| TWRoO said: Well according the first graph, In my bedroom I would need to go above a 26" screen to notice any difference even for 720p over 480p... and as there seems to be a gap between 26" and 32" TVs nowadays I would have to buy a 32" TV just to have a decent picture improvement over standard definition (a TV that large would look ridiculous in my room) Hell in our entire house there isn't really a suitable place to put a TV that would have a viewing distance over 10-12 feet, and I think anything above a 40" screen would look foolish for that distance anyway (current living room TV is 28" CRT beast that probably weighs as much as me) Which means 720p is really as high a resolution as is useful to me. |
The first graph is a lower limit though, you will notice an improvement going to 100 ppd. The first graph is based on the older assumption of 60 ppd, which is enough not to see the individual pixels but doesn't mean a sharper image won't look better.
At 10 to 12 feet SMPTE standards suggest an upper limit of 74" to 88" diagonal 1080p tv at 62.5 ppd. At 720p you would only get 42 ppd.
At 60ppd you can go upto a 36" 720p tv in your bedroom, but if you want 480p to keep looking good your upper limit is about 24"
Going to a 30 degree viewing angle when you're used to 20 degrees (based on your numbers) is a big difference. It makes racing games a lot easier and everything else a lot more immersive. TVs get flatter and lighter all the time but if you don't have the wall space then there's little use for you. As for looking rediculous, you get used to it and then you don't want to go back.
Ofcourse 1080p is still largely useless unless you buy blu-rays or have your pc hooked up to the tv. 1080i broadcasts look sub dvd quality when things start moving and the highest bitrate for downloaded movies is 10mbps, streaming caps at 5mbps, 720p will be enough for another couple of years. And a 20 degree viewing angle is definitely the max you want to view the Wii at.
