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Originally Posted by arcticool
Thanks for the reply-
I looked into the 60 inch version and it said it was actually a 1080i tv.
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It isn't.
Its true 1080p; it displays 1080 native.
(what it doesn't *officially* do is accept 1080 PC inputs.)
A great buy, too.
This is a true-life "buying plasma" story:
A friend of mine was all set to buy a 50" 768p Panasonic plasma (very nice and a good buy) at BB but they were out of stock (third attemp to buy a big plasma at that; he first tried to get an LG 56 but the voltage regulator(?!) was shot, and then he tried to get the Panny but they couldn't deliver before turkey day.) so he went to CC instead. They had the Panasonic in stock at the same price but they also had the Sony's in the same corner of the showroom. Same distance, same feed, all he had to do was rotate in place.
Once he saw 1080p made a difference he was sold on the 60.
He then returned to BB and worked himself a deal with delivery within your new budget.
(Since he was replacing an older crt rptv the 21" depth of the Sony 60" was no issue. The movers kindly moved the old set from his basement home theater to the living room, too.)
You can find full reviews on the Sony microdisplays at the Sound and Vision web site along with the Qualia and HP 1080 models. Unlike the HP and Westinghouse 1080's (also reviewed there), the Sony's don't officially accept PC output above 1280 by 1024, my friend has no current interest in HTPC's but I'd check the appropriate threads around here cause the manual listing reads suspiciously. Would not be surprised if it did accept 1080p signals...
Regardless of Technology used, those Sony microdisplays offer very Plasma-like images at un-plasma-like size/price combos.
My friend now thinks the plasma gods just didn't like him and he was destined for a different forum all along. ;-)