Is there a reason a Samsung 37" 1080p would look less crisp than a Samsung 32" 720p?

I purchased the 32" but thought it was a bit too small for the room.  We sit about 6 - 8 feet away from the screen.  Bought the same brand in 37" today and was disappointed to see that we notice less clarity ... not as much "HD effect" somehow in the new t.v.. 
Is it related to the screen size being slighty larger, or the 1080 vs 720?
I like the bigger screen size but not at the cost of clarity.
Thanks for any ideas!
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Well sorry to hear the tv was damaged, but very glad to hear they took care of you on it. I would not have guessed a damaged tv actually. Sort of why its hard to diagnose tv problems without actually seeing the display.
It is possible for a smaller lower resolution tv to look better though. This a pretty common complaint among new tv buyers. The larger 1080P tv will look better when sitting at the correct distance and feeding it the proper signal. Unfortunately the only real 1080P signals at the moment are blu ray dvd's. So everything else it has to upconvert to 1080P. The more it has to upscale and convert the worse the picture can look. Especially if you lots of the "auto" setting turned on. So if you looking a basic cable channel on two different tvs, one being a 32 inch 720P and the other being a 37 inch 1080P tv there is a good chance the smaller tv will look better at the same viewing distance. For starters smaller screens always look more crisp because the pixels are smaller. But also since the smaller tv has less resolution it doesn't have to upscale the image as much either.
Its sort of like digital pictures on your comptuer, if you take two pictures, one being a 1.5 megapixel and another being a 5 megapixel and blow the 1.5 one up to the size of the 5.0 one it will look like garbage. Using some sampling and filters can make it look a bit better, but never as good as the 5.0 picture.
So if most of tv watching is going to be standard definition tv (480i) I would stick with a smaller 720P tv, even a standard def tv if you can find one. If you have lots of over the air high def channels where you live, or have hi def cable or satalite then a 720P or 1080P tv might be a good choice. If you are an avid movie watcher and plan on getting a blu ray player and watch lots of movies then the extra money on a 1080P tv might worth the money for you.

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