Is 1080p worth holding out for? Costco now has a Aquous 52" 1080p LCD for $3300, more than twice what the Visio 46" 1080i/720p LCD. How does a flat panel with 720,768 et al, vertical pixels display a 1080i picture, isn't it missing nearly 300 lines? What about DLP?
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COSTCO changed the return policy on TV's to six months, (was unlimited). (VIZIO has high returns - I read earlied today.)
Right now, ZERO 1080P broadcast are out there, and probably will not be for a very long time, (has something to due with available bandwidth) only SONY's Blu-Ray DVD @ $1000, the other (posibly Samsung?) is about $500. Like VHS and Betamax they are not compatable.
720P vrs 1080i are about the same to the human eye until you go to a 50 in and above screen, (as I recall from one of the HD web sites I frequent).
In addition to 1080p through Blu-Ray players, I believe the newer HD-DVD players utilize it as well. If you have an XBox 360 with an HD-DVD drive, you can get 1080p signals if your TV has a VGA input.
I have a 42 inch Westinghouse that does 1080p, and it looks great for games and high def movies. You can find them online for about $1400.
I bought a Samsung 50in. 1080p DLP about 2 mos. ago. Switched from Dish to Direct and got the 1080i DVR/Reciever.
The combo is awesome, but some things were not ment tt be seen in HiDef such as Katie Couric's face close up!