720p LCD tvs for gaming

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anyone game with a 720p LCD like 32inch or larger? i know the 1080p is higher resolution but does it matter that much when gaming on a large screen?
 
The larger the screen the higher the resolution you would want because if the resolution stayed the same it would mean that the pixel size would be larger. Larger pixel size equals more pixelated.

However it depends on other factors like view distance and what you plan to use with it.
What are you gaming with?

X360 or PS3, then probably 90% of the time no, 720p LCD can be better since the majority of games are only 720p to begin with. 1080p would be more future proof though, but playing 720p game on a 1080p LCD screen usually isn't as nice as 720p on a 720p screen because LCD's usually don't scale resolution that well. If you plan on getting blu-ray or HD-DVD go for 1080p though.

If your gaming on a PC with a TV then yes its a big difference. With a 32" screen and 720p (1280x720) the pixels are very big by PC monitor standards. 32" 1080p (1920x1080) then the pixels are still larger then PC monitor, but still looks good. I'm sure some people use 720p 32" screens for pc gaming and they get use to the pixel size though.
 
I have games on PC on my friends 40" 1366x768 Sony KDL(i think) and I see NO pixelation at all, and this is from less than 5 feet away. I hooked up via VGA and gamed and used the internet etc and honestly, if gaming is all u are concerned about, then 720p is FINE. As I said, I was on a 40" 720p and it looked great and I had no pixel issues so it should be even better lookin on a 32 inch. However, for PC use, 720p is just too small, you have to do alot of vertical scrolling to compensate for the lack of vertical resolution.

In parting, for PC gaming, I think a 720p TV is a better pick for more than one reason. A big point is frame rate. Most cards can handle 720p with all the eye candy on and give excellent fps and a great gaming experience (well, not most but my 8800gts handles it well lol) but not many cards can game at 1080p with all the eye candy on and give great fps.

just some stuff to consider :)
 
I used a 27" 720p HDTV as my monitor for a while and games looked good but Windows looked not so good, everything was too big and a bit pixelated. It had horrible greyscale quality too but that was because it was a crap HDTV (Viewsonic). I took it back for a refund. The trick is getting it to use the native resolution. 720p is not usually the native res. Mine was 1360x768.
 
I've plugged my Macbook Pro (2.4GHz C2D) into my Panasonic 1080p Plasma and its worked great under OS X and XP for gaming. Playing with settings on the notebook as well as the TV to get rid of overscan in windows. Generally I had black bars at some point in all games because I couldn't find a game that specifically did 1080p.
 
If you cant set the resolution in game you would have to tell ur mac to fill the screeen or have the tv scale it but it also depends as you would need ur mac to output the game in 16:9 resolution
 
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