Posted: 6/25/2009 1:28:09 PM EDT
| I will be buying a 42 inch LCD TV in the near future. With this size tv is there a huge noticable differance between 1080 and 720? |
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I'd suggest a larger, older, 1080P, over a smaller, newer, 720P. +1 And go big. I replaced a 27" tube with a 46" Sony Bravia (46kvl2500 or something) 1080P 2 years ago. My only regret is not buying a 50" or 55". HDTV rocks! 720 is pretty sharp, but with 1080P you can see blades of grass. |
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Quoted: I will be buying a 42 inch LCD TV in the near future. With this size tv is there a huge noticable differance between 1080 and 720? Depends how close you are. If you look at the chart below with a 42 inch screen you see that you need to sit inside eight feet to even discern 1080p over 720p. Go bigger, get as big a quality screen as you can afford.  |
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Quoted: Quoted: I will be buying a 42 inch LCD TV in the near future. With this size tv is there a huge noticable differance between 1080 and 720? Depends how close you are. If you look at the chart below with a 42 inch screen you see that you need to sit inside eight feet to even discern 1080p over 720p. Go bigger, get as big a quality screen as you can afford. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2006/12/resolution_chart.jpg That chart is retarded.  You sure as hell can tell the difference between 1080p and 480p on most any screen from "a mile away." Get an LED TV (or whatever type of display you prefer) in the biggest screen you can afford in 1080p. End of discussion.  |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I will be buying a 42 inch LCD TV in the near future. With this size tv is there a huge noticable differance between 1080 and 720? Depends how close you are. If you look at the chart below with a 42 inch screen you see that you need to sit inside eight feet to even discern 1080p over 720p. Go bigger, get as big a quality screen as you can afford. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2006/12/resolution_chart.jpg That chart is retarded. You sure as hell can tell the difference between 1080p and 480p on most any screen from "a mile away." Get an LED TV (or whatever type of display you prefer) in the biggest screen you can afford in 1080p. End of discussion. Sure you can, many people say that right up to the point someone actually test them in front of real screens and they cannot. That chart is industry standard and for 95% of people spot on there are a handful of people who have eyes good enough to see beyond that chart but they are few and far between. |
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First figure out exactly what you want to do with the TV, if all you are doing is cable/sat and an upscaling DVD player 720's not a bad choice at all, at the right distance (see above graph, it's good info)
If you are planning on doing something that can actually take advantage of 1080p, Blu-ray, gaming, computer etc... then look at those. Also are you set on LCD? If you are not plasma is a great choice given the right environment. Source is the most important thing to any TV, I hooked up a 60" Pioneer Elite about a week ago that looked like complete crap, because she had SD satellite, and a 4 year old DVD/VCR combo. She bought it because it had all the "buzz words" she had been told about and the salesman said it was the best tv on the market. That was 7grand down the tubes because of crappy source. |
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Either 720 or 1080 will be a huge improvement over 480i.
If at all possible you should get at least 1080i, there is not a really noticeable difference between 1080i and 1080p unless you are watching fast moving objects, on a 42 inch screen probably never going to see it. Go to a TV display at any store and look at the difference in picture between the three, only that will tell you what your eye can discern. |