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Sharp and Philips offer 1080p LCD

Sharp_lc45gd6ua We have heard of 1080p replay – the ultimate HD signal format for now anyway – in projectors from Sony, Samsung and others, but so far very makers have promised flat screen set capable of portraying the even higher defection images. The first 1080p sets are now beginning to trickle on the market from the likes of Philips, with its £2900 37PF9830 PIXEL PLUS LCD set and Sharp with the £3000 LC-45GD6U 45inch Aquos LCD set.

As you may know 1080p delivers 1920x1080 pixels sent at 50 complete frames per second - not 25 interlaced frames as is used by 1080i (the standard to be used by Sky). It not only offers clearer, higher resolution images but progressive scan ensures a more steady image and counters some of that flat screen flare when the sets deal with fast moving  objects.

There is however very little high definition footage in 1080p around – there is precious little HD in the UK anyhow - though there is a DVD player, the Marantz DV9600, which upscales footage to the higher res format.

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Posted by Shiny Media on November 15, 2005

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Not to mention the fact that the 37PF9830 can't actually handle 1080p through any of it's 'HD' inputs. (720p/1080i is the max)

Good research guys.

Posted by: Somebody | November 18, 2005 8:08 PM

We have put these Qs to Philips and are expecting a response shortly. Ashley

Posted by: Ashley | December 7, 2005 10:20 AM

well there is precious little 1080p footage anywhere, including the UK. However there is not very much 720p or 1080i footage either (yeah I know telewest and sky are providers but still few channels and do you really want to watch *all* of their hdtv programming). The big thing however is that HD-DVD and blu-ray will be 1080p and the image will look superb on a display that can handle it. Buy 1080p capable displays for the future. Not for now.

Posted by: Noli | June 29, 2006 11:45 AM

Its for the games..yeeha..dont know about the xbox, but my PS3 outputs games in 1080p & of course the blu-ray discs will output in 1080p.

Posted by: N. Owen | November 30, 2006 11:49 AM

£3000 for a 1080p tv

£449 for a 1080i tv

If you buy a 1080p just now you either have plenty of cash which is fine or are super dumb!!

1080i & 1080p difference is minimal and to pay an extra £2500 (there about)for this slight increase is insanity.....unless money is not a problem.

Both PS3 & Xbox 360 output in 1080p, HDMI output still to come for the 360....

Whats with the PS3 GPU only 256mb o_O

Posted by: Chappo | December 7, 2006 10:24 AM

1080i & 1080p difference is minimal????

Maybe for still images, but because of how our body sees an interlaced image, moving footage at 720p will visually look better than the same image at 1080i.

For the teccies out there, this is because we see interlaced footage at about 60% the resolution of progressive - becuase our brain has to remember what it saw on one scan, and combine it with the next scan. 1080 * 60% = 648, which is lower than the resolution of 720p.

Posted by: Dave | January 7, 2007 12:44 PM

£3000 for a 1080p and £449 for a 1080i (Posted by Owen in Nov). Hmmm thats not exactly a fair statement. You can get a Sony Bravia 40" 1080p for around £1400 or the 720p 40" model for £1000. If I'm splashing out for a new LCD to replace my old CRT (which has lasted almost 8 years) I think I pay the extra to add that little more future proofing. If Blu Ray and HD-DVD support 1080p why would I want to down scale to 720p? I might wait a little longer for the prices to drop but I'm going chose a 1080p LCD when then more wide spread. Try and avoid being an earlier adopter unless you can afford it.

Posted by: Simon | January 30, 2007 9:59 PM

Pioneer have some models that go as high as 1125i ! most offer 1080p, but sky hd at 1080i is still pretty clear. Does anyone know why they didnt make hdmi auto switching like scart i mean come on!!!!!!

Posted by: Tee | April 23, 2007 11:33 PM

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