Captain_Rosco
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Looking at buying a new TV, but getting farly fed up already. 
Dose anyone know what the difference is between Full HD 1080p and HD Ready 1080p ?
Tried having a look, but not really getting it...
Any one got a HD Ready 1080p tv? Any good ? or shall i just stick with getting a Full HD?
Cheers !
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Brett
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1080p is 1080p
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Sam
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Means the same thing, just different marketing terms.
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Captain_Rosco
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So why call one Full, and the other Ready ? 
Also why a price difference ?
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Dave are the TVs with the different terms listed above different screen sizes too?
I'm not a TV buff and there is a few people on here who know their beans but I'm sure theres something about having 1080p but it only displays at its true resolution on a certain screen size and above? Otherwise its fucked about with to fit on a smaller screen? - TV warriors please do not slay me with your keyboard if this is incorrect 
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Captain_Rosco
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So there will be no picture difference bewteen the two then ?
Might as well get the cheaper HD Ready 1080p then ?
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Again, it's just marketing.
Examples of price difference with make/model etc.?
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quote:
Originally posted by Captain_Rosco
So why call one Full, and the other Ready ?
Also why a price difference ?
What are the TVs? are they different makes? different sizes? does one have capability of recording TV onto a internal disk? does one have Freesat? so many variables could change the price bruv
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Captain_Rosco
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
Dave are the TVs with the different terms listed above different screen sizes too?
I'm not a TV buff and there is a few people on here who know their beans but I'm sure theres something about having 1080p but it only displays at its true resolution on a certain screen size and above? Otherwise its fucked about with to fit on a smaller screen? - TV warriors please do not slay me with your keyboard if this is incorrect
No, been looking at erither 32" or 40", and finding some that say Full Hd, and some that HD Ready, but with same display figures.
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1080p is 1920x1080 resolution.
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Brett
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As long as it does that res, there's not a lot else to it i dont' think
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Captain_Rosco
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Ah ok, cheers guys !
Just wanted to make sure that i wasn't going to get soming i was going to regret later on.
This was just a quick example of what i am talking about.
HD Ready 1080p
Full HD 1080p
I'm not looking at getting a Tesco TV, but this was the quickest expamle i could find without spnding ages digging up my history pages.
** Oh crap...just seen one is LED, and the LCD 
[Edited on 06-12-2011 by Captain_Rosco]
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One is LED and the other is LCD, that'll be why the LED is dearer. Probably other subtle differences too but have not looked in detail.
If you want a TV that does 1080p, just make sure it says that somewhere in the spec (or a native resolution of 1920x1080).
Full HD/HD ready etc. is all just marketing speak, it's the HD specifications that you need to check.
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Nice !
Cheers dude, will keep an eye out for that then !! 
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If you want top end, you want to be looking for 1080p rather than that resolution, since 1080i would be the same I think.
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Dom
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Both TV's are LCD, except one is LED backlit and the other is cold cathode. But yes, Sam is right in that HD Ready and Full HD is just marketing guff although note that Full HD usually stands for 1080p.
So with the Technika 32-270 I'd double check that it does 1080p rather than 1080i; although with them marketing it as HD Ready I'm assuming it's 1080i only (could be wrong).
And I'd have a look at some reviews first as Technika's are known to have a few picture quality issues like smearing, lag, image retention etc.
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
If you want top end, you want to be looking for 1080p rather than that resolution, since 1080i would be the same I think.
1920x1080 is always capable of 1080p or FullHD.
Any screen less than that is labelled HD Ready and will typically be 1366x768. These can do 1080i from the likes of SkyHD but not 1080p.
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John
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1920x1080 isn't always capable of 1080p.
I would expect almost all to be these days but the resolution doesn't necessarily mean it can do that progressive scan instead of interlaced.
Normally I'd say 1920x1080=1080p but with something crap like technika that might not be the case.
You are also confusing things even further Dave.
A 1366x768 TV will probably accept either a 1080i or p signal, it will not display this at 1080i or p.
This is why most people don't have a clue, even the ones who think they know what's going on, don't.
[Edited on 06-12-2011 by John]
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Our old LCD was "HD ready" but could only do 720p - that's why I say always look at the specs rather than the marketing terms.
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaDave
1920x1080 is always capable of 1080p or FullHD.
So what resolution does a 1080i only tv use??
Just look for "1080p" in the spec like I said, couldn't be simpler 
[Edited on 06-12-2011 by Brett]
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HD Ready used to refer to 1080i - I don't see why companies can't be more clear with their labels. It saves having to check the resolution is correct and that the picture is 1080p
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Dom
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1366x768 is a bodge of a TV resolution as it doesn't follow the ATSC broadcast standard; instead it belongs to CSA.
Bookmarked this ages ago, but a decent read about TV resolutions / 1366x768 etc -
HERE
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
quote:
Originally posted by CorsaDave
1920x1080 is always capable of 1080p or FullHD.
So what resolution does a 1080i only tv use??
Just look for "1080p" in the spec like I said, couldn't be simpler
[Edited on 06-12-2011 by Brett]
1366x768. It scales it to fit.
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John
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How is that different from it scaling 1080p to fit?
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