1080p worth it?

Teaf · 1 Jan 2010 at 14:44

Would you say 1080p would be worth it on a 32" screen, would be sitting about 5 foot away from it.

Cheers

OpenToSuggestions · 1 Jan 2010 at 14:50

Not at all.

I have a LG 47inch 1080p LCD and if I am over 3 foot away, 720p and 1080p look the same.

If you plan to use the 32 inch screen for a monitor then 1080p would be good, but for watching 1080p video there won't be a noticeable difference.

fini · 1 Jan 2010 at 14:51

There's no point in 1080p on a 32" unless you're using it as a monitor.

probedb · 1 Jan 2010 at 16:15

flibby said:
Would you say 1080p would be worth it on a 32" screen, would be sitting about 5 foot away from it.

Cheers

Get a demo, not everyone's eyes are the same.

JBuk · 1 Jan 2010 at 16:56

1080p should be just noticeable over 720 at around 5ft or less (depending on your eyes of course)

I have a 50" and 1080p is noticeable at my viewing distsance of about 9ft

best bet would be to look at one in a shop at the distance you intend to watch it

lunarwolf · 1 Jan 2010 at 19:27

doubt it makes a difference on 32", you would need to sit pretty close to the screen to notice.

However 1080p sets are cheap nowadays so why not get it?

Meatball · 1 Jan 2010 at 19:44

fini said:
There's no point in 1080p on a 32" unless you're using it as a monitor.

Quoted for truth!

probedb · 1 Jan 2010 at 20:24

Meatball said:
Quoted for truth!

Some of you guys must have really crap eyesight

Teaf · 1 Jan 2010 at 22:25

It would be used as a monitor, however I prefer the 720p ish resolutions as things are a bit bigger and my graphics card won't cry at 720p resolutions in games. The 1080p aspect was purely for BluRay's on the playstation.

JBuk · 1 Jan 2010 at 22:32

flibby said:
things are a bit bigger .

everything will be the same size, only the percieved amount of detail will change

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2010 at 22:40

Anything under 42 inches imo you wouldn't notice, 42 inches + then I would say its worth getting a 1080p screen.

Teaf · 1 Jan 2010 at 22:40

JBuk said:
everything will be the same size, only the percieved amount of detail will change

Well yes, of course. I mean't the size as in the viewable result on the screen.

fini · 2 Jan 2010 at 00:08

probedb said:
Get a demo, not everyone's eyes are the same.

There is no such thing as 'golden eyes' in the same way that 'golden ears' do not exist. People convince themselves that they see differences where they actually cannot.

Seft · 2 Jan 2010 at 00:41

fini said:
There is no such thing as 'golden eyes' in the same way that 'golden ears' do not exist. People convince themselves that they see differences where they actually cannot.

Are you serious? Differences in visual acuity are precisely why optometrists exist*.

*That and other eye-related illnesses

-Ad- · 2 Jan 2010 at 00:51

Don't base you tv decision on 1080p, it's not particularly important unless being used as a monitor or sat soo close you could see the pixels on a on-1080p set.

As I say, 1080p is the cherry on top of the cake and there are far too many people out there who haven't actually compared 2 sets where only the resolution is different. Far too many opinions and guesswork from the majority of people.

Hairy · 2 Jan 2010 at 01:00

^TANK^ said:
Anything under 42 inches imo you wouldn't notice, 42 inches + then I would say its worth getting a 1080p screen.

For me that isn't true.

I can see a massive difference between 720p and 1080p and that's on my 24" samsung.

Best thing is to go and have a browse in a shop. But for me, its 1080p every day.

tsinc80697 · 2 Jan 2010 at 01:05

I just went from a 32" 720p screen to a 42" 1080p. I can tell the difference sitting the same distance away, around 8-10feet but I'm 50/50 on the fact that its a much better panel rather than being 1080p over 720p.

fini · 2 Jan 2010 at 02:22

Seft said:
Are you serious? Differences in visual acuity are precisely why optometrists exist*.

*That and other eye-related illnesses

Yes I'm serious. Of course some people are objectively blind, but some people seem to claim to have super human eyesight. Those that claim to be able to see the difference between 1080p and 720p on a 32" from 6 foot away on a reasonably active image are fundamentally claiming to have super human eye site. This is an exact mirror of the world of high-fi where some claim to have golden ears - no such phenomena exists - even though Otolaryngologists exist

james.miller · 2 Jan 2010 at 02:53

Hairy said:
For me that isn't true.

I can see a massive difference between 720p and 1080p and that's on my 24" samsung.

Best thing is to go and have a browse in a shop. But for me, its 1080p every day.

of course you can, you'd be practically sitting on top of it. try sitting five feet away and say that.

the human eye even with perfect vision can only resolve so much detail and the size of the pixels as you look at the governs this. of course i can see the difference between 1366x768 and 1920x1200 on my 24" montior - i only sit 32 inchs away from it. I can tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on my 50" tv but it isnt anywhere near as obvious as it is on my monitor because i sit 8ft away from the tv - the pixels actually appear smaller as i look at them.

and remember as well that its far harder to do this with film than it is with a static desktop image.

Rroff · 2 Jan 2010 at 03:02

I think part of the problem is - even a lot of HD content on blu-ray, etc. thats "1080p" is often only say 1920x800 and sometimes looks like its been upscaled from 1280x600, lots of bad transfers, etc. a lot of people probably wouldn't be able to tell teh difference with these movies between 1080p, 720p and even DVD res 576/480 on an otherwise identical screen and viewing distance.