[opendtv] Re: News: If There's a High-Definition TV in Your Future, Wait Till After the Holidays

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:53:07 -0400

At 9:43 AM -0400 8/30/07, Barry Brown wrote:

On Aug 30, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
The fact remains that on a 40-42 inch diagonal display you do not need 720P to produce sharp images. Hook up a standard definition DVD to one display and a Blu-Ray DVD player to an identical display. position the viewers at about 7-9 feet from the display, and 9 out of 10 people will not be able to tell the difference between the two.
Visit <http://www.carltonbale.com>www.carltonbale.com and read the posting titled "1080p Does Matter" for another viewpoint. 

Barry Brown
This chart is very misleading. It is off by a significant factor - probably by a factor of two at the closer in viewing distances
It suggests that 720P starts to become noticeable at a screen size of about 25 inch. This is absurd. It suggest much the same for 1080P, starting to become visible on a 32" screen. This may actually be true if you sit 18-30 inches away as with a computer display, but not a five feet as the chart suggests.
More important is the fact that people will not choose to sit at the viewing distances suggested. The CLOSEST that most people would sit to a 60 inch screen is about 10 feet, so everything inside that distance is meaningless. 

Nice try, but misleading.

Regards
Craig


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