LCD/Plasma for Xbox360 advice

Originally Posted by wyrdness

The resolution of the TV is 1366×768 pixels. 1080p is 1920x1080. The TV is accepting the 1080p signal from the xbox and downscaling it to 1366x768.

1920x1080 is 2073600 pixels. 1366x768 is 1049088 pixels.
So your TV is only displaying 50% of the pixels that the xbox is producing.

It should still look very good though.

I, on the other hand, have a TV that can display 1920x1080 pixels, and a Nintendo Wii that only outputs 720x480 pixels. So I get a really crap picture.

Ta, I did try looking this stuff up, but this makes much more sense. Still looks lovely as you said.

I wish it just said that... I have 1 million pixels, and yours has 2 million. Nice and easy.

Ta for the info Wyrdness. I take it that when looking at monitors rather than TVs I should be looking for widescreen aspect ration monitors that either say they support 1920x1080 resolutions or 1080P, as opposed to "HD ready" as a lot seem to claim (presumably they mean 1080i).

I was under the impression that 'HD ready' mean they take a HD imput, so could mean they have any resolution, low or high.

1080p and 1080i have the same resolution from what I understand but one means interlaced and one is a progressive scan. The Interlaced scan draws 2 pixels at a time so while your using 2 million pixels it draws 2 at the same time with the same information, where as 1080p will draw each individual pixel, so you get a true 2 million pixel use.

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Ta for the info Wyrdness. I take it that when looking at monitors rather than TVs I should be looking for widescreen aspect ration monitors that either say they support 1920x1080 resolutions or 1080P, as opposed to "HD ready" as a lot seem to claim (presumably they mean 1080i).

'HD Ready' means that they support at least 720p. That's a minimum of 1024x720, though most HD Ready panels these days are around 1366x720.
Most will be able to display a downscaled 1080p signal.

Panels with a native 1920x1080 resolution are sometimes called 'Full HD'. Obviously they're more expensive than the 720p panels. For normal TV viewing or gaming, you're unlikely to notice much of a difference.

Ill be sitting about 6 feet away from the TV. Ive been advised to go for 37" again but im not sure if I can fit it in the space!

Samsung do have a dedicated games mode where I think it boosts the refresh rate. Whats required to run games - anything above 4m/s? I dont want to buy an LCD where I get a lot of motion blur. Its perfect on the Tosh ive got but I dont want to be forking out another £550 to put upstairs.

60hz should be fine.

Tesco's has some cracking deals on TV's at the mo.

Fancy the Sony Bravia 32v4000 at a shade under £400. Looks good even if it isnt 1080p (not necessary for the 360 really though is it?)