but what the hell is "natural" when describing resolution?

I think you mean "native." It means that the TV will show you the program in
whatever resolution it was broadcast. If it's SD, you'll have black bars on
either side... it's better than stretching the image which distorts things.

As far as 1080 or 720, if its a smaller set (ie 37"), save your money and
get the 720. those numbers are vertical lines, and you won't be able to tell
the difference. It's like taking a photo at 10 megapixels resolution, and
printing a 4 x 6 of it.

--Mike

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:01:04 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Not exactly a boating topic, but...

What is the difference between 720 and 1080 - resolution?

Which is better - LCD or plasma?

360 lines....... or 30% higher resolution

Plasma.

Don't believe anything anyone else tells you about Plasma vs LCD.

I'm buying one for my office - the old beast 32 inch Sony Triniton
finally gave up the ghost.

The HDTV in the living room was purchased by the kids - I think it's
an LCD, but I don't know for sure - I know, stupid of me, but that's
the wife's TV. I don't watch a lot of TV other than Dirty Jobs,
Mythbusters, National Geographic Channel occasionally plus sports when
I'm interested - other than that, it just sits there.

So I'm replacing the old Sony and getting 37 inch HDTV, but after
reading up on it, I'm just more confused. I get the resolution thing,
but what the hell is "natural" when describing resolution?

I've heard that plasma is generally a better TV than LCD.