Re: 720 and 1080i?

Jim Gilliland wrote:
dave gower wrote:

As to the original question, 1080i is a broadcast standard, TV sets are sold in 720p or 1080p. 720p sets tend to be the cheaper ones, often smaller sizes. 1080 sets tend to be bigger and have twice as many pixels. Whether you can actually see those pixels depends on the type of input, the size of the set and how close you are sitting.

If you expect to be watching a lot of standard definition broadcasting get a 720. If you expect to be watching mostly HD you might want to invest in a 1080. But bottom line it's your money and your tastes.

And it may be worth noting that 1080p sets are dropping quite a bit in price this year. There's a new Toshiba 65" 1080p DLP set that's showing up at retailers this month for about $2200 (and under $2K mail order), which is quite inexpensive for a 1080p set that large.

http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/models/65hm167/docs/65hm167_spec.pdf

Many places now have that set under $1800.

Matthew

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