05-29-2008, 01:24 PM
I'm going to be contrarian here, but unless you're getting a ginormous screen (larger than 50", anything less and you almost certainly won't be able to tell any difference), don't get wrapped around the axel over 1080p. 1080p is still largely marketing hype. There is no 1080p content available by cable, satellite, or broadcast television. Zip, zero, nada, none--and there isn't going to be any anytime soon, and by "anytime soon," I mean "for many years to come, if ever." The bandwidth requirements are way too high.
The only 1080p content you're going to be able to watch in the foreseeable future will be on Blu-Ray (or if you're a fellow dead-tech buzzard, HD-DVD). That's it. So unless you're a major Blu-Ray fanatic, paying extra for 1080p is a waste of money at any screen size. By the time 1080p is widespread in actual cable/satellite/broadcast television (assuming that ever happens), you'll want a new TV by then anyway.
The only 1080p content you're going to be able to watch in the foreseeable future will be on Blu-Ray (or if you're a fellow dead-tech buzzard, HD-DVD). That's it. So unless you're a major Blu-Ray fanatic, paying extra for 1080p is a waste of money at any screen size. By the time 1080p is widespread in actual cable/satellite/broadcast television (assuming that ever happens), you'll want a new TV by then anyway.