Samsung HP-S4253 42" Plasma HDTV - Will It Work?

[DrinkMore]

Kinda confused here. We picked this TV up in January.

Will I see the same picture quality I saw at the Blu Ray "booth" at the local store on my tv?

Im not an idiot.. and I am aware of differences in resolution and such, but I am not up to speed on the nitty gritty.

Question is, am I missing out? Is it worth it? HD tv looks superb, especially the Discovery channel. Is that the quality I can expect from blu ray on this tv or will it be better?

Just curious!

Thanks.

[Deciazulado]

Tell us the specs and inputs man. We don't carry the specs of every tv model ever made on out heads (Well, HDTV1080P does )

If the TV is set up correctly and specially if it's 1080 and accepts 1080p or deinterlaces 1080i correctly, I don't see why not. (equal or surpass what you saw). If you're asking if Blu-ray disc quality surpases HD broadcasts, of course! Just get one of the best mastered BDs and check for yourself.

[Filterlab]

Generally I've found that Blu-ray is better quality than HD Broadcast, although HD Broadcast is very nice.

If yours is an HDTV, pop a Blu-ray player in front of it and it will look spanking.

[DrinkMore]

It is an HDTV. According to the info, it says 720p.

[Deciazulado]

Does it accept 1080i signals? HDMI? HDCP?

[DrinkMore]

From what it says ..

AV1, AV2
S-VIDEO1, S-VIDEO2
COMPONENT1 - 480i/480p/720p/1080i
COMPONENT2 - 480i/480p/720p/1080i
PC
HDMI1 (DVI Compatible)
HDMI2

for Video in.

Also says 1080i for HDMI on both ports.

[ProvenFlipper]

That TV will look great with Blu-ray, despite what some people may tell you. I have a 720p Samsung in my bedroom and it looks great with blu-ray. Depening on the person, you may or may not even notice a difference between 1080p and 720p sources.

[BTBuck1]

Funny I just picked up my second 1080p tv the other day. Before owning them, and viewing in my own home...I alway thought there wasn't an appreciable difference. I can actually spot 1080p easily now. The other day I bought the HLS5087W samsung DLP 50" I got it delivered, setup etc...very happy with it. I go to work the next day (best buy) and I notice a new samsung 50" DLP and I see it from a distance. An associate is showing it to a customer. I immediately notice the picture isn't as good as mine. "Something don't look right" I say to myself. I look down at the Tag...1280x720.

Well thats why.

Years ago,
I used to not be able to tell from ED plasma to HD plasma...that became easy once i got HD. I've always been able to tell 720p to 1080i, 1080i looks better.
I still can't tell between 1080p & 1080i (on a 1080p tv), only that there is less scaling artifacts. Moire i think they call it.

[DrinkMore]

Thanks all!

So my tv is limited at 720p right? However it can accept up to 1080i inputs?

That's how I am reading it.