Why not just set your tivo to output 1080i fixed? That why your tv doesn't have to change between display resolutions each time you change from sd to hd.
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There's only one L in Philips. It's written in big letters on the front of your TV.
I don't get the point of 1080p sets. There's no content in 1080p, unless you are insane and pay $500 for a DVD player and $35 for discs. I wish I had money to waste.
At this point, if a company can't get HDMI right, try another company. My Sammmmmsung works great.
I don't get the point of 1080p sets. There's no content in 1080p, unless you are insane and pay $500 for a DVD player and $35 for discs. I wish I had money to waste.
At this point, if a company can't get HDMI right, try another company. My Sammmmmsung works great.
With 1080p sets you get the full 1920x1080 resolution as opposed to older sets that max out around 1280x720 and the picture quality is MARKEDLY better for 1080i content especially for bigger sets. In addition there is no scaling necessary for 1080i content, only de-interlacing, so there is merit to 1080p sets and these days given the price drops I wouldn't settle for anything less. Plus there is 1080p output from gaming consoles as well as HD/DVD and Blu Ray players and don't forget computers - 1080p makes for a nice computer monitor.Arcady said:There's only one L in Philips. It's written in big letters on the front of your TV.
I don't get the point of 1080p sets. There's no content in 1080p, unless you are insane and pay $500 for a DVD player and $35 for discs. I wish I had money to waste.
At this point, if a company can't get HDMI right, try another company. My Sammmmmsung works great.
Having owned an older Philips LCD HDTV I have to agree - stay away from Philips (and Sony for that matter), but that is just based on my experiences not any broad based testimonials.
Well, _I_ don't have a Philips TV, so it's not written anywhere that I can see. I'm not sure why the grammar and spelling has gotten you so thoroughly. This is a casual forum, and those things don't bother me too much.Arcady said:There's only one L in Philips. It's written in big letters on the front of your TV.
I don't get the point of 1080p sets. There's no content in 1080p, unless you are insane and pay $500 for a DVD player and $35 for discs. I wish I had money to waste.
At this point, if a company can't get HDMI right, try another company. My Sammmmmsung works great.
And you're talking to a former editor, current lawyer, and writer. In a legal brief? You betcha grammatical mistakes bother me. But here? I use words like "betcha."
As for getting 1080p sets, you've future-proofed yourself a bit, so unless you're buying sets more than every 5 years (and because you said you don't have money to waste, I can only assume you're not doing that) you have purchased something that will continue to show you the best content out there, which is why you bought the thing in the first place. Then again, we're both screwed when 2160p comes out.
At any rate, as others have noted, 1080p sets show 1080i content. There's far more product selection in the 1080p class than in the 1080i class. I don't think I've seen a TV recently that can display 1920x1080 resolution that doesn't also support progressive scanning. Personally I'm not giving up 1080i content just to get a 720p television. The "sweet spot" on pricing is certainly on 1080p right now.
I can tell you this: When I DO buy my own set it won't be a Philips, or even a Phillips.
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