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Originally Posted by Martin3
You're awfully confused for someone that "works" with them. No where does it say it has a resolution of 1080. It clearly states the maximum screen resolution is 1366x768. It is however capible of receiving an HD signal up to 1080i at which it will convert to it's native resolution.
Westinghouse does make 37" and 42" 1080P LCD's that have a native resolution of 1920x1080, and for $500 more he could have got the 37".
Higher resolutions do make a difference on smaller screens. If it's used as a normal TV only and viewing distances aren't that close you wont really see the differnce. But if the viewing distance is close such as if it's used as a monitor or for gaming the differnce and clarity is very noticeable even on the smaller screens. |
I didn't read the whole thing, all I saw was 1080. I don't sit here and fucking read e-book equivalent text, as that is too close to being a real book, and books are for fags. Anyways...
I work with all different size screens from 19? to around 60? and I only tell a difference on the larger screens (51?+ arena) w/1080i. The 720p will still look marvelous, but I can see a definite visual difference at the 51? mark. That?s not to say 720p magically turns shitty at the 51? mark, far from it, but 1080i does look better at those sizes. Anything smaller than that I see it as being identical, and if 720p is cheaper to produce/buy (which seems to be the case), I see no reason for someone to spring for ?true? HD quality screens at 1080i unless they are getting a 51? screen, or bigger.
Of course if the 1080i is cheaper than the 720p, sure, spring for it. Notice though that if you bought a HDTV just for football, or extremely high paced action movies, you?d be better going off with 720p though (1080i does a poorer job than 720p when it comes to rapid movement). Even though 720p is poorer quality on the larger screens than 1080i, the newer Samsung screens with LED backlighting promise to help minimize the quality loss in this arena, and it?ll be interesting to see if it holds true. Samsung maintains that there is a 25-40% quality improvement? which is amazing considering it just uses a different backlight source!
Anyways, I?ll maintain that 1080i really starts to shine at around the 51? mark. Below that I really have not been able to see any difference between 1080i and 720p, other than with fast motion (action movies, football, etc.), and in that arena 720p kicks 1080i?s ass. So pick and choose based on what you are going to use the TV for, as well as price vs. performance. If you can get a great deal on a 1080i TV below the 51? mark, go for it (as long as you don?t mind it being subpar when it comes to fast-paced action). But then again if I were you, I wouldn?t listen to a guy who burns books and hates cats. He?s fucking crazy.