On Thu, 1 May 2008 23:50:08 +0100 Slitheen
<Slitheen123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
| I've already got a full HD 1080p set in my lounge, but I've just bought
a
| new smaller 26" 'HD Ready' Sony Bravia TV, and I'm a bit confused about
one
| thing. Now I know small screens don't benefit from full 1080p HD, the
fact
| they don't seem to make panels in 1080p smaller than 37" seems to back
this
| theory up. So we people that want a smaller TV in a small bedroom get
720p
| sets.
|
| The resolution of the set is 1366x768 (most sub 40" 720p panels are this
| resolution). Knowing these screens support 720p and 1080i (and the
576i/480p
| modes of course), I want to know what I should set my various devices to
| output, namely my PS3 and an upscaling DVD recorder/set-top box. Does
1080i
| look better than 720p on a 1366x768 resolution screen, or do I just set
the
| devices to display 720p? In other words, should 1080 interlaced look
better
| than 720 progressive on this screen, so to speak.
It has the potential to look better. But it won't be much better than 720
if
it even managed to do better at all. It would at most be 6.67% better in
overall resolution.
| I know the good advice would be try both and see, but I don't get
delivery
| of the TV till tomorrow....I just wanted to be enamoured with a bit of
good
| advice prior to setting up.
If you're committed, live with it.
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