I've been looking at getting a 42" plasma as a TV viewing complement to my projector.
However, almost all the reasonably priced (i.e. under £2000) "HD Ready" models available at the moment are either 1024x720 or 1024x1024 resolution.
Now, as far as I'm aware, in order to be HD Ready, a device has to be able to display 720p NATIVELY, i.e. 1280x720 actual pixels. Seeing as the two resolutions in question fall quite a bit short of this, how can they be described as HD Ready?
Even if the definition of the term is loose and manufacturers can get away with only the 720 horizontal lines, this must introduce some terrible scaling artefacts due to the oblong pixels and a fifth of the horizontal resolution missing?
What's the score with this? At the moment I'm thinking of dispensing with the idea of a plasma and going for a smaller LCD with sufficient resolution to display a full 720p signal...
However, almost all the reasonably priced (i.e. under £2000) "HD Ready" models available at the moment are either 1024x720 or 1024x1024 resolution.
Now, as far as I'm aware, in order to be HD Ready, a device has to be able to display 720p NATIVELY, i.e. 1280x720 actual pixels. Seeing as the two resolutions in question fall quite a bit short of this, how can they be described as HD Ready?
Even if the definition of the term is loose and manufacturers can get away with only the 720 horizontal lines, this must introduce some terrible scaling artefacts due to the oblong pixels and a fifth of the horizontal resolution missing?
What's the score with this? At the moment I'm thinking of dispensing with the idea of a plasma and going for a smaller LCD with sufficient resolution to display a full 720p signal...