Originally posted by Kotatsu Neko
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But yes, you're right about 1080p - it's basically a marketing term for most people.
Originally posted by smokedog
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With a 40" 1080p screen, the absolute maximum you can sit and still resolve all the detail in the picture is 5ft. For many people, you will have to sit even closer, as few people have perfect eyesight.

The problem that you have is that lots of people with a 1080p screen come on message boards and say they can see the difference between 720p and 1080p on their screen, and that's true - they will be able to see a difference. However, that difference is not because 1080p looks better, it's just that 720p looks worse on those TVs, as it's having to be scaled up.
If you compare a 720p native panel and a 1080p native panel side-by-side, using an identical signal, I guarantee at least 90% of the people watching wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Even as large as 50" there is hardly any difference that people will see. With the vast majority of games this generation going to be running at 720p (the hardware really wasn't built to cope with anything higher) if anything a 720p native screen would look better. I certainly found my 360 games looking better on the 720p native sets I've owned compared to the 1080p native ones.
The only thing that matters about 1080p is that your television can actually accept a 1080p signal, displaying it natively is far less important.
In order of what matters most to making a good image, I'd put resolution last.
Image Processing, Greyscale and Colour Reproduction, Motion Handling and Contrast are all far more important than Resolution
The only real reason to go for 1080p is if you're either going to be sitting very close to the TV (probably not in a living room environment) or plan on using it as a high resolution PC monitor.
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