42" 1080p, or 50" 720p?

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

My girlfriend and i are getting a bigger TV for our new place, and are running on a budget.

Went down to costco today, and the two TV's that caught my attention were a 42", 1080P LCD w/ 120hz refresh rate, and a 50" Panasonic 720P TV with what im assuming is a 60hz refresh rate. Both are the same price.

We have a good sized living room, so obviously we would like the bigger TV, but am i gonna see a big difference in quality between the two? We have HDTV, and will be getting a blu ray player (we watch a lot of movies)

All opinions welcome. I'de like to keep it simple and not have to order a TV and rather just buy one at a store, and im running on about an $800 budget.

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[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Have you looked at them in the stores. I think the 720 and 1080 are how many pixels wide the picture is. So maybe that will help. At a distance it might not be quite as noticeable and would only look better if you have HD, IMO.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

yeah i went and looked at both of them today. Hard to tell them apart due to the fact that they werent next to each other.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

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[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

I have a 23" 720p television hooked up to my desktop/xbox360, and compared it to my girlfriends vizio 32" 1080p TV, and the vizio dominated my little 23" samsung, but i also have to consider that the size is WAY bigger in comparison

 

[JL Audio 5,000+ posts]

i have a 73" 1080p ... so there. get the 50"

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Get a 1080p, I had a 720p and man what a differance in picture especially if your gonna be watching Bluray on it...

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

I would go with 42" and 120hz

To me I would sacrifice just 8 inches just to have great quality picture with 120hz and 1080p.. 120hz is an awesome feature and possibly my favorite feature on my Sony 46" Z series.. It never failed to amaze me.

But some might say the different way, but to me 42" is big enough and you should want that kind of quality over extra 8 inches of screen

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

i have a 73" 1080p ... so there. get the 50"

lol just because you got 73 inch, he should get the 50 inch?

I chuckled at this post

 

[MrMckie 10+ year member]

get the 42"...in the long run it's a better value seeing how you going with a blu-ray player. With HD cable/satellite you can't really see a big difference between a 720 or 1080 tv.

Consider this as well, with the 42" you'll see almost everything that's going on on-screen..with the 55" your eyes are gonna be all over the place (unless your like 15-20ft away)

 

[johnky]

Is the 50" Panasonic also LCD TV? Not too many source will give you true 1080p resoultion. But when it does give you true 1080, you will definitely see a noticeable difference between 1080 and 720.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

I don't get why people buy huge tvs, and then put them 25 feet away.

 

[johnky]

I don't get why people buy huge tvs, and then put them 25 feet away.

Because they are rich?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Actually I think because big screen TVs are so cheap nowadays, you can basically build a small private theater in your own house.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[GavinVoy 10+ year member]

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[kpozr2 10+ year member]

i bet the Panasonic refresh rate is higher than 60hz, my guess is that it is a plasma with at least 1mil:1 contrast ratio and is probably a decent set for the money.guessing around 900 bucks. Either way you'll be happy.