I'm looking at 50" plasma HDTVs and most seem to say they are 720P. So what happens when they are fed a 1080i signal that some stations broadcast? Is there a processor inside stripping lines of resolution out and giving me a 720i picture?
Are there 50" plasmas that can give me both 1080i and 720p without costing a fortune?
2006-11-13 09:17:11 · 1 answers · asked by Uncle Pennybags 7 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Plasmas, LCDs, and DLPs are fixed pixel displays. They only display one resolution, their "native" resolution. For plasmas and LCDs, this is usually 768p. For RP-LCDs and DLPs, this is usually 720p. The newest of the DLPs and LCDs are displaying 1080p. These tend to be a bit more expensive.
Most any current HDTV will accept 480i (NTSC tv), 480p (from DVD), 720p (from ABC, Fox, ESPN), and 1080i (from all other HDTV stations). The fixed pixel displays will convert all these resolutions to their native resolution.
2006-11-13 09:46:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