http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/ Engadget Comments for Panasonic unveils "world's smallest" 1080p plasma http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/
Well, it's maybe a trick of the language... it's not that it's the smallest TV, it's specifically that it's the smallest 1080p plasma.

It's a big deal because it used to be that if you wanted a 42" set you were limited to 1024x768 and if you wanted a 50" set you were limited to 1366x768.

So what this really is, is just the world's first 50" 1920x1080p plasma set. It's actually an increase in resolution. They just worded things a little funny.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/Except that one company just came out with a 56" LCD display with 3840x2160 resolution. That's like putting four 28" 1080p TVs together.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000670060830/

Nick]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/
Hummm, play on words maybe?

I would certainly be interested in what appears to be better display quality that until now has suffered in the resolution stakes.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/
WTF is a 1080i plasma screen? That doesn't make sense, plasma is progressive scan?]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/
In this context, 1080i refers to the highest resolution digital signal that the display will accept, not its native screen resolution. 1080p on the other hand is being used in a difference context and refers to the resolution of the screen (which incidentally may or may not accept a 1080p signal, using "1080p" products on the market today as references).

Confusing? Yes. But this sort of "overloaded nomeclature" appears to be here to stay. It would make more sense to reserve 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p to describe the signals the the displays accept and always use 852x480, 1280x720, 1366x768, 1920x1080 to describe resolution of the screen. But the marketing people appear to have got ahold of these terms early on, and knew just enough to be dangerous. And so we are stuck with terms that do little to describe displays accurately, but are sure good at making something seem like more that it really is. And that'll sell lots of product, they'll tell ya.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/04/panasonic-unveils-worlds-smallest-1080p-plasma/Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM