Hey everyone I am about to get a new big tv, probably going for the samsung 37 inch piano black jobbie as it seems to have very good reviews oh, and it looks nice lol.. question i have is how much of a difference is 1080 compared to 720? is it really that noticeable? have spoken to some people out and about and they say its not worth the extra money to get full hd, as it is quite a lot more! Your thoughts would be welcome on this.. cheers Wooop
Yeah, there is a difference. I have a 1080p Sony HDTV and when I watch 720p channels and a Blu-ray I see a great deal of difference. If you're not going to watch Blu-ray movies or have a PS3 or a Blu-ray player then I guess you wouldn't need it. But since you're buying an HDTV why not get a 1080p and be ready for the future in case you get a Blu-ray players or something. Blu-ray is the new DVD after all. Good luck!
On a smaller TV, you probably wouldn't notice a difference if you were looking at 1080p material or if you were looking at 720p material. With that set, you will definitely notice a difference between the two IMO. I think I have an idea of the TV you are looking into buying. I recently talked my girlfriends mother into purchasing the 1080p set. So, if I were you, I'd go with the 1080p set. I don't think it is that much more. And if you catch the retailer at the right time, they will probably have bigger incentives for buying that set or it could be on sale. Also, I think there are a few differences in the two as well (if we are talking about the same set). The 1080p set has a higher contrast ratio, is much brighter, and the response time is incredible. All the 1080p tech is finally catching up these days. Everything is going to be hi-def. Dish TV is now boasting 1080p everything. You got Blu-ray which is 1080p, HD DVD is 1080p, most other cable networks will soon be 1080p (most of them are just 1080i). So if I were you, I would go ahead and get a TV that is already 1080p. You don't want to send a 1080p image to your TV, then have it down scaled to 720p, which would be that Samsung's max resolution. You might lose some image quality IMO. Everyone has different names for all of these terms, but they are the same thing. "Full HD" is just referring to 1080p. Not too long ago, most sets were 1080i, so this is why they say "Full HD" now. There isn't that big of a difference IMO between the two. I don't think the human eye can really tell the difference between a progressive image and an interlaced image. Send me some links of that set you are looking at. I want to know if we are talking about the same TV's.
Thanks so much for the replies, especially the last one which defines the difference in the two. Yes, i have now found out that the 37 inch has 50.000 to 1 contrast ratio much higher than the 32.. so i think i have decided to go for the LE37A656 but have seen series 8 Samsung screens that are just possibly orgasmic LOL.. so may wait til the January 2009 sales, n see whats about, but i cant wait much longer.. Thanks again.
Can't beat that price and those specs - I'd go ahead and buy it. Some people say they don't like LG's, but I know a few people that have LCD's by LG and they are very pleased with them.
I definitely think it's worth the money to get 1080 as opposed to the 720. It's not like you're going to buy a new tv every year, so why not make the extra investment right now. Like Dragula said, everything is coming to HD now (our tv cable network has separate channels for HD and just regular, as opposed to the movie channels, and even sports channels). There really is a huge difference, especially with the bigger tv you get. I actually just purchased the new Vizio XVT 42"SV470. It's Full High Definition LCD, with a 120Hz refresh rate, 1080p and there is such a huge difference! It was definitely worth it.
