HDMI help please

tightwadten

Hi,is it worth paying £100 more for a tv with an extra HDMI port, the tv i'm intrested in has 2, i'm not sure what they're for, any advice please

weegie.geek

£100 for one hdmi port? Surely there are other features on top of that?

Either way, an hdmi switch won't cost you anything like £100.

hdmi is used for connecting some hi-def equipment like a bluray player/xbox360/ps3/computer. How many you'll need will depend on how many of these you plan on buying/connecting to the tv, and also what other connection options they/the tv have.

tightwadten

There are a few subtle differences, the dearer tv is obviously the newer version, its the Panasonic TH37PX8 as opposed to the TH42PX80B.

Blacksheep1979

Isn't there also 5" difference there? (Just guessing by the model no.)

tightwadten

my mistake, it should read TH37PX80

weegie.geek

By the looks of it, the more expensive one has 15000:1 contrast too, as opposed to 10000:1. An extra HDMI, and extra scart too.

I've just noticed something horrific though, they're both 1024*768.

You really want to spend £600 on something that won't even do proper HD, never mind fullHD?

geordie458

[I've just noticed something horrific though, they're both 1024*768.

You really want to spend £600 on something that won't even do proper HD, never mind fullHD?[/quote]


Whats the difference between proper HD and full HD please?

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weegie.geek wrote: »

I've just noticed something horrific though, they're both 1024*768.

You really want to spend £600 on something that won't even do proper HD, never mind fullHD?

They're both HD Ready so they'll display at 720p or 1080i, so I don't see what you mean ???

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geordie458 wrote: »

Whats the difference between proper HD and full HD please?

HD Ready means the set will display at 720p or 1080i. P = progressive and gives a better image quality compared to interlaced.

Full HD means a set will display both 720p and 1080i but also 1080p.

Depending what you want to use your set for depends on what you should chose. Personally, unless you're getting a 50" tv or you're going to be sitting extremely close to it then 1080p is simply an overkill and not worth the expense.

mdbarber

just read this quickly but it seems weekie is talking about the native panel resolution which means the 720p or 1080i inputs will be downscaled to fit the screen.
You can't fit a square peg thru a round hole.

weegie.geek

be_alright wrote: »

They're both HD Ready so they'll display at 720p or 1080i, so I don't see what you mean ???

This screen's native resolution is 1024*768 (XGA)

HD is 1280*720 (HD720)

FullHD is 1920*1080 (HD1080)


The screen on these tellies won't do any proper HD at all. It's got 80% of the horizontal resolution needed for HD, so it'll downscale the picture to fit on the screen, in the same way (but not to the same extent of course) as a SkyHD box will if you watch HD stuff on a ten year old telly via scart.

If I was spending that much on a TV, I wouldn't accept anything less than proper 720p.

From what I read, a lot of plasma screens are of this lower resolution. I'm not sure if it's a limitation of the technology or not, but them selling it as HD ready is a bit of a !!!!take.