37" screens not good ?

loki10

03-11-2008

Hi all ,
I was looking at a couple of threads here and someone said they'd been told that 37" screens weren't as good quality as either 32" or 40" .
I'd never heard this before . Is it true ? And if so, can anyone explain why ?

cosmo_kramer

03-11-2008

I don't think that even makes sense? But I could be wrong.

Gadget Guy

03-11-2008

It kind of makes sense if you think about the resolution of the screens. The bigger the screen the more noticeable the errors and defects in the picture.
Most 32" screens seem to be 1360x768 pixels which gives a good SD picture but a 37" screen with the same res will show up the defects more unless you sit further away.
I guess 42" screens have a much higher resolution to cope with HD pictures (when I have viewed SD on a 42" screen the experience generally has been quite disappointing.)
Not sure what res most 37" screens are but if they are 1360x768 they are going to look worse than a 32" screen. If you fork out more cash for a true HD resolution 37" then it should look great.
I have recently bought a relatively cheap 1360x768 32" LCD and am very pleased with it when viewing analogue or freeview. An upscaling DVD player seeemed to make little difference at this screen size but may be more noticeable on a bigger set.

stvn758

03-11-2008

I did read that bigger screens suffer more problems, 46in etc.

Fatwaz

03-11-2008

it's common sense surely.sit 4 feet away from a 26' screen and it will look good,same distance viewing a 40' screen and of course you will see the defects in a picture.the whole point of getting 37" and above screens is to sit further away.if you only sit 6-7 ft away you would be better off with a 32'

russellelly

03-11-2008

Originally Posted by Gadget Guy:
“It kind of makes sense if you think about the resolution of the screens. The bigger the screen the more noticeable the errors and defects in the picture.
Most 32" screens seem to be 1360x768 pixels which gives a good SD picture but a 37" screen with the same res will show up the defects more unless you sit further away.
I guess 42" screens have a much higher resolution to cope with HD pictures (when I have viewed SD on a 42" screen the experience generally has been quite disappointing.)
Not sure what res most 37" screens are but if they are 1360x768 they are going to look worse than a 32" screen. If you fork out more cash for a true HD resolution 37" then it should look great.
I have recently bought a relatively cheap 1360x768 32" LCD and am very pleased with it when viewing analogue or freeview. An upscaling DVD player seeemed to make little difference at this screen size but may be more noticeable on a bigger set.”

I had a 32" LCD resolution 1366x768. I now have a 37" plasma resolution 1024x720. The latter's picture quality is miles ahead of the former. On paper the pixel density is lower, but to my eyes that's not the major factor in picture quality (more pixels = more upscaling for standard definition).

fmradiotuner1

03-11-2008

I only sit a few feat away from my Toshiba 42x but find the pictures great most the time apart from when football is on.

And I find the picture is as good as my old samsung 32in LCD TV.