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John Simpson wrote:
 Nice to see some educated discussion going on here. I haven't visited AVS lately, but I hear it's been pretty brutal in the flame war...
For my two cents, I reckon there's little point in HD unless you have a 50" screen or bigger. Sure, most of us do who contribute here, but what's that in terms of the general population? I feel sorry for those folks with 30" LCDs who think HD is going to change their world. No wonder most "regular" folks are jaded by the whole thing...
(Did I just call us irregular?  ) |
1080p actually is the big difference when it comes to screen size, under 50" people generally won't see much of a difference if any between 1080 and 720. You will see a difference between 720p and 480p. Plus add in that an HDTV, even if it is a 720p set has newer and usually better video processing and even 480p will look better than on an SDTV.
I have a 27" LCD HDTV in our bedroom and even though it is 720p, I can say it looks much better than than an SDTV, and since I hooked up an A2 to it, it really sings! Again I will say that the newer technology also makes a big difference. Sitting right next to my LCD HDTV though is a 21" Dell Trinitron computer monitor that is capable of some very high resolution. I have an outboard TV converter hooked up to it so I can either watch things on the HDTV or switch my computer to the LCD and watch movies/TV on the Dell (even have the A2 connected to both sets). Because of the inputs and outputs of the outboard converter, I can only feed the Dell analog while the HDTV can take the HDMI output of the A2. There is a huge difference between the two even though the Dell isn't a slouch when it comes to resolution.
I think it comes down to improvements in technology though. I had a Toshiba Cinema Series 36" CRT TV for years and it looked incredible, but as the newer technology improved, I started seeing it fall behind.
Sorry everyone... as I look back I realize this is OT for this thread!
