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Who has a HDTV and what are its specifications?

I have a 30" Samsung HDTV (not widescreen) that I will replace at Christmas.

My money is on a 47" Westinghouse LVM47 which is a widescreen LCD panel and outputs 1080p video with HDMI input. It should be $1,975 so it's a steal for what you're getting! Westinghouse also stated that this television should not have video lag for gameplay.

Nothing beats 1080p and HDMI input.
 
Fragmenter said:
Who has a HDTV and what are its specifications?

I have a 30" Samsung HDTV (not widescreen) that I will replace at Christmas.

My money is on a 47" Westinghouse LVM47 which is a widescreen LCD panel and outputs 1080p video with HDMI input. It should be $1,975 so it's a steal for what you're getting! Westinghouse also stated that this television should not have video lag for gameplay.

Nothing beats 1080p and HDMI input.
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Why does widescreen is important?
 
volcomskatz said:
Why does widescreen is important?
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I must watch movies in widescreen and I don't want to waste space by making a standard TV put in black bars on top and bottom of the screen.

And more and more videogames has widescreen available and in Madden 07, you can see much more of the field and can make a pass earlier to a wide receiver because you see him run up field right away. Dead Rising has widescreen, too.

High Defintion broadcasts are also in widescreen format :bowdown:
 
Fragmenter said:
I must watch movies in widescreen and I don't want to waste space by making a standard TV put in black bars on top and bottom of the screen.

And more and more videogames has widescreen available and in Madden 07, you can see much more of the field and can make a pass earlier to a wide receiver because you see him run up field right away. Dead Rising has widescreen, too.

High Defintion broadcasts are also in widescreen format :bowdown:
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Oh, I see... Does fullscreen will going cease in future? (it means die out all movies would on widescreen with no optional.

Additional, GTA San Andreas have widescreen, just change from options on main menu.
 
volcomskatz said:
Oh, I see... Does fullscreen will going cease in future? (it means die out all movies would on widescreen with no optional.

Additional, GTA San Andreas have widescreen, just change from options on main menu.
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Yes, that is what I read in news. TV networks will phase out standard screen broadcasts when HDTV becomes common. Remember we used to use dial up to access internet but now we have broadband? It will be like that for televisions in the near future. When you buy a HDTV, make sure it is widescreen and has at least 720p output.

If I'm right, you must have 1080p output to have HDMI input. I might be wrong but I will research more tonight.
 
Fragmenter said:
Yes, that is what I read in news. TV networks will phase out standard screen broadcasts when HDTV becomes common. Remember we used to use dial up to access internet but now we have broadband? It will be like that for televisions in the near future. When you buy a HDTV, make sure it is widescreen and has at least 720p output.

If I'm right, you must have 1080p output to have HDMI input. I might be wrong but I will research more tonight.
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Which is better? I want 720p or up with widescreen.
Samsung - 19" Widescreen LCD HDTV Monitor - Black - LN-S1951W
Sharp - 20" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HDTV Monitor - LC-20SH20U

Need more to looking???
 
Fragmenter said:
The Samsung one doesn't have HDMI input if you want to use HD-DVD or BluRay movies.

The Sharp one has HDMI input and has 720p output however it only has 1080i, not 1080p output.

You don't care about size but you want to keep price low, right?
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Yea, I want low prices but need be more than 20".

Does 1080p is more important to you? How's different with 1080i?
 
Some people think 720p looks better than 1080i.

I want 1080p because I want the best available.

"p" means "Progressive" and "i" means "Interlaced"

720p looks "better" because the TV shows all lines at ALL TIMES but 1080i has more lines but the TV switches lines back and forth. It looks almost like blinders you can open and close but the TV does it much faster LOL.

I want more lines and I want the TV to show all lines at all times you know? Just my preference. I can live with 720p but I'm a little technology whore :cool:
 
Fragmenter said:
Some people think 720p looks better than 1080i.

I want 1080p because I want the best available.

"p" means "Progressive" and "i" means "Interlaced"

720p looks "better" because the TV shows all lines at ALL TIMES but 1080i has more lines but the TV switches lines back and forth. It looks almost like blinders you can open and close but the TV does it much faster LOL.

I want more lines and I want the TV to show all lines at all times you know? Just my preference. I can live with 720p but I'm a little technology whore :cool:
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To be honest, I don't see any difference between 1080I and 1080P. there is only little slight difference if u watch 1080i on 48inch or 50ich tv.
 
DefMATRIXense said:
To be honest, I don't see any difference between 1080I and 1080P. there is only little slight difference if u watch 1080i on 48inch or 50ich tv.
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I believe you can tell the difference when HD technology gets better in the future. I also think you can tell the difference when you watch HD-DVD or BluRay.

