Unless you have a gigantic television, the perceivable benefits of anything higher than 1080p will be moot. The human eye can only see so much. You would be hard pressed to see a difference between even 720p and 1080p from 6-7 feet away on a 42" TV unless you are using it for a computer monitor.
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Unless you have a gigantic television, the perceivable benefits of anything higher than 1080p will be moot. The human eye can only see so much. You would be hard pressed to see a difference between even 720p and 1080p from 6-7 feet away on a 42" TV unless you are using it for a computer monitor.