You have to look at your source. If whole day watch 1080p then go for FHD. But if u also use console gaming or cable or DVD then maybe HD ready is better because u will avoid the scaling artifacts. That is why some TV looks bad with live video streaming. Generally if u sit >6' away with <50" TV u can hardly see the diff between the PQ of a FHD and HD ready. Put it another way: use the same camera and take a picture using 1MP and 2MP option and see if u can discern a difference in quality.

I would go for HD ready for now and save the money to get better FHD TV in 3-5 years time when all our broadcast can go 1080i/p instead of 720p. Nonetheless I think 1080p will be the convergent digital standard going forward for PC, video, camcorders, etc.

Plasma energy consumption is still double LCD as rule of thumb. But 5 years ago it was like >600W for plasma and now about 300W. It's not the same "double"

If it was 5 years ago, I would have ask a similar question...FullHD or HD only.

Those days FullHD was like RM10K above...

Now, there is no looking back..

FULLHD all the way!

10 to 15 years later, Ultra HDTV (i.e., 4320p [7,680 × 4,320 pixels]) all the way.

how 'real' can it/PQ get samore?

At that time the TV should be bigger than now. Maybe 1 to 1 ratio? Maybe that time 3D is very common thing and when you watch TV, just like you watch it real live. Good to watch some type of movies.

This post has been edited by low98944: Aug 25 2010, 03:58 PM

and how much would that be i wonder. 20k?

Enough with this nonsense, if you can have 2-4 air conditioning units in your home. 1 plasma tv isn't going to be a big problem.

HD READY STILL THE BEST!!!

just wanna ask ... have anybody try put 1 42' HD ready and 1 42' full hd side by side, do all best setting, see any differnet or not"
anybody anybody???

This post has been edited by thonysky: Aug 25 2010, 04:53 PM

I have HD Ready Plasma TV at home and after calibration, the PQ are perfect!

.... and i do not have 2 42' tv at home, anyone want to sponsor one 42' full hd to me so i can compare?

sponsor...

some people have actually compared 50" hd ready and full hd side by side and yet, they can hardly tell the difference.

if you sit far enough to watch, then no difference between FullHDTV and HDTV

that is true. the difference is there but hard to notice..

ok by comparing both HD ready n full HD, what the source u guys use?

if u compared using normal dvd playback n an normal av cable, fo sure no difrent

i found very hueg different on 720p n 1080p even on a puny 32" , n of course using a bluray playback to differentiate

Ask Anfieldude and other calibrating sifus.
If you are taught how to spot the difference, once you have spot it, it will be implanted in your brain cell and you'll forever remember it.
If you are not taught how to spot it, both FHD/HD will be forever be no differences.
Avatar is a good movie where such differences are easily spot e.g. Color vibrancy, Clarity of background scene, details of trees / grass etc.

Morale of the story: If you have never try "Mou San Wong" durian, you'll never know how good it tastes or you'll say D24 is still the best.

As per my post above:

To me the key to a good TV (as of now) is not how it displays 1080p native. But how it displays 480i DVD or broadcast media or even high performance gaming. That demands a good processor.

In addition I think it is easier to see resolution difference for LCD than Plasma as Plasma contrast is much better.

IMHO this analysis is almost certainly wrong:

This post has been edited by specuvestor: Aug 26 2010, 12:28 PM

"Mou San Wong" durian FTW!!!!

In my personal opinion, whatever tv you can afford to buy is the best tv, regardless of hd ready or full hd.

cited from cnet - http://reviews.cnet.com/hdtv-resolution/

"Although resolution separates HDTV from standard-definition TV, it's not as important to overall picture quality as other factors. According to the Imaging Science Foundation, a group that consults for home-theater manufacturers and trains professional video calibrators, the most important aspect of picture quality is contrast ratio the second most important is color saturation, and the third is color accuracy. Resolution comes in fourth, despite being the most-cited HDTV specification. "