Advice needed regarding HD

feo said:
Ding ding ding, until plasmas can match the sharpness of LCDs for people to buy them for dual use i.e. consoles and PC a large segment of the market is gonna shy away from plasmas.

Hey isn't this supposed to be a thread about projectors? :confused::p
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Some plasmas already have the resolution - I was just too cheap to pay for it. :o If I can pay r10k for the plasma and r3k for a decent sized lcd screen for my computer I'd sooner do that than spend double that for a LCD.

I've got to wonder with these projectors - how well do they work during the day?
vodacom3g said:
Is that it's native resolution?
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How would I be able to tell if it was native? That's the resolution my computer reports.
 
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bwana said:
I've got to wonder with these projectors - how well do they work during the day?
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Judging by pics of people that have projectors set up in rooms that allow light in through a window, doesn't look to good. Dull as anything but on the upside, if you have a basement or a spare room you're willing to keep dark, it looks un-freakin'-believable. My jaw dropped when I saw the 360 dash projected at 720p on a wall. :cool:
 
feo said:
Judging by pics of people that have projectors set up in rooms that allow light in through a window, doesn't look to good. Dull as anything but on the upside, if you have a basement or a spare room you're willing to keep dark, it looks un-freakin'-believable. My jaw dropped when I saw the 360 dash projected at 720p on a wall. :cool:
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Have to admit standing a couple feet away from the plasma while playing certainly offers a new dimension to playing - must be wild with a projector.
 
bwana said:
How would I be able to tell if it was native? That's the resolution my computer reports.
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You'll find the native resolution in the spec.

Most 'standard def' 42" plasmas today have a resolution of 820x480, enough for normal DVD's. These currently sit around the R10K mark. A 'high-def' 42" plasma is typically 1367x768 and is still quite expensive, nearly as much as most decent 50" plasmas which sport the same resolution.

Feeding a higher resolution, than the native, to a display device does not buy you anything, it will just scale it back down to the native resolution (it can't make more pixels) and will probably just introduce more artifacts due to the upscaling and downscaling.

Best option is to match the output resolution to the native resolution and run a digital connection (DVI or HDMI) that will remove two conversion processes from the loop.

That's why a high-def (1280x1024) LCD looks so good on a PC when connected via DVI and the PC is on exactly the same resolution. Try changing the resolution of your PC away from the display's native and you'll see how horrible it looks. Same applies to any console.
 
@vodacom3g ... I just clicked what I read an hour ago... do you have a Wii?
 
vodacom3g said:
Worth it, no doubt. The fun factor is huge as I said. It's one of those things you must actually try before you understand the attraction.
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Almost bought one in Singapore... I'll get a friend to get me one on the way back :p
 
vodacom3g said:
You'll find the native resolution in the spec.
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Got not idea where that book is but I counted so I'll stick with the claimed 1280x720. :)

NB - I didnt count every pixel but if I understood your explanation then a carefully positioned 10 pixel by 10 pixel box would have 10 pixels along each side, correct?
 
bwana said:
Got not idea where that book is but I counted so I'll stick with the claimed 1280x720. :)

NB - I didnt count every pixel but if I understood your explanation then a carefully positioned 10 pixel by 10 pixel box would have 10 pixels along each side, correct?
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We are talking plasma and not LCD right?

I'm pretty sure it's not 1280x720 physical pixels. There are only a few manufacturers of plasma glass panels in the world and they supply all the various factories that brand them and add their own electronics. They all make the same resolution screens, 'low or normal' res at 820x480 and 'hi-res' at 1367x768.

What is the make and model you've got?

If you paid less than 20K, within the last 2 years, it's 99% a low res model (unless it fell off the back of a truck!). If it's a hi-res model it would have supported 1367x768.

But you could have another resolution, post or PM the make and model and I'll check for you.

Yes, you should be able to count the physical pixels.
 
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