"A person's ability to distinguish small details is described by visual acuity. When individual pixels are barely resolvable, increased resolution brings no benefit for the viewer, unless the viewing distance can be shortened or the display enlarged. For many users' television viewing distances, in order to see the full benefit from 1080p content a display must be bigger than usual or the viewing distance needs to be closer than usual. The ability of the eye to resolve 1080p content also depends on the amount of contrast in the picture. For optimum viewing of resolution it has been recommended that you sit back a maximum of approximately three times the height of your display."
That said, a1080p source on a 720p screen of 50" or less will look better than an upconverted DVD. Is the improvement enough to justify the current premium? For me it was, but Home Theater IS my hobby.
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WebDev511 @ Jun 27th 2008 10:12PM
@Eating Pie
"A person's ability to distinguish small details is described by visual acuity. When individual pixels are barely resolvable, increased resolution brings no benefit for the viewer, unless the viewing distance can be shortened or the display enlarged. For many users' television viewing distances, in order to see the full benefit from 1080p content a display must be bigger than usual or the viewing distance needs to be closer than usual. The ability of the eye to resolve 1080p content also depends on the amount of contrast in the picture. For optimum viewing of resolution it has been recommended that you sit back a maximum of approximately three times the height of your display."
That said, a1080p source on a 720p screen of 50" or less will look better than an upconverted DVD. Is the improvement enough to justify the current premium? For me it was, but Home Theater IS my hobby.