Are these honourable specs for a 50in Plasma?
Features
16:9 Aspect Ratio
16.77 Million Colors
Contrast Ratio 10,000:1
Brightness 1200 cd/m^2
Native Resolution: 1366 x 768 Pixels
HDMI with HDCP x 2 sets
RS-232 Control Port
Preset Picture Settings (Vivid, Cinema, Standard, User)
Auto Video Detection/Synchronization
Burn-in Protection
MotionDSCTM II Video Processor
3-D Y/C Digital Comb Filter
Specification MX-50X5
Display
Screen Size
50" Diagonal
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Number of Pixels
1366 (H) x 768 (V)
Pixel Pitch
0.81 mm (H) x 0.81 mm (V)
Contrast Ratio
10000:1
Brightness
1200 cd/m2
Displayable Colors
16.77 Million Colors
Signals
Synchronization (Auto Detect)
Horizontal Frequency
15kHz/31~64 kHz
Vertical Frequency
60~70 Hz
Video System
480p, 720p, 1080i
VESA Resolution Support via RGB
Up to 1280 x1024
Answers: $700 for a 720p 50" plasma is a pretty angelic price. However, since no tuner is mentioned this is likely to be a monitor (meaning you will want a external tuner or to use a cable or satelite receiver to nurture a TV signal). You can connect a DVD player, etc directly though. Paradoxically, monitors usually cost more than actual HDTVs.
What doe the specs mean?
FIRST ... know you can't use specs as a substitute for looking at the picture as okay. That's the real examination since specs can lie or disguise oodles weaknesses. Despite anything I vote below ... carefully scenery the TV with a well-mannered source signal (e.g. Blu-Ray or HD DVD over HDMI) under conditions similar to how you plan to use it (e.g. viewing distance, lighting) back buying. Get one of the HT staff to assist you if necessary (and after reading below you will be a bit smaller quantity ignorant and better competent to communicate with him/her!)
16:9 aspect ratio (width to height) finances the native resolution is widescreen (vs 4:3 on elder TVs). You will still see black bars if the program is except 16:9 (1.78:1), but widesreen movies will fill more of the peak than on a 4:3 display.
1366 x 768 = numbers of pixels (PIcture Elements, i.e. dots)) that make up the picture (pixel pitch is distance between individual pixels). A highly developed resolution (1920 x 1280) exists but is much more expensive. High definition TV means 720p, 1080i or 1080p. This display meet the 720p/1080i HD standard, but not 1080p.
BTW, the "p" in 720p money "progressive" ... all the horizontal lines surrounded by a frame (one image of the 60/sec drawn by the TV) are drawn sequentially, fairly than first the odd numbered lines later the even and the two halves together perceived as a frame (this is annotated as "i" or interlaced, e.g. 1080i). 1080i can give a 'better' picture (higher resolution) than 720p except when near is lots of fast undertaking (when the interlacing results in some fuzziness because the two halves of the frame don't relatively match). HDTV broadcasts are a mix of 1080i and 720p.
So your prospective TV is capable of 720p or 1080i. The picture on a true 1080p display would be slightly sharper, but if you examine a 50" 720p model at the optimum distance (9 ft / 3m) it will be essentially indistinguishable from a 1080p model the same size watch at the same distance (The 1080p at 6 ft would be sharper).
The contrast ratio of 10000:1 is upright (some HDTVs have CRs of 1000:1 or so). It refers to the difference surrounded by brightness that can be seen between the brightest white and the deepest black (The latter is really a hugely dark grey). However this rating is interrelated beside brightness (see below), so in actual use if the brightness is too glorious fully turned up (which it probably is) the actual CR will be reduced somewhat. Still, it's a good rating.
Brightness of 1200 cd/sq m (1200 candela per square meter or 1200 "nits") is plenty bright. On a positive data it allows you to watch within a room with ambient pallid (but if you watch surrounded by a dark room you will want to turn it down).
The HDMI connectors are righteous to have since this is the best road to connect HD sources like a HD DVD player or an upconverting DVD player. Don't buy cable from Best BUY ... get them at a fraction of the price ($5-$10) from Monoprice.com or BlueJeancables.com.
HDCP (HD copy protection) is not right or bad. It's a obligatory evil to allow you to watch copyrighted HD textile like HD DVDs. It's approaching a key to a lock ... if it's present the program will play, except it is down sampled or won't play via the HDMI input (although you can play at lower resolution (e.g. 480p) via the component input).
The 3D Y/C digital comb filter is a aspect which helps reorganize the picture clarity. Fairly standard these days, but nice to enjoy.
Burn in protection is honourable to have. Plasmas, feed a fixed picture for a long time can 'burn' the image into the eyeshade and if this happens a lightheaded outline will then shows up superimposed on the usual picture from then on. Burn within protection prevents (or greatly reduces the arbitrary of) this happening. It's a facet of newer plasma displays
The RS-232 port is used by automation systems to remotely control the TV. You probably won't use it, but it doesn't hurt to have.
The VESA resolution support indicates you can connect a computer, at up to 1280 x 1024 resolution.
Anyway ... possibly more than you needed, but it always help to know what specs mean, not lately whether they are overall good or discouraging.
Hope this helps.
Would be nice if you afford the Price too.
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