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1080p PS3 Displays

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laxmiddi44

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Are there any 1080p HDTV's on the market right now that have HDMI, that are also fairly cheap?
 
4.5k is what you would be looking at for 1080p. Anything under that and it is what they call "Virtual 1080p", which is upscaling the 1080i signal....which looks subpar when compaired to a native 720p rez.
 
Tiny said:
4.5k is what you would be looking at for 1080p. Anything under that and it is what they call "Virtual 1080p", which is upscaling the 1080i signal....which looks subpar when compaired to a native 720p rez.
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Totally agreed. Upscaling usually looks inferior to resolutions that are lower but native. NO matter what any product says, never give in to upscaling! :)
 
Best Buy will soon be stocking the new line of Samsung DLPs, the higher end ones will have the HD3 chip, which will be able to do 1080p
 
Ive been selling 1080p displays since mid last year....

Currently there are only a handfull on the market, but heres whats available.

Sony Qualia Front Projector - $30k
Sony KDS70Q006 Qualia 70" Rear Projection Television - $13k
Sharp LC45GDxU 45" 1080p LCD flat panel - $7k
Runco also makes a $500k 1080p projector


Mitsubishi, Samsung, Toshiba and a few others will have more 1080p displays by EOY.

Also, if Im not mistaken, the Dell 2405FP can accept a 1080p image...
 
so you're telling me the samsung 50 inch DLP with built in HDTV doesn't even support 1080p, yet they advertise that it has it? WTF kind of BS are you talking about? (btw my grandma bought the tv, not me)
 
They advertise 1080i.... i = Interlaced, p = Progressive.

An interlaced image has 540 lines on the screen at any given moment, and it swaps frames every 30th of a second. Progressive has all 1080 lines on the screen and changes frames every 60th of a second.

Oh, the current DLP chips are also 1280x720 resolution, so its highest progressive image is 720p.
 
BRAWWWR so apparently best buy lied. (ain't that weird :eek:)
 
elite.mafia said:
so you're telling me the samsung 50 inch DLP with built in HDTV doesn't even support 1080p, yet they advertise that it has it? WTF kind of BS are you talking about? (btw my grandma bought the tv, not me)
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They advertise that it will accept a 1080i signal, which it will. But it needs to be downsampled for display at the native 720p.

But they're hardly being deceptive; If you browse the TVs on their web site the first thing listed under features is "Cinema Smooth 720p light engine," and under specifications the third line is "Pixel Count: 1280 horizontal x 720 vertical."

You'd have to be pretty thick not to get it.
 
well then does my other tv (APEX 24 inch flat) support 480p or what? It has progressive scan plugs on it, but is advertised as just a regular flat screen.. I use my dvd player with the progressive scan btw. (samsung 5 disc dvd)
 
Samsung has a couple of TVs that are 1920 x 1080 DLP.

As well as other manufacturers.
 
Supposedly there are no tvs that accept 1080p Inputs as of now
the Westing house one MIGHT but its unknown.
THey can display 1080p(Upscale conversions) but cant accept inputs.
 
There are a couple 37" 1080p LCDs as well. Westinghouse has one available at BestBuy and Spectre supposedly has one available at CostCo. I think both are around $2 - 2.5k.

Westinghouse 37" LCD Monitor (no tuner)
http://westinghousedigital.com/products/monitors/prod-37w1.shtml

$2,184.99 @ BB
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...CategoryId=pcmcat31800050024&id=1110265591243
Sold out everywhere, so I haven't had a chance to see it in person.

No clue about the Spectre 37", I've only heard about it @ AVSForum.

HDMI is just DVI + SPDIF in one cable, so you can just get a HDMI->DVI cable. The Westinghouse has HDCP so it should work with all sources requiring HDCP.
 
Mitsubishi, Samsung, Toshiba and a few others will have more 1080p displays by EOY.
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Latest news frm AVS indicates the Mitsu and Samsung DLP sets will NOT accept a 1080p signal via HDMI or component. Sony is launching new Grand Wega 50" and 60" sets using the SXRD technology from the Qualia line. No definitve word yet on whether or not they will support a 1080p signal.
 
Maybe he is thinking source material, of which their is limited examples....but there are some.
 
there are many tv's that accept 1080p... the problem is that much of the source material is not in 1080p.

dont worry... by the end of the year all new hdtv's will support 1080p especially sony...
 
J_Saint said:
Sony is launching new Grand Wega 50" and 60" sets using the SXRD technology from the Qualia line. No definitve word yet on whether or not they will support a 1080p signal.
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My bet is that they will due to the PS3's"standard" being that of 1080p....I'm guessing that all HDTV's from Sony coming up soon will support 1080p. If they didn't, then Sony would be making a horrible mistake!
 
foofighter06 said:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...CategoryId=pcmcat33900050026&id=1093467912955

Here's one that i found in one simple google search.

:confused:

What are you getting at here?
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Actually that is not a true HDTV, according to cnet:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Sharp_LC_45GX6U/4505-6485_7-30898685.html?tag=pdtl-list

It can't fully resolve a true HD signal of 1920x1080.

I would wait to get a true HD, at least until next year. There were a few models, displaying true HD at this year's CES. I assume there will be plenty next year.
 
lesman said:
My bet is that they will due to the PS3's"standard" being that of 1080p....I'm guessing that all HDTV's from Sony coming up soon will support 1080p. If they didn't, then Sony would be making a horrible mistake!
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I'm thinking the same thing. If they do support all forms of 1080p then the 60" will be mine.
 
J_Saint said:
I'm thinking the same thing. If they do support all forms of 1080p then the 60" will be mine.
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Now I AM thinking the same thig as you! :p
 
I don't think XB360 or PS3 has enough power to drive games at 1080p .... I guess most games will run at 720p so , get a good quality 720p+ but don't spend too much just because you think you'll be gaming at true 1080p.
 
jienn said:
I don't think XB360 or PS3 has enough power to drive games at 1080p .... I guess most games will run at 720p so , get a good quality 720p+ but don't spend too much just because you think you'll be gaming at true 1080p.
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Good point. Most games(all for xbox 360) will prolly run in 720p. But if playing console games is what your gonna be doing on the ol' HD I would wait till the consoles were actually out before I purchased a 1000 dollar tv for them. Who knows maybe the first gen games on the new consoles wont even look that much better in HD(they prolly will but you never know).

Make sure those games are gonna be worth the big investment that a HDTV involves.

Of course you could hook up you PC to a nice HDTV right now and play sweet PC games till the cows come home. :D
 
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