What does 720p and 60 ghz mean on a tv?

Question

I am looking to buy a HDTV that will play the PS3 at the best quality. I was looking at a 1080i Plasma, but I do not know if it will be the bset choice to support the PS3. In Game Informer they were saying that the PS3 has problems with certian TV's. I am quoting two things they said in their magazine about what kind of TV to use with your PS3. It is completly foreign to me.
"The PS3 cant scale to fit your tv so you have to either have a 1080p that accepts 60 hertz or a tv that supports images natively at 780p"
I think this says that I need a 1080p. is that true, and how do i know if a tv is 60 hertz? is 24 hertz better or worse then 60? what does it mean to support natively at 780p.

"The PS3 cannot scale to match older HDTV's that support 1080i but not 720p....This issue also affects the PS3's 1080p output which only works at 60 hertz. This means that if your TV supports 1080p but only at 24 or 30 hertz, you cannot play in 1080p."
I need to find out if the tv fits in this category.

Answer 1

First of all, 720p means 720 progressive lines, not 720 pixels.

Let's back up a bit. 720p is the video resolution of your TV. 480i is standard definition. 480p is enhanced definition TV. 720p, 1080i, 1080p is HDTV. 1080p is also known as full or true HD. 60Hz is how fast the images update per a second. 60Hz would be 60 frames per a second. For finding the right TV, you just need to make sure what your PS3 outputs is supported by the TV that you want to purchase.

Basically, the specs that you are looking for is a TV that is 1080p and supports 1080p/60Hz format. I would be really surprise to find TV's that only support 24Hz or 30Hz as these are more uncommon 1080p formats.

The caveat with BluRay on the PS3 is that it outputs at 480i/p or 1080i/p. This implies that in order to enjoy the BluRay technology, you would need to buy a 1080p TV otherwise you are watching your movies in EDTV. This is why they do not recommend to purchase a 720p native TV.

1080p can be 24Hz, 25Hz, 30Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz. TV and film companies film their content in 24Hz, then convert it over to 720p or 1080i/30Hz for broadcasting. Right now, there is just not enough bandwidth to send 1080p. BluRay and HD-DVD output up to 1080p/60Hz.

Answer 2

It has 720 lines of vertical decision as a lot as date each body. 1080p has 1080 lines as a lot as date each body. 1080i has basically 0.5 the lines as a lot as date each body, with the different 0.5 as a lot as date the subsequent body (it occurs so quickly that's extremely difficult to inform the version although). once you have become a very massive television- bypass 1080i or p (p being more beneficial). in case you at the on the spot are not getting a very massive television you'd be difficult pressed to inform the version between 720 and 1080.

Answer 3

720p means 720 pixels. Normally resolution of any TV/monitor/camera or videp processing device is measured in terms of pixel x pixel (widhth x length). At any point of time for a gamer like you, more number of pixels will give you better feeling of game. So go for 1080 pixel
60Hz: is the frequency at which your display gets refreshed, faster is better. Since Hz (Hertz) is 1/second, 60 Hz will give you better output then 24 Hz.
Hope it helps...