Really have no idea what you're going on about (and why). Please quote the post you take issue with.Originally Posted by Roman4604
If anything you confirm the fact that the difference between HD and SD TV is such that people who might watch SD programs/content (whom you aren't concerned about) appreciate SD being displayed well. The difference between SD on a 720p plasma (particularly 43") and a 1080p LCD is equally big.
As someone who up until recently had a 54cm CRT, replaced with a 32" FHD LCD, not to mention the 42" HDR plasma, I can sympathise with them.
Not one forumite in the past 2-3 years who's bought a 42/43" HDR plasma has complained. Okay there was one, killadoob, because he connected it to his PC for gaming and it didn't look good close up. This is something always advised.
Nonsense on both accusations.So your continued insistance that its fine to carry on ploughing money into SD (optimised) equipment leads me to the conclusion that you do not have the 1st hand experience to have appreciated the vast difference.
CNET raise other important issues which I raised but you refused to acknowledge. Always assuming close up viewing and other such preferred conditions.
How important is resolution?
Although resolution separates HDTV from standard-definition TV, it's not as important to overall picture quality as other factors. According to the Imaging Science Foundation, a group that consults for home-theater manufacturers and trains professional video calibrators, the most important aspect of picture quality is contrast ratio the second most important is color saturation, and the third is color accuracy. Resolution comes in fourth, despite being the most-cited HDTV specification.
The point is, once you get to high-definition, it's difficult to discern further improvements in the sharpness of the picture. All other things being equal--namely contrast and color--HDTV looks more or less spectacular on just about any high-definition television regardless of its size, native resolution, or the HDTV signal's resolution itself. The leap from normal TV to HDTV is so big that additional leaps in resolution--from high-definition to higher-definition, let's say--are tiny by comparison.Despite the obvious difference in pixel count, 720p and 1080i both look great. In fact, unless you have a very large television and excellent source material, you'll have a hard time telling the difference between any of the HDTV resolutions. It's especially difficult to tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p sources. The difference between DVD and HDTV should be visible on most HDTVs, but especially on smaller sets, it's not nearly as drastic as the difference between standard TV and HDTV.Technically speaking, all of these numbers are accurate and useful, but don't put too much stock in them. In the real world, it's difficult to tell the difference between native resolutions once you get into high-definition. For example, despite the fact that a 37-inch LCD with "only" 1,366x768 pixels has to throw away a good deal of information to display a 1080i football game on CBS, you'd be hard-pressed to see more detail on a similar 37-inch LCD with 1,920x1,080 resolution.So while resolution is important, I think it's disengenuous to suggest to laymen so much reliance on it. As I said, someone sitting relatively far back who isn't able to tell the difference between HD resolutions would be better off with a higher contrast (plasma) TV, perhaps bigger too.The truth about 1080p
In the last couple of years, HDTVs with 1080p native resolution have taken over the market at nearly every price and size point. But as we've been saying all along, once you get to high-definition, the difference between resolutions becomes much more difficult to appreciate. We've done numerous side-by-side tests between two same-size HDTVs, one with 1080p resolution and another with lower resolution, and every time it's been almost impossible to see the difference with regular program material, especially when that material is moving. The difference becomes even more difficult to see at smaller screen sizes or farther seating distances--say, more than 1.5 times the diagonal measurement of the screen. For example, to see the benefits of stationary 1080p content on a 50-inch screen, you'll generally need to sit about 6.5 feet or closer. Few viewers want to sit that close, especially when low-quality content seen at that distance (remember the "garbage" maxim?) looks so bad. The main visible benefit of 1080p native resolution comes when the display is asked to show computer sources. With a PC set to output 1080p resolution and a 1080p display that can accept it, computer desktops and text generally look superb, and quite a bit better than when displayed on a TV with lower native resolution. But for movies, games, and other standard video material, the benefits of 1080p are negligible unless you're sitting quite close. That doesn't matter much anymore though. 1080p native resolution is so common among HDTVs, and has so little impact, that you shouldn't even consider it as a factor in your purchasing decision. As we mentioned at the top, factors like contrast and color are more important to image quality, and unfortunately, you can't depend on a specification sheet for an accurate representation of those factors.
You refuse to acknowledge these people.
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