HD Ready or Full HD

[.QQ.]

I'm looking to buy a Sony, Samsung or LG lcd for watching:

• DVDs (originals)
• Series/Anime (from my laptop)
• A bit of tv here and there

Should I go for HD Ready or Full HD ? I'm not really worried about the price, but that dvds and especially series and anime might look ****ty on full hd.

 

[sn3rd]

If you're watching DVD on a device that does decent upscaling (like that notebook you mentioned), Full HD will look about as good as HD Ready.

The power of Full HD really comes into its own when you watch Full HD content, though.

 

[rogerwe]

For 32" LCD's HD Ready is good. You won't notice the difference between a 32" HD Ready and Full HD (Unless you sit closer than a meter).

Full HD is a must if you go 40" and bigger.

 

[I am Penguin]

IMHO if the LCD HD ready is not less than 50% cheaper than the equivalent size/specs of the full HD version then I woud rather for the sake of future expansion buy the FULL HD in smaller size. That depends on the budget of course and how hard up you are to get an LCD now! The HD ready LCD's will fall heavy in price.

 

[.QQ.]

Thanks for the replies, I figure that its probably worth it to pay a little extra and get Full HD, my only real concern is if anime and so on from my laptop will look ok on Full HD?

I'm of course not expecting Full HD quality, but I don't want it to look really bad and unwatchable either.

 

[Yarik11]

The Full HD 32" LCD TVs also tend to have some other advantages over HD Ready ones.

I got the 5 Series Samsung Full HD TV for R6000 at Makro last year. For about a grand less I could have gotten the 3 Series HD Ready Samsung.

But apart from being Full HD the TV was also a newer model, looked much better and had an extra HDMI port.

 

[Smurfatefrog]

Thanks for the replies, I figure that its probably worth it to pay a little extra and get Full HD, my only real concern is if anime and so on from my laptop will look ok on Full HD?

Watching non-HD files on a Full HD screen will look the same as watching it on a HD ready screen if that's what you are worried about

 

[Kheiron]

Anything smaller than 50" and you'd be wasting the extra cost of the Full-HD as the picture quality difference will not make that much of a difference.
Anything bigger than 50 and I'd suggest Full HD.

 

[LCBXX]

I'd say anything smaller then 40" is a waste to have in full HD

 

[noxibox]

For 32" LCD's HD Ready is good. You won't notice the difference between a 32" HD Ready and Full HD (Unless you sit closer than a meter).

If you sit a meter away, which is probably the furthest you should sit, you should be able to see the difference.

 

[Kheiron]

If you sit a meter away, which is probably the furthest you should sit, you should be able to see the difference.

Hang on, a meter is the FURTHEST you should sit?
Are you nuts? How could you possibly comfortably watch a 32" TV from a meter away?

 

[noxibox]

Hang on, a meter is the FURTHEST you should sit?
Are you nuts? How could you possibly comfortably watch a 32" TV from a meter away?

How can you possibly get a proper immersive experience sitting far from your TV? I know people often sit far too far away from their TVs. I don't know why. Maybe its that stuff they used to tell everyone about it being bad for your eyes. I'm not really close enough to mine either due to physical constraints, but I am aware I am too far away and that I need to get a bigger TV because I cannot move my couch closer.

To determine the best seat-to-screen distance for a projection screen or HDTV in a dedicated home theater, THX recommends dividing the diagonal screen by .84.[/

And they're quite right.

 

[I am Penguin]

Hang on, a meter is the FURTHEST you should sit?
Are you nuts? How could you possibly comfortably watch a 32" TV from a meter away?

How can you comfortly enjoy a 23+ inch PC monitor two feet away? Same stupid analogy

 

[Kheiron]

Based on their calculation, you're right .... but seriously ..... stick your arm out in front of you, a meter is just a little longer than that.

Who realistically (and sanely) sits just over an arm-length away from a 32" TV?

 

[JazzeD]

If running even a HD ready TV with HDMI cable the it displays in 1080p or i.

Only when watching normal TV with tuner or running VGA or component cables it will only run 720.

No need to buy the Full HD if gonna run HDMI cable only and don't need more ports or so.

 

[Kheiron]

Using THX's calculations, you should be sitting about 1.8m away from a 60" TV.
Surely I'm not the only person who thinks that's completely retarded.

 

[I am Penguin]

Using THX's calculations, you should be sitting about 1.8m away from a 60" TV.
Surely I'm not the only person who thinks that's completely retarded.

Why? how far do you sit in a Cine in relation?

 

[I am Penguin]

If running even a HD ready TV with HDMI cable the it displays in 1080p or i.

Only when watching normal TV with tuner or running VGA or component cables it will only run 720.

No need to buy the Full HD if gonna run HDMI cable only and don't need more ports or so.

Confusing conundrum? Are you suggesting that the HD ready TV displays 1080p? Are you sure it's not displaying the input signal but still scale it down to its native resolution, Hmmm?

I'l be damned!

 

[Kheiron]

Fair enough argument but a living room in a home is not and should not be layed out in the same way.
Think of your average living room, if you have your couches positioned to replicate that of a cinema, you end up with a very small amount of space used with some incredibly strange layouts and unnecessary space being wasted.

As an example, if I positioned my couches within a meter from my 35" LCD, I'd have these incredibly stupid spaces between my couches and the surrounding walls.

 

[I am Penguin]

Fair enough argument but a living room in a home is not and should not be layed out in the same way.
Think of your average living room, if you have your couches positioned to replicate that of a cinema, you end up with a very small amount of space used with some incredibly strange layouts and unnecessary space being wasted.

As an example, if I positioned my couches within a meter from my 35" LCD, I'd have these incredibly stupid spaces between my couches and the surrounding walls.

Therfore in the real world the TV entertainment is usually a sepperate area slightly away from the Living area in the living room. I like the sunken seating arangement around the TV. Problem in most SA/Europe settings is the living room is considered the "whole" home but reduced to a size not bigger than a bedroom. With the advent of "Home Theater" set ups the whole thing should be re-thought in lue to the sound requirements.