1080p The smallest screen possible?

[samhain]

When the new 1080p screens hit these shores in the future, they will more than likely be massive to cope with the number of pixels required to display a 1980 x 1080 resolution.

From a technical point of view what will be the smallest screen possible whislt ouputting true 1080p? 50" 60" bigger smaller?

Thank you

[StooMonster]

My desktop 30" LCD monitor has 2560x1600 pixels. 1920x1080 appears as small window in the middle of it. In my business we use Dell 17" laptops with 1920x1200 resolution, so 17" could be smallest size.

Fujitsu Hitachi have just announced 1920x1080 42" (ALiS) plasma screens.
1920x1080p 42" plasmas from Fujitsu Hitachi ... but they are ALiS

StooMonster

[pjskel]

Please, who watches TV on a 17" LCD?
The whole point of full HD panels for TV use is as the standard HD (1366x768) is stretched to fit 37"+, and UK homes (Europe in general for that matter) have limited sized rooms, then the closer you sit to one the more pixelation you can readily see.
Add more pixels into the mix, and you can sit the same distance away, or even closer, and the pixelation problem is gone.
Since most homes have the requisite distance from a 32", the manufacturers are concentrating on 37"+ for full HD panels.
This is likely to result in pushing the cost of 26's & 32's panels down, and the 37"+ at the £1500-2000 admission point.
Don't envisage them doing two different 37's side by side, the previous model will be replaced by the new improved version. Some might start at 40/42, or bigger, if they feel the 37 is fine as is and selling well, esp. if the price is dropped along with the 32's.
But 37 seems to be the cut-off point.

[neilmcl]

Originally Posted by pjskel

Please, who watches TV on a 17" LCD?

I think Stoomonster was just making the point in reply to the OP that it is possible to make a true 1920x1080 screen at a small size not that it would happen.

[StooMonster]

Yes I was answering OP, and saying 17" is smallest possible ATM ... not 50" or 60".

Actually 1080p looks good on the 17" laptops, but once one gets more than a couple of feet away it's impossible to tell the difference with DVD running on the screen.

StooMonster

[pjskel]

My bad - thought we were talking about TVs likely to be produced in the coming year or 2 at full HD resolution.