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Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on January 26, 2006 at 00:12:48

In Reply to: Buy a Plasma now or wait for 1080 Plasma posted by Pinkus on January 25, 2006 at 17:57:13:

Make sure the set accepts and displays a 1920x1080p input. With very few exceptions, nearly every display on the market today is a tutorial in marketing double-speak. They advertise the display as a 1080p display, but it either can't accept a 1920x1080p input or, if it accepts a 1920x1080p input, can't display 1920x1080 individual pixels. Read this: http://www.videoasylum.com/ht/messages/22013.html

If a 50" display is your limit, only Pioneer and Panasonic have shown prototype plasmas for the 1920x1080 resolution in that size. As to whether you will be able to distinguish all of the 1920x1080 resolution from 10ft away, that will depend on your vision acuity. And unless it's very good, I doubt most people will see the benefit when "a huge difference" is what they're looking for. Move up to >60" and it will be a different story, moreso with a native 1920x1080p source.

You're right about "something new pops up on the horizon" being the recurring theme. Have you heard about SED? If not, you probably won't want to read this (especially the after-CES comments beginning on pg26 of the SED thread):

• a new horizon   (Open in New Window)