Great Article to Determine Optimum Screen Resolution Based on Screen Size and Viewing Distance

It has long been Digitainment's view that the rise of 1080p was nothing more than a market ploy for the LCD industry to one up the plasma industry, since it could not compete on refresh rate or brightness. As larger panels have become available, Digitainment has softened it stance slightly to say that a higher resolution TV becomes inportant when viewing distances actually allow a person with 20/20 vision to actually see that difference. Below is a chart from the Engadget website, http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/09/1080p-charted-viewing-distance-to-screen-size/by Matt Burns.

If you find your TV size at the bottom and your viewing distance on the left and see where they intersect on the chart, if you are below the green line 1080p is for you (really full 1080i), if you are above, save your money and buy a 720p/768p/1080i model--you can't see the difference anyway!