confussed

[evo6tme]

Hi

i've been looking for a cheap 42" plasma (1080p)and was edging towards the hitachi p42h01, but the hitachi website lists all there 42" plasmas at a resolusion of 1024 x 1080 ?????? shurley this is a misprint as they are 1080p ???

 

[Clare Newsome]

Nope, not a misprint - that's an HD Ready set, capable of 1080i, but not 1080p.

 

[evo6tme]

there website is confusing becuose it says x series 42" at a glance 1920 x 1080 and full hd, also 1 has a 1920 x 1080 badge but only 1024 x 1080 in its full speck sheet so somethings wrong ???

 

[professorhat]

Yes a 1024 x 1080 resolution is definitely wrong - that would look very odd (on a widescreen TV anyway)

 

[Clare Newsome]

[quote user="evo6tme"]

there website is confusing becuose it says x series 42" at a glance 1920 x 1080 and full hd, also 1 has a 1920 x 1080 badge but only 1024 x 1080 in its full speck sheet so somethings wrong ???
[/quote]The X series plasmas are indeed Full HD, 1920x1080.
Unfortunately, the model you mention is from an earlier series, not the 'X' range (hence no 'X' in the model number).

 

[professorhat]

From looking at a few places selling the Hitachi P42H01, it looks like the resolution is 1024 x 768.

 

[evo6tme]

Its the 42tp01 which has a 1920 x 1080 full hd badge but seems to be 1080i, you would think this would have been noticed and changed on there site as people are selling them as full hd and i nealy bought one . And i would not have been happy !!!!

 

[professorhat]

Yup, you're absolutely right on the P42TP01, it does have a Full HD badge on it, then states under its features HD Ready. I don't undestand this 1024 x 1080 resolution either. That seems to suggest it has more horizontal lines than vertical lines which makes no sense on a widescreen television. Surely that would make everything look very stretched?

 

[Clare Newsome]

Nope, it's an ALiS (Alternate Lighting of Surfaces) design - means two lines of pixels share one strip of electrodes, enabling the set to display interlaced 1080 signals.

It's worth noting also that while this Hitachi (four-stars; November 2007) will accept 1080p signals, it doesn't support 24fps, so isn't an ideal Blu-ray companion.

 

[professorhat]

Oooh, clever technology. Thanks Clare!

 

[Anonymous]

Not clever enough to provide a good Blu-Ray picture though....

 

[evo6tme]

thanx for the info, i learnt somthing new today

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Now i'll stop trying to be a cheepskate and go back to the panasonic 1080p plasma i was looking at