i would say the smearing is non existent,especially with the 360,and my lg prog scan dvd player..ive tried GRAW,dead rising,cod2,tiger woods,table tennis,geometry wars,galaga,and lots more,and the only one i was bothered about was GRAW(jungle scenes,forests,lots of earthy colors.),which passed for me with flying colors.
grey black levels...nah..dvd,graw,cod2,and dead rising never gave me that problem.
i did find the microsoft vga cable was a better overall picture than the m$hidef av pack..
ive used rgb scarts with a cheap dvd player,its fine,used a plain old vhs player,that too was fine-ish..glad video has progressed lol..
not tried the laptop,as it needs memory,last ram went pop!.
as for the 1080p xbox 360..i beleive that update is quite soon,and so is the xbox 360 hddvd add-on,which ill be getting,so i dont see why people keep going on about "the ps3"..1080p should be here before that ever sees europes shores..
im just very happy that i got nearly £500 off a £1500 tv,and now other people are going to get bargains too..for less than £1k,you cant grumble..but i guess people will..