Page 1 of Looking to buy a 50 inch plasma, need help on some questions

Looking to buy a 50" plasma soon, and would like you opinion.

The two I am looking at are the Panasonic TH-50PZ70B(£1500) and TH50PX70B(1000)

The first one is 1080p (1920x1080) the other 720p (1024x768.

Q1. if they are both 16:9 format, how come the 720p model Pixel rez is 1024x768

Q2. I realize the 1080p model has a higher rez, but if both sets were sitting next to each other, playing the same movie, sitting 3m away, would I be able to tell which was which

Q3. I looked on the net regarding screen burn, and out of the three technologies (crt,lcd,plasma) if a static image was placed on all three, the plasma would be first to show signs of screen burn. In one article the person stated when watching a 2.35 format film to zoom the picture to remove the black bars (he said the edge line between the black bar and picture can cause problems). Now I prefer to watch films in its correct format, so what sort of time frame are we talking about before it can cause damage to the screen.

Q4. Am I right in saying Sky hd is 720 and Blu-ray 1080. the issue with scaling. Would the sky image look better on the 720 model than the 1080 model as there is no scaling needed, and vice versa using blu-ray on the 1080 better than the 720 (similar to Q2)

Q5. I am crazy paying a extra £500 to get 1080p as the 720 is good enough.

Thanks

This item was edited on Sunday, 2nd March 2008, 09:44

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sitting 3m away on a 50" plasma - :o My eyes would be burning holes in me head ;)

"My eyes would be burning holes in me head"

You should look at this viewing distance calculator .

At a viewing distance of 10` the SMPTE recommended screen diagonal is 74" and the figure from THX is 89".

This item was edited on Sunday, 2nd March 2008, 20:56