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Vinny*
04-20-09, 01:41 PM
Walmart is advertising a 900p 19" Sanyo TV. Has anyone else ever heard of this resolution.
LarryFlowers
04-20-09, 01:51 PM
There seem to be a number of these TV's by various manufacturers in the 19" category with "900p"... I did some checking and apparently they take any 480/720/1080i input and convert it to 1440x900 for displaypurpaoses at 900p. Seems strange but thats what I found.
Cholly
04-20-09, 06:14 PM
A 19 inch TV is in all probability too small to have any real noticeable difference in quality between a 480i and 720p picture. About the smallest widescreen TV that you'd notice a difference on would be a 26 inch model.
Lee L
04-20-09, 08:37 PM
Be careful. 1440 x 900 is not 16:9. It is 16:10 and will cut the edge off or stretch.
Mertzen
04-20-09, 08:39 PM
A 19 inch TV is in all probability too small to have any real noticeable difference in quality between a 480i and 720p picture. About the smallest widescreen TV that you'd notice a difference on would be a 26 inch model.

I have a small 19" LCD in my bedroom and trust me the difference between SD and HD is very noticable
paulman182
04-21-09, 06:17 AM
Be careful. 1440 x 900 is not 16:9. It is 16:10 and will cut the edge off or stretch.


I think most of them can be set to display 16:9 by putting bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

My 22 inch drove me crazy stretching everything until I found the setting to make it 16:9.

Of course, it is now neither 900p nor quite 22 inches, but I love it anyway.