720p vs. 1080p HDTVs: 2009 updateA few years ago I wrote a column about HDTV resolution and whether you should just buy a "standard" 720p/1080i set or pay the extra bucks for a higher-resolution 1080p set. The column was very popular, but people wanted me to update it as the market for HDTVs changed. So I did. The new column was called "720p vs. 1080p: The final word". Alas, it was probably a poor title, because folks asked me to update that one as well.
 XGA LG 42PG60D (right), WXGA Toshiba 42AV550 (right) and 1080p Pioneer KRP-500A (top)1. What's so great about 1080p?1080p resolution--which equates to 1,920 x 1,080 pixels--is the current Holy Grail of HDTV. That's because most 1080p HDTVs are capable of displaying every pixel of the highest-resolution HD broadcasts and Blu-ray movies. They offer more than twice the resolution of the step-down models, which are typically 1,366 x 768 (WXGA), 1,280 x 720, or 1,024 x 768 (XGA). These days, HDTVs with these three lower resolutions are typically called "720p". Nobody wants to remember numbers and "768p" doesn't really roll off the tongue.Tags: 1080p, TV, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, manufacturer |
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