And I want to correct you, you can watch regular TV and do all of that regular crap with a HDTV w/o HD tuner but you can't watch anything in HD until you get a HD tuner.

New HDTVs have built-in tuners.
 
Got this article which was written in October of 2005.

Every once in a while, when the reader e-mails keep piling up in my in-box, I feel the need to revisit a topic that I've already written about. In this case, the subject is HDTV resolution, and 1080p resolution in particular. This seems to be on everyone's minds as we head into the holiday buying season and we're faced with more HDTV buying choices than ever before. Not a day goes by without someone asking whether they should just buy a "standard" 720p/1080i set or step up and pay the extra bucks for a higher-resolution 1080p set. Or what it all means. And so, I've tried to condense the whole discussion into a neat, little cheat sheet. Read on for the quick and dirty lowdown on 1080p.

1. 1080p defined
1080p resolution--which equates to 1,920x1,080 pixels--is the latest HD Holy Grail. That's because 1080p monitors are theoretically capable of displaying every pixel of the highest-resolution HD broadcasts. On paper, they should offer more than twice the resolution of today's 1,280x720, or 720p, HDTVs, such as Samsung's HL-P5085W. Some companies, such as LG, refer to these super-high-res of sets as ultra-HD, while others prefer to substitute true or full for ultra.

2. Why 1080p is theoretically better than 1080i
1080i, the former king of the HDTV hill, actually boasts an identical 1,920x1,080 resolution but conveys the images in an interlaced format (the i in 1080i). In a tube-based television, otherwise known as a CRT, 1080i sources get "painted" on the screen sequentially: the odd-numbered lines of resolution appear on your screen first, followed by the even-numbered lines--all within 1/30 of a second. Progressive-scan formats such as 480p, 720p, and 1080p convey all of the lines of resolution sequentially in a single pass, which makes for a smoother, cleaner image, especially with sports and other motion-intensive content. As opposed to tubes, microdisplays (DLP, LCoS, and LCD rear-projection) and other fixed-pixel TVs, including plasma and LCD flat-panel, are inherently progressive in nature, so when the incoming source is interlaced, as 1080i is, they convert it to progressive scan for display.

3. What content is available in 1080p?
Really, nothing at this point. Today's high-def broadcasts are done in either 1080i or 720p, and there's little or no chance they'll jump to 1080p any time soon because of bandwidth issues. Meanwhile, some newly announced DVD players from Denon and NeuNeo (who?) are claiming to upconvert standard DVD movies to 1080p resolution, but that's a far cry from native high-def content. More promising is the post-DVD future. There's been a lot of chatter over whether the new breed of high-def movie players, Blu-ray or HD-DVD, as well as the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3, will output in 1080p. Allegedly, they will, but those players and recorders will be very expensive at first (more than $1,000), and they probably won't hit more modest price levels until 2007 or even 2008. The PS3, on the other hand, is designed to be more of a mainstream product; we hope that means a price tag in the neighborhood of $500. It's unclear, however, exactly what it will output in 1080p--games, Blu-ray movies, or both--or neither.

4. How much extra does a 1080p TV cost
Not surprisingly, you'll initially have to pay a premium to get the latest and greatest technology. If you take a look at the product lines of Sony, Samsung, and Mitsubishi, you can see that, on average, you can expect to pay about $1,000 extra for the bump in resolution. For instance, take the Samsung HL-R6167 (720p resolution) vs. the step-up HL-R6168 (1080p). At buy.com, the 6167 is currently going for $3,500 while the 6168 is $4,500. Eventually, of course, the gap will narrow, but it'll take a couple of more years for 1080p displays to become the standard.

5. Why you should buy--or not buy--a 1080p set
While we haven't posted any reviews of 1080p rear-projection sets yet--before you ask, we've requested review samples from most major manufacturers, and received some promises but no product yet--we have gotten early looks at several of the new models, some of them have been early, nonshipping units. These include HP's MD6580N, a 65-inch 1080p DLP, and Sony's KDS-R60XBR1, a 60-inch LCoS (SXRD) set that brings the technology from Sony's highly regarded Qualia 006 down to a more-affordable price point. After seeing 1080p in action, we've come to some conclusions.

Obviously, the quality of the source material you're viewing is very important, but so are screen size and how far you're sitting from your TV. Indeed, our resident video guru, Senior Editor David Katzmaier, reports that the extra sharpness afforded by the 1080p televisions he's seen is noticeable only when watching 1080i sources on a larger screen. Comparing a 50-inch 1080p DLP set to a 50-inch 720p DLP set, for example, he says you'll be hard-pressed to notice more detail with 1080i sources, especially from farther than 8 feet away. Even if you can see the difference, it will be much less obvious than, say, the difference between DVD and 720p HDTV. Of course, performance will vary from set to set, and we'll know more when we have a chance to thoroughly test more 1080p televisions.

