Why 1080p?

[Sean Mota]

By Rodolfo La Maestra on January 18, 2006

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What are 1080p manufacturers doing on their current 1080p sets? Are they really implementing all that 1080p can and should do? Do people need all that 1080p can do? When? How could one find out if a set is actually suited to be ready for near future 1080p media, such as Hi Def DVD coming in a few months?
I will cover all those subjects gradually in short articles, but first let us mention a couple of key points.
1080p resolution quality in displays, processors, players, recorders, pre-recorded media, etc. is rapidly becoming the next stage of this HDTV industry; the 1080p buzzword has been also loosely used to identify the "new breed of top quality HDTV sets." In order to be actually ready for such level of quality throughout the HD system, digital display devices that claim 1920x1080p capabilities should be designed and suited to accept 1080p/24/30/60 fps signal from an external 1080p progressive source.

 

[branchbouncer]

Seems like the hipe that computers went through during the early years when every few months a new chip was out that you need, look at the price of a good (not ultra top of the line)computer,and where are all the new monthly chips.
The manufactures are feeding a similar tech hungry crowd with HDTV, put a new label on it and the crowd will buy

 

[colinbarton]

i went for a demo of 1080p at my local tv store and i could tell very little difference between that and my new sony 1080i set with voom programming. 1080p is not a gimmick and years from now it will probably be a standard, but just getting decent 1080i programming is gong to be a challenge for the next five years. why pay the price?

 

[MikeD-C05]

IF you want the very best picture resolution that is available then you pay the price. The picture will be mostly 1080i upconverted to 1080p but it will look very good. I will wait myself as I am all tapped out . IN less than 20 years they are saying that we will be watching 3- D tv and it will make present tvs look like black/white in comparison. Maybe by then I will pay off my present hd tvs.

 

[cdru]

IN less than 20 years they are saying that we will be watching 3- D tv and it will make present tvs look like black/white in comparison.

Have't they already been saying that for the last 20 years?

 

[MikeD-C05]

But this one would have smellovision and feelovision. Just imagine when you watch porn what that would be like.

 

[BrianMis]

Even though the TV upconverts everything to 1080p, it does have a superior picture with 1080i sources. I have been really happy with how my 1080p tv looks.

 

[angiodan]

Even though the TV upconverts everything to 1080p, it does have a superior picture with 1080i sources. I have been really happy with how my 1080p tv looks.

I just received my SXRD set on Saturday, and have to say that HD looks absolutely stunning on this set through HDMI with the 942. Especially OTA and Discovery HD. I'm still playing with the settings (and have to decide if I will get Greg out here to calibrate it, he did a great job with my HT projector), but even my wife is impressed, and that is no easy thing!!

It will be interesting this Sunday when I have my little SB party, and have 20 pairs of eyes deciding which image they like better, my 123" Benq or the 60" SXRD. (I know my old 47" Samsung will be a distant 3rd!)

 

[orcatek]

True (not up converted) 1080P will be better for sports or other high motion stuff. Interlace is fine for low motion. Thats why we want 1080P.

 

[vurbano]

i went for a demo of 1080p at my local tv store and i could tell very little difference between that and my new sony 1080i set with voom programming. 1080p is not a gimmick and years from now it will probably be a standard, but just getting decent 1080i programming is gong to be a challenge for the next five years. why pay the price?

bingo. we have a winner

 

[hbk409]

IF you want the very best picture resolution that is available then you pay the price. The picture will be mostly 1080i upconverted to 1080p but it will look very good. I will wait myself as I am all tapped out . IN less than 20 years they are saying that we will be watching 3- D tv and it will make present tvs look like black/white in comparison. Maybe by then I will pay off my present hd tvs.

blu-ray & hd dvd, and the ps3 whenever it may come out. Also you can get 1080p movies on wmv

 

[hdtvtechno]

i went for a demo of 1080p at my local tv store and i could tell very little difference between that and my new sony 1080i set with voom programming. 1080p is not a gimmick and years from now it will probably be a standard, but just getting decent 1080i programming is gong to be a challenge for the next five years. why pay the price?

keep in mind that VOOM is HD-lite as the moment