# 720p or 1080p?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-or-1080p/517923>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-or-1080p/517923 "2009-11-17T15:54:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-or-1080p/517923/41 "2009-11-18T21:35:33Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> $150 isn’t a great price. They’re going to hit $100 for Christmas. And head to [monoprice.com](http://monoprice.com) for your HDMI cable needs - less than $10 is all you need to spend.

But the $100 ones will play DVDs?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-or-1080p/517923/42 "2009-11-18T21:37:09Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> But the $100 ones will play DVDs?

Yes. All bluray players can play DVDs.

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**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-or-1080p/517923/43 "2009-11-18T23:04:32Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> That would require internet access at home, right?

Yes. But if you don’t care about streaming Netflix (or Pandora) then you probably don’t need to worry about it. Just thought I’d point out a feature that is becoming more common.

Actually, Best Buy’s Insignia brand has a model with the Netflix feature for about the same price you’re paying for that HP model from QVC. I didn’t even know HP made Blu-Ray players.

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**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/720p-or-1080p/517923/44 "2009-11-20T03:22:30Z")

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> [@Lunar\_Saltlick](#):
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> Quick question: Does everybody agree with this? Because displaying digital photos is about the only reason I’m ever going to get hi def. The space I have is about 33 inches. If this is true, I’ll go for 1080p over anything else when I finally take the plunge (but it won’t be for a couple years, anyway).

There’s an easy way to test this.

Even a 3 megapixel image is larger than 1080p. Take a digital photo on your pc and try resizing it to 1280x720 (720p) and 1920x1080 (1080p). It should be pretty clear how much detail you lose.

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