should i be looking more towards full HD or will HD ready be just as good, i do have a PS3 and will be playing blu-ray's through it, will i nootice a difference between the two??

 

thank's

 

Allan

Full HD mate, there's no point getting anything less so make sure it's a 1080p.

 

HD Ready tend to be lower res like 720p etc, so not as much detail.

Yeah no point because 1080p sets are so cheap these days pointless gettin an inferior product

that's what ive just been looking at

 

cheer's mate

We've got a full hd 50" samsung and its the mutts nuts!, picture is brilliant with 3d blu-ray dvds and playing black ops on it is awesome.

 

I would say full hd is the way to go :)

there is £200 difference between the hd ready samsung and the full hd?

there is £200 difference between the hd ready samsung and the full hd?

 

tbh I'm surprised that they're still trying to flog "HD Ready" tv's. They're pretty much obsolete.

 

Can you stick up a link to the add you're looking at mate?

Got ours from asda home...50" full hd Samsung plus a samsung 3d blu-ray player and a 3d starter pack with two pairs of glasses and a film for £795!, was an absolute steal :)

this is the one i looked at (hd ready)

 

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Plasma-TVs/buy-SAMSUNG-PS51D495A1KXXU-Plasma-TV/714348

 

this is the full hd one

 

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Plasma-TVs/buy-SAMSUNG-PS51D550C1KXXU-Plasma-TV/714364

We've got a 50in samsung too and got sky hd today!! Obviously the way to go :biggrin:

this is the one i looked at (hd ready)

 

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Plasma-TVs/buy-SAMSUNG-PS51D495A1KXXU-Plasma-TV/714348

 

this is the full hd one

 

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Plasma-TVs/buy-SAMSUNG-PS51D550C1KXXU-Plasma-TV/714364

 

I'd ignore the first one mate, it's a lower res than the second, you may save £200 but you will regret it. Yeah they're both 3D but i'd rather have a non 3D Full HD tv than a lower res 3D one.

TBH im not fussed on the 3D, it was just a nice tv lol

As I mentioned before the 1080p refers to 1080 pixels on the vertical axis, as does 720p refer to 720 pixels on the vertical axis, the more pixels on both axis the clearer and more defined your image will be if it's on the exact same sized television, i.e. 50". With something as big as a 50", you won't get to appreciate decent picture quality with a 720p resolution.

Although I agree that there is little point is buying a HD ready set these days as virtually all sets are now full HD, the reality is that telling the difference between a 720p movie and a 1080p movie is very difficult and I would suggest that it's more a marketing ploy.

 

As an experiment, I downloaded movies in both formats (several different official trailers) and although the file sizes were understandably much larger for the 1080p, I could not tell the difference...certainly on a 42" screen.

 

It may make a difference on a 60", but I am skeptical about even a 50". I would certainly be confident to say that you will not notice anything on a 42" and below.

 

You can easily prove the point by downloading official movie trailers at the different resolutions.

BTW, it's the same thing with digital camera MP.

 

There is no way that the human eye can tell the difference between 10MP and 24MP, yet the manufacturers keep on increasing the MP count to sell new cameras. I have a 12MP, but to be honest, my old 4MP takes better pictures!

 

The excuse for larger MP is that you can now make even larger high quality enlargements...how many of us want to print A1 sized posters?

Shamaz, the problem is, if the equipment you're watching it on isn't capable of the resolution, you won't see the difference. We had a 720p TV before we bought this 1080p one we have now, we used to watch blue rays and say they were no different to DVDs, now the difference is absolutely insane. Same with gaming, I had the PS3 hooked up to the 720p TV with an HDMI cable, all fine, but no different really and wondered what all the fuss was about, then played it on the 1080p one with the same cable and it's SO much more detailed it's just incredible. I was noticing things in Paradise City that I'd never seen before, even on our old TV that was 50" but not HD at all!

BTW, it's the same thing with digital camera MP.

 

There is no way that the human eye can tell the difference between 10MP and 24MP, yet the manufacturers keep on increasing the MP count to sell new cameras. I have a 12MP, but to be honest, my old 4MP takes better pictures!

 

The excuse for larger MP is that you can now make even larger high quality enlargements...how many of us want to print A1 sized posters?

 

Megapixel difference in cameras is extremely noticeable if you have a high end DLSR compared with your run of the mill digicam, the sensor is the key with high megapixel images. my canon 350D even at just 6.1 MP out stripes my 10mp digital camera due to its superior CCD sensor.

 

But Pixels i a marketing ploy though as the higher pixels only help when enlarging the image.

 

 

As for HD tv. al just get a full HD and that way you skip the discussion and will always be able to display a HD image if its available at 1080

Our tv is 3D. whilst we don't use the 3D very often, when we do it's amazing. You even forget that you're wearing the glasses!! And if it's something worthwhile we use blu ray. Tho it must be said that most of the films that aren't blu ray are sbs files. Sbs are at most 750p but they are still really good quality. Avatar was stunning!

Our tv is 3D. whilst we don't use the 3D very often, when we do it's amazing. You even forget that you're wearing the glasses!! And if it's something worthwhile we use blu ray. Tho it must be said that most of the films that aren't blu ray are sbs files. Sbs are at most 750p but they are still really good quality. Avatar was stunning!

 

Avatar is probably one of the few films that are worth the highest resolution possible and largest screen. It is truly a visual feast.

Is it also correct that the smaller the TV the better the visual quality? I know everyone is obsessed with inches (and particularly men), but would a smaller screen make the picture even better?

Yes, because a 36" TV using 1080 pixels on the vertical axis, will be using 'finer' pixels than a 50" with 1080 pixels on the vertical axis.

Whilst i agree with whaty most people have said here.

 

Fundamentally just because your tv is 1080p. doesnt mean its the muts nuts, as was suggested resolution which is what the 1080p mean

 

1920 x 1080p (progressive)

 

1080 being the vertical resolution of your screen 1080 pixels. I cant think of a single ps3 game which ustilises that resolution atm. Even games like GT5 do not support it properly. more to do with the lack of gfx power in the ps3 than anything else. m

 

In terms of movies you can tell the diff between 1080 and 720, but normally only on the bigger screens where the media player your using has to de-interlace more of the screen (as in make the picture sharper and more defined.)

 

As has been mentioned there arnt many "HD Ready" 720 tvs out there these days.

 

If your interested in using it mainly for games i would look for a tv with a decent refresh rate and contrast ratio.

 

Id certainly recomment the Panasonic Viera line up..... They are very good indeed.

 

just my 2p worth if anyone cares lol.

 

J

Most of what you've said is very accurate, except the ommission, that lots of the PS3 games, whilst not using 1080p as you rightly say, do use something above 720p, so buying the 1080p TV is still a better idea.

 

Refresh rate is very much important for gaming as you've also pointed out, as is brand and actual range within the brand. There are some 1080p TVs that Samsung make which are a bit pants, compared to some that are kick ass!

Defo go full HD. The differnece with HD is huge! I find the differnece is most noticeable with sports and movies. The difference with animations is unbelievable.

 

Also, i find a good HDMI cable makes a massive difference over the standard ones.

This picture basically sums it up. You've got to imagine that the image is stretched onto exactly the same size TV. HD Ready is 720, while full HD is 1080.

 

For a taste of the future, here is 4k HD video on Youtube, set it to Original then watch in full screen.

 

*WARNING* You must have a VERY good internet connection and computer (mostly RAM and CPU) for this to work properly.

 

The amount of detail that you can see is amazing.