http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/ Engadget HD Comments for Vizio 42-inch plasma for under a grand on Black Friday http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 15th 2008 12:44AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 16th 2006 7:49PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 16th 2006 9:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/ Westinghouse.]]>Nov 17th 2006 3:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 17th 2006 10:31AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 17th 2006 10:44AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 17th 2006 1:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
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1080i is not 540P. While their bandwidth usage may be approximately close there is a big difference you obviously decided wasn't worth noting.

For instance, 1080i has 1080 line in its frame, but they are separated into two groups of 540 called a field. With 540P you have only 540 lines in the frame. Period. I'll take the 1080i over 540P any day of the week.

The 'i' and 'P' determine how the lines of information are shown, but not how many lines there are.]]>Nov 17th 2006 7:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
So, if you feed it 1280 by 720 it will trow away 20% of the lowest HDTV resolution. But, for those that don't really care about being fleeced the Costco nearest me has 20 units ready for Friday.]]>Nov 18th 2006 3:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
A friend purchased two of them one popped and went blank on the second day, the other looked terrible when compared with my XBR2. Yes i could have got 3 Vizios for the price of my Sony, but then thats just to much bad picture to look at. Id rather have 1 really good picutre.

FYI guys i read the article about 1440P coming in 2007, 2160P has been created in Japan already and i hear our eyes cant notice anything above 1280P.]]>Nov 18th 2006 7:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 18th 2006 9:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 18th 2006 9:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
And while I haven't gone looking yet, just because no 42" or 43" plasma on the market with true 1280 by 720 native resolution doesn't mean one should be allowed to market as if it does. I'm not knocking Vizio, as I own a Vizio, but I will not let my fellow consumers be duped into misleading news reporting or questionable product marketing if I can ante up a reality check.

For instance, maybe you like the less than HD resolution this particular product. It certainly would have a better image at even XGA resolutions than the old boob tubes of yesterday, but its not capable of display either of the two common HDTV resolutions. It can accept them, truncate them, and give you less than HD is display.]]>Nov 19th 2006 8:08AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
(HD resolutions are 1280x720 and 1920x1080.)]]>Nov 19th 2006 4:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
And yes, resolution does greatly effect sharpness. It does other things as well like produce more detail, but the difference most people will see first when look at display resolution is the difference in sharpness.

Take the 42" and 50" Vizio plasmas...compare them side by side and tell me there's a noticeable difference between anything other than picture size. You won't.

People are way to caught up in this resolution hype.]]>Nov 20th 2006 9:08PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
http://playingwithpower.com/2007/05/28/super-high-res-image.aspx

as well as my LCD vs Plasma write up:

http://playingwithpower.com/2007/04/10/lcdvsplasma.aspx]]>Jun 12th 2007 10:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/
How about taking a screenshot with Media Player through the PC port playing a 1080p WMV demo? THAT will show everyone the quality.]]>Jun 23rd 2007 3:19AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/16/vizio-42-inch-plasma-for-under-a-grand-on-black-friday/Nov 24th 2007 8:27AM