Does it make sense to get 1080P for smaller TV siz
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It does. I believe it is the grain of the original film stock combined with the grain and losses involved in copying the film. Typically, though, on most semi modern big budget movies done on film, the "resolution" is greater than that of HDTV. Once you get down to 16MM film or so or in to older films it is pretty grainy.
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What is 90% of what (most people) watch in HD? Sports, correct? Obviously you don't want an "i" feed for that. Thus, 720p is a better choice.
I guess if I had the choice to buy a 1080i set I would, but I don't think many companies still make them. It's either 1080p or 720p. Given the huge price gap, and unless you're watching lots of travel channel in HD, I'd buy the 720.
1080p blows 720p or 1080i out of the water if you watch blu-ray. Like I keep saying though, it's taken YEARS for standard channels to broadcast in 1080i. 1080p is probably 5-10 years away as a standard format.
I guess if you're buying a HUGE (60"+) set I'd probably opt for the 1080p so you can watch 1080i when it suits the program, but other than that... you're buying something with the hope that your broadcaster catches up.
I guess if I had the choice to buy a 1080i set I would, but I don't think many companies still make them. It's either 1080p or 720p. Given the huge price gap, and unless you're watching lots of travel channel in HD, I'd buy the 720.
1080p blows 720p or 1080i out of the water if you watch blu-ray. Like I keep saying though, it's taken YEARS for standard channels to broadcast in 1080i. 1080p is probably 5-10 years away as a standard format.
I guess if you're buying a HUGE (60"+) set I'd probably opt for the 1080p so you can watch 1080i when it suits the program, but other than that... you're buying something with the hope that your broadcaster catches up.
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I think you're grossly overestimating the ratio of sports to non-sports HD watching.. what's playing on my the HD channels 99% of the time when no baseball, basketball, or football is on? And 1080p doesn't blow 1080i out of the water. In most scenes in basically every movie, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference unless your set is piss poor -- I guarantee it.
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Originally Posted by vtec9,Aug 6 2008, 07:38 AM
I think you're grossly overestimating the ratio of sports to non-sports HD watching.. what's playing on my the HD channels 99% of the time when no baseball, basketball, or football is on?
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Originally Posted by Voodoo_S2K,Aug 6 2008, 10:53 AM
That may be the case, but I really only care about HD when I'm watching sports or playing video games. I don't care if I can make out the wrinkles on the actors skin.
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Originally Posted by INTJ,Aug 6 2008, 03:47 PM
I see a lot of blurring at TV stores on the big sets showing any kind of motion (non-dlp). Is the higher refresh rate advertised a useful thing to combat this?
