I get the question a lot, so I thought I might write a post about it as a ready-made answer to the next few.
“I’m gonna buy a new (LCD) TV, should I go for HD Ready or for Full HD?”
1. What’s the difference?
Full HD is (at least) a 1920 x 1080 pixels (also called 1080i or 1080p, depending on whether the signal is interlaced/not as good or progressive/better) resolution. An HD Ready TV will typically only have a 1366 x 768 (WXGA) resolution, but it will still accept 1920×1080 input (that’s why it is ‘ready’).
2. What’s your budget?
You will have a hard time finding a TV that is “Full HD” under the 1000€ mark (Pixmania now has 1 Hitachi of 975€). If you want to spend more like 600€, that solves a lot of difficult choices!
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