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blu-ray/hd-dvd in 720p

by jbaxter1208 Oct 28, 2006 2:07AM PDT

like many peepl when this format war starts to settle out im eager to by a bp or hd player but im concerned. everyone says that they look spectacular on a big screen with 1080p resolution and u get a lot less with 720p. i hav a 50 inch panasonic plasma with a native resolution of 1336 by 768. u think i shud play it at 720p or 1080i. with 720p i get all the details from that resolution but its been downcoverted from 1080 sothe image will look jagged and no where neer as sharp. with 1080i i get the full resolution of the discs but my tv can't display every detail of 1080i. or just get a 1080p tv. but getting 50 ich 1080p plasma is not cheap

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There isn't anyway around, so..
by ahtoi Oct 28, 2006 6:04PM PDT

just enjoy what you got. 720 is lot better than my 480p. I just bought myself a upconversion dvd player and it's not doing a thing for me, hehe.

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1080i is good
by TacoSupremest Oct 29, 2006 8:35PM PST

I have a sony 32 inch sony XBR1 and watch my HD DVD player at 1080i. It looks excellent. I never lower the output to 720p. If your TV only displays 720p at best, then I would recommend outputting 720p. Just remember to have all the firmware updates installed on whatever player you decide on. I'm pretty sure that 1080p only makes a real difference for video games right now. If you want to play PS3 games and they are 1080p at 60 FPS then you would have to have a 1080p TV to display it properly. Now on the other hand, with movies - you don't really need it since as far as I understand, movies do not display at 60 FPS so there should be time for a 1080i TV to display all the appropriate lines before the next frame is sent to it.

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blu-ray/hd-dvd in 720p
by jcrobso Oct 31, 2006 6:06AM PST

Enjoy your panny plasma, the DVD format wars have just started, the players are still way to expensive.
I have a 47" CRT-RP that displayes in 720p and 1080i native.
If I switch between a NBC(1080i) and ABC(720p)it is very hard to tell the difference. Don't worry about it. John

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