benefits of 1080p ?

"Gunther Gloop" <thunderbird DeleteThis @SPAMNOkevinforde.com> wrote in message
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> What I would say though, is if you are in the market for a new TV and you
> want something that is hi-spec and somewhat future-looking, then go for
> 1080p ...more so if you're into movies, but more games and consoles even
> will be using that in the very near future.
>

While not directly related to the 1080p question, we bought a 32" LCD a
couple of years ago and ending up settling for a decent Samsung - I checked
all the relative specs and compared against different sets, and the only
real difference was that it only had one HDMI input against the 2 or 3 of
sets that were more expensive.

At the time this didn't seem all that important as I had cube and Wii
running off component, and Sky plus from Scart, and didn't see a time where
I would need even one HDMI input.

In the last few months I've bought a 360 and the new Humax Freesat HD PVR,
both of which use HDMI so have had to buy a switcher (remember the famous
Argos Scart switcher?, well it's like that only much smaller!) - while the
TV is great I wish I'd bought something a little more future proof.

The next time I buy a TV I'll certainly buy the highest spec I can within my
budget, but if that meant spending a little extra for a couple of more years
'future proofing' then I would.

Neil

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> "Gunther Gloop" <thunderbird RemoveThis @SPAMNOkevinforde.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> What I would say though, is if you are in the market for a new TV and you
>> want something that is hi-spec and somewhat future-looking, then go for
>> 1080p ...more so if you're into movies, but more games and consoles even
>> will be using that in the very near future.
>>
>
> While not directly related to the 1080p question, we bought a 32" LCD a
> couple of years ago and ending up settling for a decent Samsung - I
> checked all the relative specs and compared against different sets, and
> the only real difference was that it only had one HDMI input against the
> 2 or 3 of sets that were more expensive.
>
> At the time this didn't seem all that important as I had cube and Wii
> running off component, and Sky plus from Scart, and didn't see a time
> where I would need even one HDMI input.
>
> In the last few months I've bought a 360 and the new Humax Freesat HD PVR,
> both of which use HDMI so have had to buy a switcher (remember the famous
> Argos Scart switcher?, well it's like that only much smaller!) - while the
> TV is great I wish I'd bought something a little more future proof.
>
> The next time I buy a TV I'll certainly buy the highest spec I can within
> my budget, but if that meant spending a little extra for a couple of more
> years 'future proofing' then I would.

A couple of years ago 1 HDMI port would have been the rage. Now most of
them come with 3. Couple of years from now will we be needing 5 of the
buggers? Or will they be using the next port type they can think of?

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> "tireless.orion" <tireless.orion DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Gunther Gloop" <thunderbird DeleteThis @SPAMNOkevinforde.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> What I would say though, is if you are in the market for a new TV and
>>> you want something that is hi-spec and somewhat future-looking, then
>>> go for 1080p ...more so if you're into movies, but more games and
>>> consoles even will be using that in the very near future.
>>>
>>
>> While not directly related to the 1080p question, we bought a 32" LCD
>> a couple of years ago and ending up settling for a decent Samsung - I
>> checked all the relative specs and compared against different sets,
>> and the only real difference was that it only had one HDMI input
>> against the 2 or 3 of sets that were more expensive.
>>
>> At the time this didn't seem all that important as I had cube and Wii
>> running off component, and Sky plus from Scart, and didn't see a time
>> where I would need even one HDMI input.
>>
>> In the last few months I've bought a 360 and the new Humax Freesat HD
>> PVR, both of which use HDMI so have had to buy a switcher (remember
>> the famous Argos Scart switcher?, well it's like that only much
>> smaller!) - while the TV is great I wish I'd bought something a little
>> more future proof.
>>
>> The next time I buy a TV I'll certainly buy the highest spec I can
>> within my budget, but if that meant spending a little extra for a
>> couple of more years 'future proofing' then I would.
>
> A couple of years ago 1 HDMI port would have been the rage. Now most of
> them come with 3. Couple of years from now will we be needing 5 of the
> buggers? Or will they be using the next port type they can think of?

You can get away with one if you feed through other devices though. At
least they're about a 10th of the size of bloody scart. Talking of
upgrade hell I've just bought a new surround sound amp that can accept 4
HDMI inputs - that's the PS3 and 360 covered for now with two spare for
a HD PVR box and... um, I'm struggling to think of anything as I may
move the standalone DVD player as the PS3 will do the job better. And I
already have three on the back of my TV. I should be covered for a
while, I hope.