Bringing my PS3 to college... TV questions

rye9

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Nov 12, 2011

• #1

So I'm gonna bring my PS3 to my dorm room in a few weeks, but I'm going to need to purchase a TV for it, since I don't have a computer monitor, either. And I figure that it's more economical to just get a TV rather than a computer monitor since I use a laptop 99.9% of the time, and TV's are well... also TV's.

So, I'm thinking that 32" is a nice size for practical usage as well as portability... but many of them on the market are 720p. Should I splurge and go with the 1080p ones, though? I plan on using it for COD:MW3... if that's any help haha

 

firestarter

macrumors 603

• Nov 12, 2011

• #2

If the TV is more than about 5 or 6 feet from you, you'll have difficulty seeing the difference between 720 and 1080.

 

Hawkeye411

macrumors 68000

• Nov 12, 2011

• #3

firestarter said:

If the TV is more than about 5 or 6 feet from you, you'll have difficulty seeing the difference between 720 and 1080.

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Awesome graph!!!!

 

firestarter

macrumors 603

• Nov 12, 2011

• #4

Hawkeye411 said:

Awesome graph!!!!

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Yes, I found it a year or so back.

Here's a link to Carlton Bale's original blog post about it.

 

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heyloo

macrumors 6502

• Nov 12, 2011

• #5

firestarter said:

If the TV is more than about 5 or 6 feet from you, you'll have difficulty seeing the difference between 720 and 1080.

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Whoa, I love it. 🙂 Thanks!

 

Thetonyk123

macrumors 68000

• Nov 12, 2011

• #6

I would o with 720p if your only thing is for gaming.

 

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Zwhaler

macrumors 604

• Nov 13, 2011

• #7

If you have extra money, you can't go wrong with the extra resolution and the PS3 outputs in 1080 quite nicely. However if you are getting a 32" TV the difference is pretty minor, however anything bigger than a 32" 1080 becomes more worth it.