What is the best possible deal on a HDTV for under $1000 with 720p?

[JesusisGod]

How big is the size of the set and that it features 720p is very important. If there is not HDTV for that price with 720p then what should I get for $1000? Should i wait another year or does anyone know of some really good deals on a HDTV on the net right now. TY in advance

[Joxer]

Do you mean you want the TV to accept a 720p input and convert it to the TV's native display format of 1080i? I'd say the Sony 30HS420 is the best HDTV under $1000. Its 30" 16:9.

[Jim McC]

Do you want a 4:3 set or widescreen?
What's with the 720p?

[kny3twalker]

could he not get a CRT projection for about that much
probably small one

also CRTs down convert 720p to 1080i
they do not show 720p natively

and yeah if you want 4:3 there is the 32" Sony for the same price as the 30" widescreen 16:9

I have seen them selling for about 10% cheaper than this price above of a 1000

[JesusisGod]

Ty for the replys.

The reason I want 720p is because PlayStation 3, Xbox2 and Revolution will all display 720p, 1080i and 1080p (only PS3 though). So i want to make sure the tv lasts a couple of years. I also want only a widescreen.

After reading some more on these forums I am now considering buying this:

Panasonic TH-37PWD7UY Features:

37-inch Enhanced Definition Plasma
16:9 Aspect Ratio
Pixels: 852(H) x 480(V)
4000+:1 Contrast Ratio in dark surroundings
3,620 million colors
Computer and video compatibility including: 480i/p, 576i, 1080i 50/60, 1080p 24, 720p 60, VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, UXGA
Advanced progressive scan processing - optimized interlace to progressive performance
Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

But my only real concern is that prices are coming down really fast and the cheapest i found this HDTV beast is $1569 on CNET. But my question is at the current price reduction the industry is going, do you think this tv will be $1000 by middle 2005? Just curious how good is this HDTV and does it really have 1080P? Sounds to good to be true. =]

[sic0048]

HD is great even at 720p or 1080i. Even though we are apparently starting to see some 1080p TVs, I don't think they are going to be worth buying for several more years. I didn't even know they were available yet, so I am going on your post. But I can't imagine a 1080p (24) picture is going to be remarkably better than a 1080i (60) picture. Twice as many lines of data, but shown half as often = same realitive picture quality IMHO. So until we get full 1080p (60), I wouldn't worry about it. Also, new technology like this is always much more expensive in the beginning, so even when we see 1080p (60) it is going to be purchased at a premium in the beginning. Waiting a few years will really bring the prices down. Personally I don't see 1080p (60) being available at a reasonable price for another 4-6 years.

[sic0048]

Also, I just realized that the Plasma you are looking at is an "Enhanced Definition Plasma." What that means is that even though it will accept a 720p, 1080i and 1080p (24) signal, it CANNOT DISPLAY at those resolutions. It will downvert everything to a lesser resolution (480p I believe). If you want true HD TV, you will need to make sure the plasmas you are looking at are HD plasmas and not ED plasmas. They HD ones will cost considerably more than the EDs.

[brokeniris]

Plasma + static imagery of consoles = burn-in
burn-in + cost of new plamsa tv = pissed off consumer

You should look to DLP, assuming you don't see rainbows, for your gaming needs.

[Joxer]

That Panasonic plasma has a fixed native resolution of 852x480. It accepts all those input formats but scales them all to the native resolution. Thats fine if your viewing distance is beyond 7feet or so.

[dt_dc]

Originally posted by brokeniris
You should look to DLP, assuming you don't see rainbows, for your gaming needs. I agree ... DLP would be MY only choice for gaming.

Of course ... I don't know of any under $1000 ...

At that price, don't worry about 720p NATIVE display ... just find a set that allows 720p input (which many do).

[subysouth]

Originally posted by sic0048
HD is great even at 720p or 1080i. Even though we are apparently starting to see some 1080p TVs, I don't think they are going to be worth buying for several more years. I didn't even know they were available yet, so I am going on your post. But I can't imagine a 1080p (24) picture is going to be remarkably better than a 1080i (60) picture. Twice as many lines of data, but shown half as often = same realitive picture quality IMHO. So until we get full 1080p (60), I wouldn't worry about it. Also, new technology like this is always much more expensive in the beginning, so even when we see 1080p (60) it is going to be purchased at a premium in the beginning. Waiting a few years will really bring the prices down. Personally I don't see 1080p (60) being available at a reasonable price for another 4-6 years.

What is 1080p(24)?

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[sic0048]

Honestly I hadn't seen it before (read that in my post that you quoted), but it is from the specs on that Panasonic ED Plasma. I would have to assume that 1080p (24) is a resolution that display 1080 line progessively (scans the entire picture at one time instead of interlaced), but at only 24 frames/second where normal broadcast TV is 60 frames/second. That is why I don't think you will see any increase in picture quality.