ARM promising 1080p HD TV on mobiles

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• Why on earth do you need 1080p on a screen a few inches wide, there is no way a human eye could notice the difference, utterly pointless untill people think the 'need' 1080p HD on thier phone Posted by Pete, UK
• Could be good for TV-out. Also I imagine the GPU power can be put to other uses than just more pixels on the screen. If rendering at a lower res I suppose the extra resources can be used for more elaborate 3D models, textures, draw depth, effects etc.
  
  I wonder if it can also be re-purposed to assist video decoding/encoding. That would be very useful on a mobile too. Posted by James, UK
• Imagine the data costs to download a full hd movie over 3G. Even capped "unlimited" would not be enough! Imagine accidently going over any limit by watching another film!
  Posted by Syd, UK
• I agree with Pete, it is utterly pointless to report this as feature of a mobile GPU. At normal viewing distances it is difficult to tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on a 32" TV, let alone a screen a few inches wide.
  
  The PSP has a screen resolution of 480x272 which is very decent for watching movies on a 4.3 inch screen.
  
  1080p? You must be insane. Posted by Dave, UK