Why Should You Choose for 1080p HDTV?

Posted on by Donny Billinton on February 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Understanding What Is 1080p HDTV.

If you are looking for a new High Definition Television (HDTV) and you have little confuse about lots of terminology such as 1080i, 720p and 1080p on the LCD TV or Plasma TV . When you ask for the salesperson then he will recommend you for 1080p. So the question is why you should pick 1080p and what is the difference with others? In this article you will find out all about HDTV terms, 1080p and 1080i.

The first thing you should consider when choosing a HDTV is the structure of the screen. It means refer to the pixels on its display. This would be similar with scan lines on the previous tube type television screens. The image on the displays will look better with the more pixel (or lines) they have.

1080p HDTV

The definition of 1080p is the number represent of how many lines of vertical resolution and the letter “p” is stand for progressive scan or non-interlaced. In this case 1080p means the display have 1080 lines of vertical resolution with progressive scan.

1080p resolution which equates to 1,920 x 1,080 pixels is the highest resolution of HDTV currently. That’s because on paper 1080p HDTV are capable of displaying every pixel of the highest-resolution HD broadcasts. On paper, 1080p HDTV is able to provide 2,074,000 pixel/frame.

1080p vs 1080i

Today in the market there are two kind of 1080 HDTV, that 1080i (interlaced) and 1080p (progressive).

What make the difference is the 1080i only the even horizontal lines are drawn in one frame/field and only followed by the odd horizontal lines in the following field. This means is that in any given frame/field, only 540 lines of horizontal resolution are being displayed. If an interlaced image is showing fast motion, sometimes a type of breakup can be seen.

The “p” in 1080p stands for “progressive,” and what it means is that all 1080 lines of resolution are shown in each frame/field. The best of all is the 1080p HDTV option offers the best of both world, 60 frames per second at 1920 x 1080 pixels. The total bandwidth is 124 million pixels per second, double that of 1080i. It can display any HDTV signal without any down converting, while 1080i signals only require some gently “de-interlacing” to work properly.

Conclusion

The factors that make up image quality on a TV are Resolution, Contrast Ratio, Color Accuracy & Saturation and Black Level.

If you are watching from 1080p HDTV, you should concern for the viewing distance because if you sit too far, the benefit of 1080p HDTV will be lost. The recommended viewing distance is 1.5 to 3 times the screen width.

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