1080 or 720p
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1080 or 720p
The missus wants me to swap the tv's from our two lounges. One has a 50" plasma with 720p res and the other room which I use more has a 42" 1080P led lcd tv. I'm only interested in the quality for my xbox and ps3.
If I were to get the plasma tv would the games look as good or should I tell her to get lost and keep the led tv
If I were to get the plasma tv would the games look as good or should I tell her to get lost and keep the led tv
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2 lounges? nice, just get one and see what the difference is. Don't see the point in changing the 1080p LED one, not going to be a difference there. LED is generally the best for computers anyway.
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It's all down to the size of the telly and the distance you are sitting from it.
There's a formula on AV forums somewhere.
Personally I'd go for 1080p (not 1080i)
There's a formula on AV forums somewhere.
Personally I'd go for 1080p (not 1080i)
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There is a useful graph online that shows you at what distances you will notice the difference between 1080P and 720P. From memory on anything less than 50" TV's you had to be rediculously close to the TV.
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Also seemed significant that if you stand next to the screen you can hardly see the pixels as on my earlier TV where they were quite large..
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I can only report what I have seen, and it is as I said, the SD sigs are better quality that they used to be on my older set. Have not noticed any struggling so far anyway.
Also seemed significant that if you stand next to the screen you can hardly see the pixels as on my earlier TV where they were quite large..
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Also seemed significant that if you stand next to the screen you can hardly see the pixels as on my earlier TV where they were quite large..
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And the reason why I have a 50" HD Ready plasma, because the distance I view at I wouldn't see the difference.
And have a 105" PJ which is 1080p which means when I really want to I can use that!!!
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I am unable to compare 720 with 1080 so cannot comment, but I do know that my picture quality on SD improved appreciably when I got the 1080 tv.
Of course its a newer TV Jamz but the improvement was certainly due to the large increase of the smaller pixels available. My earlier TV had a very good picture for what it was but not by any means in the same league as now.
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Of course its a newer TV Jamz but the improvement was certainly due to the large increase of the smaller pixels available. My earlier TV had a very good picture for what it was but not by any means in the same league as now.
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I am unable to compare 720 with 1080 so cannot comment, but I do know that my picture quality on SD improved appreciably when I got the 1080 tv.
Of course its a newer TV Jamz but the improvement was certainly due to the large increase of the smaller pixels available. My earlier TV had a very good picture for what it was but not by any means in the same league as now.
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Of course its a newer TV Jamz but the improvement was certainly due to the large increase of the smaller pixels available. My earlier TV had a very good picture for what it was but not by any means in the same league as now.
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I have no doubt your picture is better, I just very much doubt its down to the amount of pixels on the screen.
If someone is close enough to see individual pixels on a screen it would suggest to me they bought their TV from Curry's possible with the help of Barry the friendly sales advisor.
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Depends on its age I guess, this one was a 42" from I would say about 3 years ago - it was horrendous, Sky menu, games etc, only had to be on a short time then you could see the image still there. I'd never have one again due to that set but I can't comment on if the newer ones are better.
Paid 599 for the LG, sold it a year later for 400 on ebay, and bought the 50" panny for 589 never looked back! As said, I've never seen any burn in with that at all.
Paid 599 for the LG, sold it a year later for 400 on ebay, and bought the 50" panny for 589 never looked back! As said, I've never seen any burn in with that at all.
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Without trying to argue with you, I'd say it has nothing to do with the amount of pixels or size and more to do with the advancements in processing and scaling technology.
I have no doubt your picture is better, I just very much doubt its down to the amount of pixels on the screen.
If someone is close enough to see individual pixels on a screen it would suggest to me they bought their TV from Curry's possible with the help of Barry the friendly sales advisor.
I have no doubt your picture is better, I just very much doubt its down to the amount of pixels on the screen.
If someone is close enough to see individual pixels on a screen it would suggest to me they bought their TV from Curry's possible with the help of Barry the friendly sales advisor.
It was about 5 years old when I changed to the newer one. It was a Panny plasma and I don't know what the resolution was. HD had not arrived then. Obviously the older standard before HD was on the cards. Probably 640 pixels X 480 lines. Those are appreciably large pixels. The old SDTV pixels were oblong too while modern pixels up to HDTV standard are square which will also have an effect on the quality.
It was a good tv but nowhere near in the class of my present Panny.
Your last sentence is not quite right somehow. If you stood close to the screen you could see the pixels at the screen resolution it had, my present one doesn't show them. 1080 pixels x 1024 lines is a significant difference.
Don't quite understand what the Barry that you mentioned has got to do with standing close to the screen. Try reading it again! Thank you nevertheless for your kind and so polite insinuation about my incompetence and total dependence on a rogue salesman
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