1080P Best Buy Experience

JJKizak wrote on 3/21/2006, 4:34 PM
Went to the local Best Buy to look at the Sony SXRD 50" 1080P and Best buy had the local cable feed to it as well as the other sets. I asked the salesman to switch to the Sony Demo. They did not have the Sony demo. I said if you did you would sell a million of them. He said we already sell a million of them. Then he said there is no 1080P material available and that the Sony set is not 1080P but just upconverts to it. I said if you had the Sony 1080P demo like Circuit City you would blow these other sets away. Well ho hum doodly doo one two buckle my shoe.

JJK

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backlit wrote on 3/22/2006, 7:12 AM
JJ

Just curious... What type of media does the Sony use for the 1080P demo? Oh, and what interface is used? (HDMI or DVI-D)

David
JJKizak wrote on 3/22/2006, 7:37 AM
The one I saw at Circuit City was a Sony HD-DVR with a custom Sony demo and don't know what they were using to input it. Even the AVS forum is lacking info on this. If I were to speculate I would say it was a special file on a hard drive maybe Bluray related. All I can say is it was pumping out 1080P for sure, made the other large brands look real bad, and that's being very kind.

JJK
backlit wrote on 3/23/2006, 8:54 AM
The really sad part is that these 1080p displays are useless without 1080p media and I don't see any of this media. No satillite, no CATV, no OTA, no DVD, sigh... So perhaps a more useful demonstration would be how the TV looks upconverting other formats. A 1080p demo is all about potential and will inevitibly lead to disappointment from consumers buying the TV and getting them home to find out they don't look any better than the 1080i they had. Of course if they are replacing their 1992 Zenith, then they will still see a huge difference in picture quality...

David
GregFlowers wrote on 3/23/2006, 9:38 AM
There is a lot of 1080i material out there. One could argue that 1080i material would look better displayed on a 1080p set than on a 720p set. There are several IMAX 1080p WMV movies that could be displayed in their full glory, mainly for demo purposes. I agree that SD and most HD currently will not benefit from 1080p sets. But it would be hard for me to justify spending a few thousand dollars on an HD display that was limited to 1080i or 720p, when I know we are on the verge of having more 1080p content.
t-keats wrote on 3/23/2006, 9:39 AM
Time and experience has shown me that I would not buy anything at Best Buy that I could get elsewhere. Tapes, CDs okay but big stuff - no thank you. The sales people are often rude or aggressive.

I once returned a defective VCR that I bought there with cash within 2 days of purchase. I had to wait almost 2 weeks to get a refund by check.
backlit wrote on 3/24/2006, 8:22 AM
Greg,

I see your point assuming that one is not paying a huge premium for the progressive capability. And I dearly hope you are right about the future of 1080p content.