The 1080 moot – When Buying 1080i Makes Sense
Are you inspecting buying a 1080 H panel but don’t know which version to get. ‘i’ or ‘p’? Lcd or Plasma? 40″ or 50″? There are a lot of confusing choices to make and one of the most foremost is the decision if buy 1080i (interlaced) or 1080p (progressive). Interlaced displays every other line (1,3,5..) then redraws the whole screen to fill in the evens. Progressive panels draw from the top of the screen down (1,2,3..).
Progressive has a technically good photo and can make sense if the extra potential is worth paying for to you. But don’t pull out your wallet so fast. Just because you bought a 1080p television doesn’t mean that you’ll be watching the best picture. Huh!? You have to remember that your Hdtv doesn’t originate Tv signals it only processes them. It’s the well-known Gigo (Garbage In, Garbage Out) scenario. It doesn’t matter how good the panel it can only look as good as the signals that are fed into it.
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1080p may be the hot buzz word but don’t expect you cable company to help you justify the purchase. Don’t forget that 1080p transmits every line to the video to your Hdtv. That’s 1,080 separates lines – 1080i skips every other line so it only takes 540 lines to fill the screen and practically every cable providers transmits in 1080i.
It makes sense for them. They can squeeze two programs in the bandwidth space of one. Since they pay the government for bandwidth don’t expect this to convert anytime soon. (If fact as they add channels I fully expect them to transmit older sitcoms and pre-Hd content at even lower resolutions. They know you can’t see the difference.)
So my best advice is to buy the panel according to your viewing habits of the room the Hdtv will be in. If this is going to be your first Hd buy and it’s going to be the centerpiece viewing middle point that’s linked to most of your digital goodies (Hd receivers, Ps3, Xbox360, Hd Dvd Players, Etc.) then I advise 1080p.
If it’s a secondary middle point (bedroom, kitchen, den) then you should seriously reconsider 1080i. In most situations these Hd panels are only linked to Cable/Satellite Sources. As stated before these are interlaced broadcasts and spending extra money for 1080p would be 100% wasted.
A dissimilarity to this advice is a den or game room Hd that gets serious amounts of play. Casual gamers would never know the dissimilarity but if this was the Hd that my gum-chewing, ipod-toting, low-pants wearing teenager sat in front of for untold hours per day playing video games I would get 1080p. Because 1080p draws the photo from the top down in one solid frame the photo appears most solid and stable. You current Tv flickers quite a bit but its so subtle that you cant see it with the human eye. (if you’ve ever accidentally recorded a Tv with a video camera you can in effect see the gigantic flickering!)
Viewing a 1080p photo should consequent in reduced eyestrain and eye fatigue over hours of continuous viewing. That should save on your time to come eyeglass bill (aren’t the braces bad enough!) but remember this does not apply to broadcast Tv viewing.
So the natural advice is: 1080p will only benefit you if 1080p sources are fed into it! Broadcast Tv is not transmitted in Hd and even the Hd channels ready are only broadcast in 1080i. For Hdtv panels that will display mostly broadcast Tv 1080p is a waste. Spring for 1080p for your first panel if you plan on watching a lot or hi-def dvds, playing the handful of 1080p games (most aren’t and don’t need to be) or feeding it content that you know if 1080p. potential 1080i panels are astonishing and you can save quite a bit of money by shopping smarter for the Hdtv of your dreams.
Enjoy!
P.S. The Panasonic 1080i plasma panels look Great!! They in effect compete with higher priced 1080i and 1080p panels! For lower light rooms they’re practically perfect. The color is A++ (For bright/sunlit rooms Lcd displays brighter).
The 1080 moot – When Buying 1080i Makes Sense
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