Katzmaier also says that the main real-world advantage of 1080p is not the extra sharpness you'll be seeing, but instead, the smaller, more densely packed pixels. In other words, you can sit closer to a 1080p television and not notice any pixel structure, such as stair-stepping along diagonal lines, or screen door effect. This advantage applies regardless of the quality of the source.

Another thing to consider: even if the display has a native resolution of 1080p on paper, it can't necessarily display all 2 million-plus pixels in the real world. For example, the Sharp LC-45GX6U, a 1080p 45-inch flat-panel LCD, actually wasn't as sharp as it claimed to be; it couldn't resolve every line of a 1080i-resolution test pattern.

Finally--and this may sound weird--but many 1080p televisions don't accept 1080p sources at all. In our experience, only the aforementioned HP can handle 1080p via its HDMI inputs--all other current 1080p HDTVs cannot. Instead, they upconvert 720p and 1080i sources to 1080p.

Oh, and I would be remiss not to mention computer connectivity. Those of you thinking of running your PC through a 1080p set should be aware that you may not necessarily get to use all that extra resolution--even if you have the right high-end graphics card. For instance, the Sharp set we tested allows you to max out at only 1,280x1,024 resolution while the less-expensive Westinghouse LVM-37W1, along with Samsung's 1080p RPTVs and one series of high-end sets from Mitsubishi, accept true 1,920x1,080 resolution from a PC. We expect most 1080p HDTVs announced in 2006 to handle 1080p sources, but for now, that capability is rare.

The bottom line: if you're thinking of going big, really big (a 60-inch screen or larger), the extra resolution may make it worth the difference--as long as you have a pristine, 1080i HD source to feed into the set. As to whether true 1080p sources from PS3, a Blu-ray deck, or an HD-DVD player look better--we'll have to wait until 2006 to find out. Of course, it's probably a good idea to buy--or wait for--a set that can accept a 1080p signal so that you'll be able to make that judgment.

Like I said, personal preference and personal choice :)
 
I recently bought new TV that has built in HDTV, that means I can add wither HD-DVD or BluRay players? Which is better HD-DVD or BluRay?
 
farewell65 said:
I recently bought new TV that has built in HDTV, that means I can add wither HD-DVD or BluRay players? Which is better HD-DVD or BluRay?
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HD-DVD seems would successful but not know about BD but just looking at VHS vs. Betamax.
 
farewell65 said:
I recently bought new TV that has built in HDTV, that means I can add wither HD-DVD or BluRay players? Which is better HD-DVD or BluRay?
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HD-DVD or BluRay depends on if you have a HDMI plug in your TV. Look for it (it's smaller than I thought) and if you don't have it, you can't watch HD-DVD or BluRay.

No HDMI input = no HD-DVD or BluRay movies.
 
Fragmenter said:
HD-DVD or BluRay depends on if you have a HDMI plug in your TV. Look for it (it's smaller than I thought) and if you don't have it, you can't watch HD-DVD or BluRay.

No HDMI input = no HD-DVD or BluRay movies.
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FYI, HD-DVD don't need HDMI input, just can using component video or other input to watch movies.

I'm not sure about BD but PS3 wouldn't included video input for HD.
 
Fragmenter said:
HD-DVD or BluRay depends on if you have a HDMI plug in your TV. Look for it (it's smaller than I thought) and if you don't have it, you can't watch HD-DVD or BluRay.

No HDMI input = no HD-DVD or BluRay movies.
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I believe my new TV has HDMI plug since my TV is HDTV built in... I will check out some info when I go back home after my work...
 
I do have HDTV LCD Dell 26 inches and have it for two years. It is 720p and 1080i. No HDMI.

I planned to buy Sony SXRD 60 inches 1080p with Dual HDMI. Let you know it is very expensive right now. Will wait for prices drop down. I played xbox 360 with Dell. It is really good. Make sure you look at your game, 720p or 1080i.

For example, PREY supports 420p/720p/1080i, look at back of game box.

Madden, Dead Rising, Dead or Alive, Prey supports all.

PGR only supports on 720p.

New games will support more on 720p and 1080i. 420p will be gone by end of year, reason that all standard televisions will be end of this year. Mostly will go on 720p to 1080p.

HD-DVD is best bet to buy than Blu-Ray. I have been researching on those. At first, I did want Blu-Ray, and found some negatives.

Mostly find more positive into HD-DVD.

Let you know.
 
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