point do they still sell 720p 32" sets? - other than some
supermarket el cheapo leftover brand.

They sure do! In fact, it is next to impossible to find a 32" 1080p
set. I was looking for a 32" set in May, and all the major brand 32"
sets I could find were 720p.



well i'm surprised!
here in the UK pretty much every tv on sale is 1080p - even those
smaller than 32 inches.

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On 7/2/2012 12:05 AM PT, the dog from that film you saw typed:

more to the point do they still sell 720p 32" sets? - other than some
supermarket el cheapo leftover brand.

They sure do! In fact, it is next to impossible to find a 32" 1080p
set. I was looking for a 32" set in May, and all the major brand 32"
sets I could find were 720p.

well i'm surprised!
here in the UK pretty much every tv on sale is 1080p - even those
smaller than 32 inches.

Interesting. I wonder why.
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On Monday, July 2nd, 2012, at 00:18:35h -0700, Ant wrote:

Interesting. I wonder why.

In general, people live in smaller houses and thus have
smaller rooms in Europe, so they sit closer to the TV.

And from what I understand, houses in Japan tend to be
even smaller again.

Also people will generally be buying TV screen sizes
smaller (32, 40, and tops 46 inch) than in North America,
because there is just not room for a 65 inch screen.

On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:13:37 -0700, clover wrote:

On 7/1/2012 8:51 AM, Bert wrote:
Looking for a second TV, to be used almost exclusively for late evening
viewing from bed.

We only have space for a 32" HD set which will be viewed from a distance
of about 12 feet.

With a screen of that size viewed from that distance, would we see any
real difference with 1080i satellite programming or 1080p BDs with a
720p vs a 1080p set?

Your opinion counts way more than those of others.
We have 55" 1080p240, 42" 1080p60, 32" 720p60 sets in different rooms.
Neither of the 1080 screens struggles with fast motion, the 720s do -
when the source is 1080i. The leaves of trees are just blobs of green
when the camera is panning. It is noticeable from any distance.
Here's my opinion: Gonna watch romance movies, 32"x720 fine. Gonna
watch Fast and Furious or Planet Earth, not so good.
One of the 32" screens is also the monitor to the PC I'm using at the
moment, it's perfectly fine for typical web pages and email but I
wouldn't watch the YouTube presentation of the America's Cup World
Series on it from any distance.


What exactly do you watch at 1080p? I have had my 50 for two years
and I am still not sure I have seen anything in 1080p. I don't do PPV
or BluRay. I do have a WDTV live player. There are mkv files that
claim to be 1080p, but I am not so sure.
There were even some avi files claiming 1080p. The files are huge.
The one exception would have been maybe Tron. It was a noticeable
improvement over 720p, but nothing else I have watched seemed better
than 720p. History Channel has a series called "The Universe" Those
came labeled 1080p, but since no HD channel I know of uses 1080p I
don't see how.

"Bert" wrote in message
. ..
Looking for a second TV, to be used almost exclusively for late
evening
viewing from bed.

We only have space for a 32" HD set which will be viewed from a
distance
of about 12 feet.

With a screen of that size viewed from that distance, would we see
any
real difference with 1080i satellite programming or 1080p BDs with a
720p vs a 1080p set?

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St. Paul, MN

I have an older 50" plasma that is 720p, and picture is quite good,
IMO.