http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=286<\/a><\/p>\nSince those columns ran I have received emails from readers with real-world experience, such as the one:<\/p>\n
\u00a0“I read your article on 1080p tvs today in my local paper. \u00a0 I wish I had read it a year ago. \u00a0 I spent a lot of money purchasing a 40” LCD JVC 1080p tv only find out that it won’t accept a 1080p signal. \u00a0 I just recently purchased an OPPO 1080p signal producing dvd player that would not work w my tv. \u00a0 I feel cheated. \u00a0 The picture is fine, but my daughter’s 1080i Sony<\/span> is just as good and $1,500 cheaper. \u00a0 What a rip off. \u00a0 I was hoping to have purchased a tv that would be state of art for years. \u00a0 Keep up the good work telling your reader what’s up. \u00a0 I love your column.”<\/p>\n–Larry Brown<\/span> in Pittsburgh<\/span><\/p>\nI also received an email from an HDTV guru saying I was wrong and quoting tests done by Pioneer showing that 1080p is far superior. \u00a0 I wrote him back and asked for more \u00a0information, but I never received a reply. \u00a0 \u00a0I am \u00a0usually leery of tests done by manufacturers to prove a point, as they can tweak test conditions to produce the results they want. \u00a0 That’s one reason companies like Monster Cable won’t submit to a third-party blind listening test comparing their expensive wire to ordinary wire: they know that if an independent, unbiased party administers the comparison test, it will show that in listening you can’t tell the difference between expensive wire and ordinary wire. \u00a0 \u00a0 At any rate, I stand by my statement that to most viewers, 1080p is no big deal and 1080i and 720p are more than adequate. \u00a0<\/p>\n
This recent article on audioholics. com, “1080p and the Acuity of Human Vision” uses science to pretty much prove the point I have been trying to make. \u00a0<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.audioholics.com\/education\/display-formats-technology\/1080p-and-the-acuity-of-human-vision<\/a><\/p>\nIf your eyes can’t discern it, what’s the big deal? \u00a0 It’s just marketing hype. \u00a0 Buy the TV with the picture you like and don’t fret over 720p. 1080i, or 1080p unless you are getting a very large screen or sitting extremely close to your TV. \u00a0 \u00a0 Even then, you would be OK with 720p or 1080i anyway.<\/p>\n