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These things have a non-widescreen resolution of 1024x768. You know what that means? HD content would have to be letterboxed and could not be even 720p.

With 1024 pixels on the horizontal axis, a widescreen image must be scaled down to 576 pixels high to be displayed on one of these projectors. That's not HD! Isn't 576 visible lines the PAL standard? Also known as Standard Def. in Europe?

Any projectors listed on EngadgetHD should really at least be able to support a full 720p image. Otherwise, what's the point of EngadgetHD other than the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD flame wars?]]>Jan 29th 2008 7:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/29/mitsubishis-xl1550u-and-xl2550u-projectors-right-at-home-outsi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/29/mitsubishis-xl1550u-and-xl2550u-projectors-right-at-home-outsi/
For example:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8453648&type=product&id=1184767919174
or this plasma
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8254417&type=product&id=1169512581955

Mitchell]]>Jan 29th 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/29/mitsubishis-xl1550u-and-xl2550u-projectors-right-at-home-outsi/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/29/mitsubishis-xl1550u-and-xl2550u-projectors-right-at-home-outsi/
So, with the TV's you linked, the pixels aren't square. You do REALLY get 768 pixels of vertical resolution when watching a widescreen source, but on the horizontal axis, you get 1024 "stretched" pixels.

On the other hand, these projectors are (as far as I can tell) 4:3 only. So, a widescreen source must be letterboxed down to less than 768 pixels high. Like I said, all the way down to 576 Standard-Def pixels.]]>Jan 29th 2008 9:38PM