So, I bought a new bigscreen DLP tv this weekend...

[chrisdavis]

Nice My wife and I are looking at Samsung DLPs right now. Probably going to be the next big purchase.

[Ruiner]

Nice My wife and I are looking at Samsung DLPs right now. Probably going to be the next big purchase.

I was actually looking at a Samsung 720p/1080i 60" (maybe it was 61" system) for like $1900. It looked great, but when I saw what 1080p looked like next to it, the 1080p system was much more clear. It made enough difference to me that opted for the more $$$ tv. That's your call, though.

Another thing that bothered me about the new Samsung 1080p systems was that the tv's bezel was a gloss black. The 1080i/720p systems were a matte black, but the 1080p series were all gloss. Not a fan of glass black on my tvs. Fingerprints get all over it and it is somewhat distracting. That's personal preference I guess.

[ironchef]

I was actually looking at a Samsung 720p/1080i 60" (maybe it was 61" system) for like $1900. It looked great, but when I saw what 1080p looked like next to it, the 1080p system was much more clear. It made enough difference to me that opted for the more $$$ tv. That's your call, though.

Another thing that bothered me about the new Samsung 1080p systems was that the tv's bezel was a gloss black. The 1080i/720p systems were a matte black, but the 1080p series were all gloss. Not a fan of glass black on my tvs. Fingerprints get all over it and it is somewhat distracting. That's personal preference I guess.

Was it a 1080p dvd or a 1080p channel stream? AFAIK 1080p channels won't be around for another couple of years atleast, due to lack of proper bandwith.

[JConner]

If anyone in the topic is looking for a new tv, keep this in mind.

I was a salesman, on comission, for a high end T.V. retailer (wont say the name) in NY state before moving back here to Atlanta. I will tell you the truth strait up! We made sure certain T.V.'s looked better than others depending on how good they paid us. (i.e. hooking up a blu ray player to one, and a cheap dvd player to another...or having a good HD signal on one and a bad signal on the others) Make sure you shop many stores, and play around with settings, see what kind of signal is being put to the T.V.I know it sounds shitty, but you have to make sale's and money in your poket somehow. Even at places the sales-people dont get paid on comission, the managers will tell them to hook up a certain tv to a certain signal to increase sales in that brand...

For example, if there is a line of tv's set up, the signal probably starts at one end and is split over and over and ends at the other. If there is any comission involved at all, they will put the higher paying tv's on the stronger end of the signal, and put the others towards the end where the signal isnt as clear. Even if the brand isn't known as "the best". Just some advice

[TeeJay]

If anyone in the topic is looking for a new tv, keep this in mind.

I was a salesman, on comission, for a high end T.V. retailer (wont say the name) in NY state before moving back here to Atlanta. I will tell you the truth strait up! We made sure certain T.V.'s looked better than others depending on how good they paid us. (i.e. hooking up a blu ray player to one, and a cheap dvd player to another...or having a good HD signal on one and a bad signal on the others) Make sure you shop many stores, and play around with settings, see what kind of signal is being put to the T.V.) I know it sounds shitty, but you have to make sale's and money in your poket somehow.

For example, if there is a line of tv's set up, the signal probably starts at one end and is split over and over and ends at the other. If there is any comission involved at all, they will put the higher paying tv's on the stronger end of the signal, and put the others towards the end where the signal isnt as clear. Even if the brand isn't known as "the best". Just some advice

[Ruiner]

Was it a 1080p dvd or a 1080p channel stream? AFAIK 1080p channels won't be around for another couple of years atleast, due to lack of proper bandwith.

A few years? Eh, maybe over the next year or so, but we'll see. Thankfully, the PS3 and (now with the upgraded HD DVD palyer) Xbox 360 can display in 1080p. It's just a matter of time.

I will say this to you: I looked at a 1080i vs a 1080p setup and the 1080p was more crisp and precise (yes, I did my research). There was a difference that could be seen. This is not the first time that I saw this. Make your own opinions, but you get the idea.

[ironchef]

A few years? Eh, maybe over the next year or so, but we'll see. Thankfully, the PS3 and (now with the upgraded HD DVD palyer) Xbox 360 can display in 1080p. It's just a matter of time.

I will say this to you: I looked at a 1080i vs a 1080p setup and the 1080p was more crisp and precise (yes, I did my research). There was a difference that could be seen. This is not the first time that I saw this. Make your own opinions, but you get the idea.

I agree the 1080p looks better hands down, what i'm getting at is that you won't have the 25-40 HD channels that are available all displaying in 1080p signal for a while.

[Ruiner]

I agree the 1080p looks better hands down, what i'm getting at is that you won't have the 25-40 HD channels that are available all displaying in 1080p signal for a while.

This is very true. However, you will still get better resolution quality at 1080p than at 720p or 1080i (from what I have seen, at least).

[JConner]

Watching this thread i'm just wondering how many people actually know the meaning of the "p" in 1080p, 720p or the "i" in 1080i, etc.

For example most would say that any 720p tv has the same quiality as any 1080i tv. (and yes they make 720p tv's, they are called "enhanced definiton") For example; 720 lines of resolution in a progressive (p) refresh rate (line 1,2,3,4,etc in order all the way to 720) has the same quality as 1,080 lines of interlaced ( line 1,3,2,5,4,7, etc all the way to 1,080) refresh rate. The 1,080 lines of interlacing take about the same time to refresh as the 720 lines of progressive scan do. Concluding, the the picture will be about the same. The problem is when you step up to 1,080 lines of progressive scanning lines. Movies will not have a problem getting to this stage of refresh rate sometime soon, but in the gaming world, you wont see 1080p for a while. No system can support the refresh rate of 1,080p. It would cause way too much lag and bogg any system down.