[mythtv-users] My HDTV woes

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Mon Apr 3 20:25:07 UTC 2006


On 4/3/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2006, at 1:51 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> > On 4/2/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >> On 04/02/2006 06:43 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> >>> On 4/2/06, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Actually, since you say you have a plasma, is the native mode
> >>>> really 1080i?  I though most plasmas where 1280x720p native?  You
> >>>> should feed your TV whatever it's native display mode is.
> >>>>
> >>> all plasma's are 720p *native* (or some weird resolution that can do
> >>> no better than 720p).
> >>
> >> That's so a couple of years ago:
> >>
> >> http://www.cnet.com/4520-10602_1-5618366-1.html
> >> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1749523,00.asp
> >> http://www.devlib.org/blog/2006/01/04/103-inch-plasma-1080p-hdtv-
> >> from-panasonic/
> >>
> >> and more...
> >>
> >> Oh, and the weird resolutions include 852x480, and 1366x768 (and a
> >> few
> >> others).
> >>
> >> However, yours and John's points are correct--there's no way the
> >> native
> >> resolution is 1080i.  Since plasmas are fixed pixel displays, the
> >> native
> >> mode has to be progressive...
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
> > good god! 71 and 100 inches!!! I guess it would take that size to fit
> > 1080p worth of plasma display. $75K though? At that size (and price) I
> > would much rather have a nice 1080p front projector, none of the
> > negatives of plasma.
>
> Projectors are nice until you have to replace the lamp, but at least
> they don't permanently lose 50% of their brightness at 10,000 hours
> and burn-in the CNN logo if you watch more than 3 stories :-)

haha!

I still don't see why people think bulb replacement is such an issue
with projectors. It's a small price to pay to "go big".

--
Steve


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