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

  • From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:45:35 -0400

On 9/3/07, Barry Brown <barrysb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
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> At 9:43 AM -0400 8/30/07, Barry Brown wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
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>
>
> 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.
>
>
> So do you agree or disagree with these statements from the article:
>
>
>
> "What the chart shows is that, for a 50-inch screen, the benefits of 720p
> vs. 480p start to become apparent at viewing distances closer than 14.6 feet
> and become fully apparent at 9.8 feet. For the same screen size, the
> benefits of 1080p vs. 720p start to become apparent when closer than 9.8
> feet and become full apparent at 6.5 feet. In my opinion, 6.5 feet is closer
> than most people will sit to their 50" plasma TV (even through the THX
> recommended viewing distance for a 50" screen is 5.6 ft). So, most consumers
> will not be able to see the full benefit of their 1080p TV."
>
> I believe if people are trying to emulate a theater experience at home, they
> will sit closer (THX recommendations) or get larger screens.

Exactly, people will sit closer or get bigger screens. But IMO most
people will not change the furniture for different screen sizes, will
not move closer. In our apartment the viewing distance for 42", 50"
and 63" remained the same, varying from 10 to 14 feet.

I now have a 1080P (VPL VW50 Sony) front projector and will be
comparing it to the 63" plasma at the same distance but with at least
100". The 63" was amazingly better than the 50" as you begin to get
closer to the theater experience.

Bob Miller
 
 
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