A few years ago, TV manufacturers hyped “Full HD” vs. normal HD televisions. The difference was instead of 720 vertical lines of resolution (720p) there was 1080 vertical lines (1080p). They even put “Full HD 1080p” stickers on the televisions to market them as being special.
The thing is, most people don’t sit close enough – or don’t buy a tv large enough – to notice the difference. It also doesn’t help that neither Rogers or Bell broadcasts any channels in 1080p (1080i is the highest, but that’s another show).
HD Guru has a chart on what the optimum viewing distance is for televisions. For my 46″ TV to notice 1080p details, it’s actually 72 inches, which is only six feet away. I sit 10 feet from the TV so maybe that’s a good excuse to buy a bigger TV.
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I sit 6 feet away from my 67 inch TV in my 1080p environment (where BluRay movies are watched). And about 10 feet away from my 50 inch TV in my 720p environment, which is mostly for TV watching.