[citation][nom]roadrunner343[/nom]Are you being serious? My "Full HD" PC monitor isn't even half the size of my television, so I can definitely tell the difference when the image is stretched out an extra 40" or so. Maybe your eyes can't see beyond 1080p on a 50"-60" screen, but mine definitely can.[/citation]
It all depends on how far away you're sitting from the screen.
My pc monitor is 26", and is 1920x1200. I sit about 1.5' away from my screen.
My tv is 48", but i sit a good 3 metres away, so any increase in resolution wouldn't make a difference to me.
Sure a 40" screen at a couple feet away will look awful at 1080p, but that isn't a realistic living room scenario, people sit 2 - 4 metres away from their tvs, so you need a massive screen to be able to discern the difference between image quality past 1080p.
This is what wrw was talking about.