Is this an HDTV?

I recently bought a Sony Bravia KDL-32S2010 LCD Tv and I am planning to buy a ps3 to play japanese games - since ps3 is region free.

While I was researching I came across that your TV has to be an HDTV with at least 720 resolution to play imported games and a HDMI. Now I was looking at my new TV and I found the HDMI (So now thats checked) and I also found in the bottom left corner a title that says "HD Ready".

Now my question is this, does "HD Ready" mean my TV is HDTV and therefore can play imported ps3 games?

Also how do I find out what resolution my TV has?

HD Ready is HDTV indeed, but you can't have full HD (ie. 1080p) with it, only 1080i. That's what i have atm (a 22"LG LCD), and i have no problem playing japanese games :)

Nope. You're mixing apples and oranges.

"HD" and "Full HD" are marketing terms with no clear definition of what they mean.

HD means the device can render at least 1280x720 resolution.
Full HD means, the device can render 1980x1080 resolution.

For a device to be advertised as "Full HD" compatible it usually needs to be able to render an 1980x1080 source in progressive mode.

If your device's pixel resolution is less than 1980x1080, then it won't be able to *ever* properly render Full HD content. Instead it might be able to "downscale" the source to whatever resolution it operates at.

Going by the specs of your TV, it can't display Full HD content, as it's resolution is only 1366 x 768. There are a variety of native resolutions used by HDTVs, yours falls into the category usually called 720p nowadays. It can't display either 1080i or 1080p content. Since it's a newer device it should be able to downscale both and play them.

Progressive/Interlaced rendering is another wrinkle in all of this:

The letter "p" means, that picture is rendered progressively just like how computer monitors work. This means the whole screen is updated on every frame.

The letter "i" refers to interlaced rendering, where odd and even lines of the screen are rendered in an alternating fashion. This effectively halves the "true" refresh rate of the device... which is fine, since films are typically recorded at ~25 FPS, whereas most devices render at 50 FPS.

Interlaced rendering also cuts the "bandwidth" needed for broadcasts in half, as you're only sending half the picture most of the time, hence why broadcast companies like the format.

EDIT: The whole headache about 1080i vs 1080p exists, because earlier 720p HDTVs could only downscale 1080i content, not 1080p.

Finally: what DVDs/Blurays/games you can play on a console or a stand-alone player depends on *that* device's region coding, not your display device.

Thank you to the both of you. You've answered my question.
Since I now know that my TV is 720 and is half HD. I know now that it can play imported japanese games if I ever buy a ps3 console.

As for the "Region Coding" Ps3 is Region Free in terms of games so the region coding doesn't necessarily affect me.

Thanks.

Flaser, you must be a electronics salesman or you just know your stuff.