Stefl1504 said:
I have a 21" TV using 1080i/720p. I just recognised that small SD-TV fed with a HD-TV signal (and recording) scaled down to fit its screen looks as awesome as my TV at home... well I do not know how it really works but thats how some guy at work explained it to me, and I saw it with my own eyes. Maybe its all just because of the small TV sizes I use... the SD-TV had 19" and like said before my HD-TV has 21" |
yea, if you look at the chart below (for the average person, obviously each person is different), to appriciate 720p on a 21" tv you'd have to be sitting less than 5 ft away. If you notice, a 55" TV at 1080p has a benefit if you sit ~10ft away (I actually sit 9ft away for optimal movie viewing myself)
Obviously the reality is they are pushing HD onto users with tiny screens and upping how much they earn, but for minimal benefit for those users. Get HD if you have a big screen, else it doesn't matter too much unless you sit really close.