Full HD versus 1366 x 768.

Franklioni

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When I bought my Sony KDL-40V2000 I was told by the Sony Store employee that I wouldn't notice a visible difference when viewing Blu-ray and HD tv at 1366 x 768 compared with full hd (yes he had the chance to upsell me to the 40W2000). How much truth is there in this...can you see a visible difference or are we talking microscope time here? Thanks in advance!
 

Andrew Everard

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On a screen that size and at normal viewing distances, the difference will be very marginal indeed. It's just that you'll be using the Blu-ray/HD TV at 720P or 1080i, not 1080P. And given that there's precious little true 1080P material around, and HD TV is 720p/1080i anyway...
 
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There's plenty of 1080p material around - several hundred HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs all of which are 1080p as stored on disc! But Andrew is still right, the additional pixels in such a small screen size will be of little or no benefit at all.

You won't be viewing "at 720p" though, you will be viewing at exactly 1366x768 which is the physical pixel resolution of your panel. 1920 x 1080i (interlaced) frames will be deinterlaced by the TV, then downscaled to 1366x768. This is a very easy downscale, you won't look at the picture and say "hey, there's some pixels missing there"!!!

The tendency to describe things as 720p, 1080i or 1080p I think is only adding to confusion in this already very confusing time for the industry. A signal can be 720p, 1080i etc etc, but a display is exactly what it is 1920x1080, 1280x720, 1366x768, 1024x768, 848x480 etc. We need to consider a little less trying to match signal resolution (e.g. 1080i) to display resolution (e.g. 1366x768), and more focus should be on matching display resolution to the physical size of the display and how far from it you intend to sit. In the world of flat panels, anything 50" or below doesn't *need* to be 1080p at all. Nice if you've got it, and importantly can use it, but in some cases it can be at detriment (poor SD upscaling, small pixels therefore less light output/contrast, overall a worse image).
 

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[quote user="Liam @ Prog AV"]There's plenty of 1080p material around - several hundred HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs all of which are 1080p as stored on disc! [/quote]

As against how many titles on DVD?

:)
 

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My 50"" plasma has a resolution of 1366 x 768 and for the extra outlay that a 1080p screen would have cost the actual visual differnce did not justify the extra outlay, and I personally found that most standard def meterial upscaled actually looked beter on the lower resoulution screen as the scalers in the screens had less work to do adding pixels.
As for dvd I have a Denon 3930 and pictures look sublime upscaled to 720p or 1080i via the Denon, and my XBOX 360 looks fantastic as do HD-DVD's Via the 360.
I think the advantages of 1080p only pay real divedens when you are using a screen of 60""+ and then with material with at least a native resolution of 720p minimum as from my experience stndard def material when upsaled on a 60""+ screen starts to look a bit dodgey and shows its standard def roots all to well.
 
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[quote user="Andrew Everard"]
[quote user="Liam @ Prog AV"]There's plenty of 1080p material around - several hundred HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs all of which are 1080p as stored on disc! [/quote]

As against how many titles on DVD?

:)

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I guess it depends if you are looking at it from a standpoint of how many thousands of DVDs there are versus the few hundred HD discs... Or if you use the standpoint that of each NEW title released each month the fair proportion of titles will be available on HD as well as SD!! I'm really enjoying that we can now rent HD discs just as easily as DVD in some areas and certainly with some online services.

Sorry for going off topic BTW. I still wouldn't be TOO worried about 1080p display, just saying there's more and more material every month that is becoming easier to get access to
 

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