If you play console video games, watch cable TV (even Cignal HD), watch DVDs, watch downloaded HD movies.
Get a 720p plasma TV.
If you play PC games and watch Blu-ray movies.
Get a 1080p LCD/LED TV (same crap really).
If you watch Blu-ray movies only.
Get a 1080p plasma TV or a 1080p projector (if you can live with the installation and maintenance).
That's the shortest advice I can give. The "1080p only for HDTV" is absolute horsecrap. Not everyone needs a 1080p display if viewing pleasure is their aim.
I personally recommend 1080p plasmas for those who use their TV for movies and console gaming only. I know people who actually wanted to buy an expensive LED TV, simple because it's expensive (*facepalm*) and would like to flaunt it to guests, but side-by-side with a top-of-the-line plasma and the LED TV loses badly.
I have just purchased a 32" full hd and cable viewing isn't that good. Am using sky btw, but SD chanels lang, walang HD. Is it true that cable is much better viewed on a HD ready than on a Full HD? Wasn't able to check kasi the shop didnt have cable.
Would really appreciate your inputs. Thanks!
Most of Cignal HD's "HD" channels aren't really in full HD, so it's practically useless. The digital tuner may output to your TV in 720p or 1080p, but most of actual content they're displaying isn't even technically HD. The rest of their non-HD channels are just upscaled, so it's slightly better. But only slightly. And it varies greatly according to channel.
what do you mean calibrate? how do I calibrate po?
Yup, hindi na ako masyadong magiisip ng technicalities, as long as 1080p at 120 Hz. I dont need the internet capabilities din ng mga high end models. I kinda considering 46" or the 55", I have a feeling na overtime sasabihin ko sana mas malaki nalang ung binili ko.
Also, to make most out of the tv, do I need to buy everytime a blue ray disc movie to get the "very crisp" image and a surround sound( since I will be buying a home theater, from my research dapat 5.1 channel something?) or meron bang mga movies na downloadable sa mga torrent sites na same as blue ray quality with the surround sound (meaning ung 5 speakers ng HT will be working)?
You can download 1080p Blu-ray rips with DTS audio from torrent sites, but they are VERY, VERY BIG (starting at around 9 GB per movie) and will NOT play on the PS3 via external hard drive. The PS3 can only read FAT32 formatted hard drives and FAT32 ones can only store a maximum of 4 GB per file. If you really want the best multimedia experience, buy Blu-ray movies or get a dedicated media player like a Xtreamer or WDTV HD media player. The PS3 is a joke for a media player.
I personally download only 720p H.264 Blu-ray rips with 6 channel AC-3 audio since they're at most 3 GB in size so I can start watching them in 2 hours. I don't like waiting so 9-10++ GB files are no good for me and they're not marginally better than the 720p rips.
If you want true 5.1 surround sound from sources with surround audio, make sure your home theatre system has an OPTICAL-IN/TOSLINK-IN and can decode various audio. Better if it can decode DTS as you can assume it can decode basically everything else. I'm no expert on audio nor am I an audiophile, so I can't recommend you any specific HT systems. The only reason I have a 5.1 HT system is because I need to know where the bloody enemies are when I play games like Modern Warfare 2.