Does my question about resolution makes sense?

renier8

renier8

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Good morning all,
I was wondering if someone could help. I don't even know if the question I am asking is making sense. I see there are TV's with all sorts of resolutions. Mine is old. Is it possible to tell the resolution using these specs?

Screen size: 920 mm (W) 518 mm (H) ×1056 mm (diagonal)

No. of pixels: 408,960 (852 (W) ×480 (H)) [2,556 × 480 dots]

Thank you
Rayne
 
Thank you very much. So movies in 1080 resolution will not work on my TV?
 
Okay cool - thank you so much for the help.
 
common-hd-resolutions-compared.jpg
From https://blog.codinghorror.com/our-brave-new-world-of-4k-displays/
480p that you have would be 1/3 of the 720p resolution.

This is a more general viewing distance vs resolution since you're using a TV:
resolution_chart.png
From: http://carltonbale.com/1080p-does-matter/ with a nice discussion on it.

Again, going higher is always nicer, it's always going to be a trade-off depending on your budget.

Higher sources can be played on lower resolutions and vice versa, they'll just be the quality of your lowest resolution. Higher end monitors can upscale your video, this usually works out fine, not as good as having a higher source but can sometimes be noticeably better.
 
Again - thank you sooooo much for the input. Really appreciate it.

I have a laptop that I stream through – to the TV via VGA cable. Sound comes from the laptop via headphone-out, to twin RCA Auxiliary in on the amp.

The amp does not have HDMI-in. The laptop has HDMI-out. I am willing to buy another amp/system to be able to connect the two via HDMI (for sound). Given that the source is typically not great like an old movie on Youtube etc, will the HDMI “upgrade” improve the quality of the sound? (at least spread / drive the signal evenly over a potentially new system?
 
You'd be going from analogue to digital audio, which should give you a noticeable upgrade provided you don't have really crappy speakers hooked up to the amp.
Personally, not sure I'd go for better sound before upgrading my TV to something with better resolution. Going FHD from SD would make a massive difference if you have the media for it.
 
Thank you for the input.

Believe it or not. I have a 42" Plasma TV. Bought in 2008. 10th years old.

I have always liked that ever-so-slightly grainy /washed-out look in 720p on this TV. The movies just feel more like movies... If that makes any sense.
I suppose I can afford to buy a fairly decent HD TV. Maybe one day.

The sound is of concern though, so I will be hunting for an amp with HDMI-in. I have good speakers.
 
renier8 said:
Thank you for the input.

Believe it or not. I have a 42" Plasma TV. Bought in 2008. 10th years old.

I have always liked that ever-so-slightly grainy /washed-out look in 720p on this TV. The movies just feel more like movies... If that makes any sense.
I suppose I can afford to buy a fairly decent HD TV. Maybe one day.

The sound is of concern though, so I will be hunting for an amp with HDMI-in. I have good speakers.
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If you like 720p then I suppose you can stick with what you have. Plasma's have excellent contrast ratios and response times.

The problem with older TV's, besides the resolution, is connectivity. With no HDMI, you can't make use of the latest media players, which are actually really compact and nice for HTPC use.

As far as your audio concerns go, digital to analogue is the route to to take. HDMI or USB (if the amp supports it) is what you'll use. I'm not sure what amp you have and whether the amp or the laptop is responsible for the terrible audio. If you amp is still good, you could consider getting a decent external sound card or a DAC. Else, get a new home theatre system (if you're not an audiophile).
 
Thank you very much. I will go and scout for a potential cable to see if I can get from HDMI (laptop) to RCI on the amp (for sound).
If not then I will be looking for another amp / media player.
It is always going to have to be both (laptop and media player), because the video stream comes via VGA-out on the laptop. I doubt if modern amps and media players still have VGA-out.
 
renier8 said:
Thank you very much. I will go and scout for a potential cable to see if I can get from HDMI (laptop) to RCI on the amp (for sound).
If not then I will be looking for another amp / media player.
It is always going to have to be both (laptop and media player), because the video stream comes via VGA-out on the laptop. I doubt if modern amps and media players still have VGA-out.
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You get converters for things like hdmi to vga+rca for example.
 
Thank you. I was thinking along the same lines. I will try that first to see how much (if any) the sound quality improves.
 
What make TV do you have and what is the model? I find it hard to believe that you have a 42" plasma tv, that doesn't have HDMI input?
 
It's a Panasonic TH-42PWD7. I bought it new in 2008. Design at least a year older than that.
I found the manual with specs online here
 
SharkBait said:
What make TV do you have and what is the model? I find it hard to believe that you have a 42" plasma tv, that doesn't have HDMI input?
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There's a Warfedale plasma floating around my family that was bought in 2007. No HDMI. Back then, HDMI wasn't big, so it was excluded in all but high end TVs.
 
Wow, thanks for the info. Might be a stupid question, but why not buy a new(er) TV? Even 2nd hand you can get a nice TV for cheap.
 
Hi again, I mentioned earlier that I love that "grainy/film" look of the plasma TV. It will have to conk-out completely before I buy new one.
 
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