Tuesday, August 17, 2010

HDTV Cool On Computer Monitors

It doesn't provide much benefit to watching on small TV screens.

More people are using their TV screen and their computer monitor as one fancy shmancy screen.

Karen Triggiani emails me this story from the LAT:

1080p, the maximum image resolution for high-definition television, used to be found only on big-screen models with price tags in the thousands.

But 1080p resolution has become so commonplace that it's being offered on models in the low 20-inch range, with prices down to $300.
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"It has been a big trend over the last year," said Paul Gagnon, an analyst with Display Search. "You used to not see any sub-32-inch sets offered with 1080p resolution. Now about a third of them are."

That sounds great for TV watchers on a budget or with limited space for a set. But there's a catch: On a relatively small screen, the benefits of this resolution level -- which crams 1,080 lines of digital information onto the display -- are minuscule.

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