oh yeah, 1080p plasma is what I am really waiting for. Even though plasma black level is better than lcd, it is still improving...and the next gen pioneer's black level is said to be very very good...almost as black as "real" black. Philips' 65" 1080p plasma will have a MSRP of USD3k+ how much would you think the 42", 46", 50" and 55" 1080p would cost? I'm gonna get a 30+" 1080p LCD as my monitor next time...waste of $$ to spend on the 24" 1200p monitor now.

Good thing about AVS forum is that I find most people there are not brand biased. People in AVS forum are mostly practitioner, they buy what they believe delivers really good quality, and people who buys into >price = >quality have little say in that forum.

This is the first time I heard of RSP (retail selling price). You sure you didnt got confused?

MSRP = Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price
SRP = Suggested Retail Price

This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Jan 21 2007, 12:12 PM

Signal are suposedly all analog to begin with. HDMI/DVI connection is just like SPDIF connection for audio, you are basically transporting the digital signal to the TV's DAC and let the TV do the conversion. Many TVs nowadays take 1080p via component too. There are also external video DAC out there, which is oftened known as processor in the AV scene (audio scene = DAC).

@kancheong
I do not believe there are DVDp that takes input, they are mostly output devices only. However, if you feed the signal to your TV which does upconversion (read manual, some TVs will do upconversion when connected to particular input only), it the signal will be upconverted. Then again, I can assure you, it will still look like crap.