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RE: The reason to go to 1080p is this:

Posted by David Aiken on January 29, 2008 at 23:28:38:
They will also upconvert to 720p so upscaling players aren't a strong reason in my view.

There is one substantial reason, and a possible second reason to seriously consider 1080p if it's affordable.

The substantial reason is that it's the native resolution for the high def formats and a lot of hi def TV is broadcast. You aren't going to lose any resolution from the best current sources with a 1080 p projector but you will lose resolution with those sources by using a 720p projector.

The second reason is a maybe, it may or may not be an issue. You haven't mentioned your viewing distance but at close distances you will pick a visible difference in detail between 1080 and 720. At a slightly longer distance you won't. I forget the formula but it's certainly findable on the web. If your viewing distance allows you to see the difference, then 1080p is going to be a visually worthwhile improvement. At longer distances you won't see a difference unless there's some loss introduced by a poor quality rescaling of 1080 material to 720p.

Really, you can certainly argue that 720p is good enough if you're not sitting close enough to the screen to see the difference with 1080p but the 1080p machine is a little more 'future proof' and you may move to a different home and end up with a room in which you can see the difference and you will already have the projector.

David Aiken