My buddy has a Panasonic TH-42PX60U with a resolution of 1024x768 and swears it's the best picture on the planet, but I am looking at a Samsung LNS4695DX with a resolution of 1920x1080. Yes I know one is plasma and the other is LCD and all that goes with that statement BUT there are also plasmas out there with the 1920x1080 resolution as well, but they are obscenely priced. So what's the difference or does it not matter?
2007-01-04 02:18:30 · 6 answers · asked by reallocojava 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
The whole point of high definition is that you get a sharper picture from having a higher resolution. Hence the more resoution, the better. However as one guy mentinoed, to take full advantage of the 1920x1080 you have to get a blu-ray or HD-DVD, becasue those are the only things that will put out true 1080p. But to make it simple, the higher the resolution the sharper the picture, so yes the 1920x1080 is better.
2007-01-05 08:55:29 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how anal you are and your personal preferences. No offense(I happen to be pretty anal when it comes to tech toys).
Generally, I would suggest, if possible, comparing their picture qualities and picking the one that's most pleasing to your eyes. Fiddle with the settings until you you think it's the best you can get on both sets(or any other set).
On the technical side, for HD, what you're looking for is the letters either the i or p after the resolution number. You can look up the differences between interlace and progressive scan(i provided a few links).
I always look at the back of the set to see what kind of connections it offers me. CDMI,DVI,VGA,Svideo, componant,etc,etc,etc.
Does it come with a tuner built in or is it basically a monitor?
Does it have zoom or anamorphic features? This one may not seem important, but it can get annoying if you shelled out all this money for a big widescreen tv and on some programs you have black bars running along the top AND bottom of the screen if you don't want a distorted(stretched or squished)picture. (this happened to my dad whose settings only allow FILL and STRETCH)
Are any of these things really important to you?
In the end, take some time and choose what important to you and buy the best that you can afford, you should be good ;-)
Hope I gave you some things to think about and I hope I didn't overstate the obvious :-P
Good Luck!
2007-01-04 04:44:49 · answer #2 · answered by 1 of 300 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1080p is at the instant the utmost selection for HDTVs and maximum will carry that or 1080i. 1080p is only in undemanding terms slightly extra helpful because of the indisputable fact that's imaginative test. even if, the two look great, I actually have a Vizio HDTV and a PS3 and function watched BLu-ray video clips and it seems great in 1080i that's what my television can preserve. So once you're watching getting the final, maximum HDTVs carry 1080i or 1080p and those are the two ultimate.
2016-12-15 09:26:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All TV broadcasts are in 720p or 1080i, so 768 lines is good enough
Unless you plan to buy a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD in the future (which hopefully will provide some decent true 1080p content - and not scaled up 720p ), you don't need a 1080p now.
2007-01-04 06:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by TV guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a LCD Samsung and the picture on that is awesome.
2007-01-04 03:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by sarah 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unless you wanna see the pimples of actor's I'll say that if you are planning to buy a new TV stick to your budget and buy what bests fits your needs.
2007-01-04 02:28:04 · answer #6 · answered by Lil' Gay Monster 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