Sony's in a 'bag of hurt' because of Blu-ray

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rolltide101x said:

Nobody with a brain thinks that 1366x768 is 720p. (that's why the 720p in my post was in quotes)

BUT, a huge number of TVs sold as '720p' are actually 1366x768 panels. It results in even worse picture quality than a straight up 1280x720 screen would be. What sucks is that there are also TVs that are 1024x768 that are sold as 720p as well. Very misleading, and interestingly they probably account for a lot of people that think that Bluray is not much better than DVD.

MILLIONS of those crappy TVs were sold over the last decade, so it's pretty easy to see where some bad ideas come from.

I did not know that.  Thanks! I have bought only 1080p tvs lol

Smart man :)

It's sad, because even some nice Plasma panels were sold in that way. So you get really sharp colors and deep blacks, along with smooth motion, but the resolution is all whacked.

1080p native is where it's at, for games and movies. Well, for movies that can really benefit. Watching something with astonishingly good photography and camera work (Inception, The Dark Knight, etc) is a treat on the right screen for sure. Probably 9 out of 10 movies I don't care that much, but it really helps with the right ones.

I guess you could say the same about gaming. Tetris @ 1080p? Who cares. Just as fun at 320x200. BF4 @ 1080p or beyond on PC? Awesomesauce.

If more wasn't better we wouldn't even have next-gen consoles ;) Let's just play everything at 600p!