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Of course 1080p TVs are more affordable now, but I frankly couldn't tell the difference and the HD picture I get on the Panasonic is stunning, I couldn't be happier about it.
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Yep, Alan, looking at them in the store, I don't think I could tell the difference either, but then I couldn't tell the difference in LCD and plasma pictures either.
I had a salesman who actually seemed to know what he was talking about (yeah, I know, when you don't know anything, you can be fooled). But he said something about almost no one transmitting in 1080p? or some such. I did go ahead and buy the 1080. The receiver (or converter) or whatever you call that box between the dish and the TV for DirecTV can be set for 480i, 480p, 720p, or 1080i. I really hadn't paid it any attention since it was hooked up, but recently there was a little dialogue box that popped up in the lower right corner of the screen that said for the best HD picture to change to 1080i and if the picture didn't come back on to change back to 720p. OK, sure enough it was on 720p and I changed it to 1080i. Is the picture any better? I don't know; looked good to me both before and after.
