Waiting for 1080p

[nujra]

1080p

Planning to buy an HDTV between 46-60 inches in size. Trying to decide between either a DLP or Rear Projection LCD. Does anyone know when the Samsung 1080p or any other 1080p sets are excepeted to mit the market? I may as well wait for these if they are expected within the next 6 months.

[Edit: Thread merged. Please avoid duplicate posts in multiple forums...]

 

[scobro]

June for USA
Sept for Canada(guessing)

check this out
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=493443&highlight=samsung+2005

 

[scobro]

Do I wait in agony for 1080p?

Im dying here,I cannot decide to either wait for the 2005 Samsung DLP models available around Sept(Canada) or buy a 2004 model now.
The problem is the new sets have a possible future HD resolution standard 1920x1080p not to mention BD + HD-dvd will be 1080p. The new Samsung sets will not accept a 1080p signal but will de-interlace 1080i directly to 1080p which will no doubt look stunning plus they will have the new XHD3 chip along with a contrast ratio they claim will be at 6000:1.So, do I wait in agony for 6 months or do I get a quick fix thats only 1280x720p,3000:1 and the HD2+ chip and live with it.....any advice would be a great help.

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

Dude, breathe... its just a TV. And unless you crap hundred dollar bills, an expensive TV will probably be in your house for 10 years.

Now if I were you, I would wait another year (supposedly) for the actual Blu*Ray and HD-DVD players to become real things, then you'll know what the actual specs are and can buy a TV accordingly.

Buying one now is really just an educated guesstimate.

 

[eg123]

There is the new sharp 45 inch LCD. its true 1080p (i think thats 1920x1080).

there are three models, which all are the same except for slight differences. For example, one has speakers on the bottom, one has them on the side and they are removable.

Of note, the X model has a break out box that you plug all your sources into. The advantage of this is that you can by-pass the breakout box and plug your pc directly into the screen. if you do this you can use the full resolution of the screen with your pc. If you connect the pc to the breakout box, for some reason the display uses a smaller (non-native) resolution and there is no way around it. The other 2 models that don't have breakout boxes can never display their full native resolution when connected to a pc - there is no way to bypass this. I don't know why its this way, i just know that the screen with "X" in the model number is the only one that you can configure to get full resolution (for PC).

I don't know if i explained that very well, but im in a hurry. hopefully this helps. i'll post actuall model number late if i can.

 

[eg123]

buy now! throw caution to the wind.....

 

[BMXTRIX]

There is the new sharp 45 inch LCD. its true 1080p (i think thats 1920x1080).

While it is a true 1080p display, it does NOT accept 1080p input, so it will not be compatible with the highest resolution formats that will be available from Blu-Ray or HD-DVD.

I'm not buying a new display until I see some 1080p displays that ACCEPT 1080p input standards.

 

[Duffinator]

While it is a true 1080p display, it does NOT accept 1080p input, so it will not be compatible with the highest resolution formats that will be available from Blu-Ray or HD-DVD.

I'm not buying a new display until I see some 1080p displays that ACCEPT 1080p input standards.

After spending quite some time reading the AVS thread previously posted, it was stated that the current BD DVD in Japan only outputs 1080i. And the manufacturers won't make sets that accept 1080P until there are 1080P sources. That's a bummer from my perspective because higher end DVD players tend to have better deinterlacing chips than most sets. Although many of the Samsungs do have Faroudja chipsets.

The big question I have is: is it that expensive to make sets that pass through a 1080P signal? I mean what's the big deal?

 

[BMXTRIX]

That's a good question, especially since newer non-1080p displays are touting 1080p internal processing. WTF is that all about?

According to the Blu-Ray Disc Association 1080p/24 is one of the allowed encoding formats. Hopefully we will see displays accept this as a native format as it should look absolutely spectacular.