Difference between 720p and 1080p

Hey I've been thinking of getting a nice HDTV for my ps3 and I've found some relatively cheap televisions that I am interested in however they do not have 1080p support as their resolutions are only 1366x768 pixels, I'm wondering if I should save up more money for a 1080p tv or if I should just get a 720p television, I have heard that the quality difference between 720p and 1080p televsions only becomes appearent in a 50inch+ television. The 2 televisions I'm looking at are 26 inch or 32 inch. I need advice please help!! 

For a TV that size, don't waste money on 1080p, you won't be able to see the difference.  Only worry about 1080p on 50"+ displays.

Oh he will be able to see the difference on a 32" TV alright, but I don't think the difference is worth the money. So, yeah, what MB said: Go with 720p.

what they said. it's all very complicated though. there's the native resolution of the game, of your screen, of what you set the resolution to...

"Oh he will be able to see the difference on a 32" TV alright, but I don't think the difference is worth the money. So, yeah, what MB said: Go with 720p."

"I have heard that the quality difference between 720p and 1080p televsions only becomes appearent in a 50inch+ television."

"For a TV that size, don't waste money on 1080p, you won't be able to see the difference.  Only worry about 1080p on 50"+ displays."

"For a TV that size, don't waste money on 1080p, you won't be able to see the difference.  Only worry about 1080p on 50"+ displays."

46 is pretty close to 50 man, you know what I meant.  It's all about how far away you are from the screen, and the source of the content you're watching.  This is coming from someone who has owned at least 6 different HDTV's, currently I have a Pioneer Elite Plasma and a Sharp Aquos 52" 1080P LCD. 

I would say for the 720p, like the others said, don't worry about 1080p on a 32"
don't forget, higher the resolution on a smaller screen, makes it more difficult to read the writing xD lol

Sorry but its a simple fact MB is right you are not gonna be able to tell a difference between 720p and 1080p unless you are sitting closer and closer to your screen.

@loom you mention computer monitors and how far away do you sit away from yours? do you lounge back on your couch 10 feet from your 21 inch computer monitor? at a high resolution? no you dont.

As for that the difference is mostly money your gonna pay out the ass for 1080p at most any size compared to 720p, oh and preformance most games trying to hit 720p and higher just start to chug in development causing for them to scale back.

If you saw two 32" TV's next to each other, one 720p the other 1080p you could probably tell the difference. That difference however is not worth a lot more money when you are talking TV's of that size.

same image.. One is actually 50% smaller than the other, although it's been scaled out to fit the same size..
If you have an image produced the same size, yet natively one of them is higher on any given screen, you WILL see the difference..

"same image.. One is actually 50% smaller than the other, although it's been scaled out to fit the same size..
If you have an image produced the same size, yet natively one of them is higher on any given screen, you WILL see the difference..

btw - if you're planning on buying  26-32" inch tele, you have a hard time finding a 1080p, unless you're going for a monitor.. 32" 1080p tv's haven't been around for a long time, and they are quite expensive, compared to larger 1080p tv's.. so in that sense it probably would be wiser just to get a cheap 720p.. as a 32" 1080p cost around the same as a 40"

"LooM said:

"same image.. One is actually 50% smaller than the other, although it's been scaled out to fit the same size..
If you have an image produced the same size, yet natively one of them is higher on any given screen, you WILL see the difference..

Umm maybe I'm blind, but I really don't see any noticable difference between those two images."

I have a 40" Bravia XBR, and I can easily tell if it's displaying in 720p or 1080p.

It only really matters when you're trying to compare 1080i to 1080p.

You might as well invest in a really nice TV.