whats hd tv all about?

Question

iv got a Maxim 11-57 32" Widescreen LCD TV was told it was hd in the shop but iv been looking round online and it seems its not so ill probs go back get my money back.
but then iv been told it all depends on the resalotion of the tv.
i plug my xbox 360 in to the tv and its running at 1280-1024 ... is that hd if so what one as i hear theres a 720 or a 1080 all these numbers mean nothing to me lol.
im wanting to get sky hd aswell but all the conection on my tv are 3 scarts, vga, DVI.
on the dvi it does say dvi/ hdmi i thought that was weird tho.
any ehlp be good thanks

Answer 1

HD stands for High Definition. Basically it's better quality pictures on TV.

Answer 2

HD is really about getting a nice resolution image on a big screen. My 27 inch sony looks great but my friends 50" rear projection tv looks like crap. Its an old Standart Def CRT TV but it always looked bad. It sacrificed image quality for size. Now with HD my 50 inch HD plasma looks awesome in HD. Looks better than anything out there.



Its the same concept as a digital camera. More megapixels does not make a 4x6 image any better no matter how many mega pixels you have. But once you begin to blow up images the megapixels count. Pictures taken w/ my camera phone look nice on my phone and like crap everywhere else



HDTV is anything over 1024X768 You multiply that and that gives you the pixel count. just under 1million



The last number is the amount of lines from top to bottom.

The first is from left to right.



So a 720 TV has 720 lines from top to bottom

A 1080 TV has 1080 lines from top to bottom



Calling a tv by this number has become kinda mainsteam even though most people don't know exactly what it means.

Also most people think 1080p is better.

I only feel its better if the TV is big enough.

55inches and above benefit from 1080p

Below that you will have a tough time seeing the benfit unless you are 4 feet from the TV. Gaming Monitors and CAD monitors do benifit from these high resolutions.. Because you sit so close. dell has a sick one out



Check out the links below they are a great place to start.

Answer 3

hi, i recommand you some useful article about HDTV. maybe these articles will give you some bright idea.



1. Should You Get An Actual HDTV -- Or An HDTV-Ready TV? That Is The Question!



http://network.sitesled.com/hdtv-1.html



2. How An Average Consumer Should Find An HDTV .



http://network.sitesled.com/hdtv-2.html



3. Things to Consider when choosing an HDTV



http://network.sitesled.com/hdtv-3.html



4. Broadcast Engineer picks HD sets



http://network.sitesled.com/hdtv-4.html



Good Luck && Best Wishes!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

as far as i know 720 is dvd quality 1080 is hi def youneed hdmi input for sky

Answer 6

Review the information on Wikipedia. Here's a direct link...



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