About two weeks ago I entered the arena of internet marketing with 2 Squidoo lenses. It seemed to me that people are forever buying TV sets, so my lenses are about LCd HDTVs. This is my first lens: http://www.squidoo.com/Vizio_XVT_42_LCD_HDTV_Deals and http://www.squidoo.com/Samsung-Flat-TVs will take you to my second lens.
Talking to some people about my lenses, I realized that a lot of people do not know enough about HDTV’s to make a smart buying decision. The result of this is that I wrote some articles covering some of the things people seemed confused about.
Here I am going to cover the mighty 1080p resolution. 1080p resolution is full high definition (as opposed to 720p, which is not) so when marketers tell you that you get 1080p and full resolution, they’re not offering you anything extra.
1080p is technically the best resolution you can get. It’s more than two and a half times more than 720p. 1080i is the same resolution but it delivers images differently. ‘i’ stands for interlacing, ‘p’ stands for progressive scan. Interlacing gets you images that are not as smooth as what you get with progressive scan. So you do want a ‘p’ after those numbers.
It looks like TV makers are going to phase out 720p and concentrate on 1080p. Even right now, 720p is almost non-existent with the very large sets. For now you have the choice. The 1080p is going to cost you a couple of hundred dollars to many hundred dollars more. The question is: Should you spent it?
Here are some things to consider before you spend:
1. On small screen there’s no difference between the two resolutions, on medium-sized screens (32-50 inch screens), there is not much difference, many people’s eyes won’t notice it. Everyone will notice the difference on large screens.
2. The 720p has to scale down images transmitted in 1080p, which makes for less than perfect images. 1080i gives you images that are less smooth than those you get with 1080p. However, you won’t notice the difference in either case.
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