1080i and 1080p?

So is 1080i better on a smaller t.v. than 1080p?matt_r2009

No, 1080p will always be the superior resolution.  If you sit at THX Rerefernce distances, you can easily notice the difference.  It does not matter how large the tv is.  It seems like you are trying to convince yourself of something that is not true. 

[QUOTE="matt_r2009"]So is 1080i better on a smaller t.v. than 1080p?BroweChisox

No, 1080p will always be the superior resolution. If you sit at THX Rerefernce distances, you can easily notice the difference. It does not matter how large the tv is. It seems like you are trying to convince yourself of something that is not true.

How does it seem so? Nah I was just wondering because I've been looking at T.V.'s And last night I was just thinking whats the difference. Just curious is all. 

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[QUOTE="matt_r2009"]So is 1080i better on a smaller t.v. than 1080p?matt_r2009

No, 1080p will always be the superior resolution. If you sit at THX Rerefernce distances, you can easily notice the difference. It does not matter how large the tv is. It seems like you are trying to convince yourself of something that is not true.

How does it seem so? Nah I was just wondering because I've been looking at T.V.'s And last night I was just thinking whats the difference. Just curious is all.

Well alright, what tvs have you been looking at.  I can make some recommendations if I knew a budget or size requirement. 

i don't see much of a difference, 1080p may be a bit better but not so much...ddldave

It is actually twice as good, since it displays twice as many pixels at any given time. 

can somebody take screenshot of 720p and 1080i comparison for me please, kthxbai. because i want to see for myself to see which one i like better.ddldave

A screenshot wont be able to show the difference. You have the resolution of the tv being passed through the resolution of a camera, passed through the resolution of your monitor. What you are asking is not realisitic. 720p might even look worse since you are only capturing half of its frames with a picture... unless the shutter speed is slow and then you might get a fuzzy image.  Why don't you just go to a store and see for yourself??

can somebody take screenshot of 720p and 1080i comparison for me please, kthxbai. because i want to see for myself to see which one i like better.ddldave

Come on guys, where's your common sense?

Unless you have a CRT type HDTV that does 1080i or a 1080p tv you shouldn't even be thinking about 1080i being better than 720p or what the difference in 1080p because otherwise you can't  even fully show 1080i.

And there's no point in a 720p and 1080i comparison because no one has a tv that can do both except for a rare case of an older CRT. You simply can't do both on modern sets, but of course your tv lists 720p/1080i, that's only support, not what it displays in on in the end.

The fact is, 1080i on a 1080p literrally becomes 1080p (depending on the tvs hardware), but limited to 30fps. As 1080i is liimted to 60hz, and since all it is is 30 full 1920*1080 frames split into two fields shown twice as fast at 60hz, it's pretty much the exact amount of detail as 1080p at 30fps. But of course a full 1080p signal can do full 60fps.

Now again, the only way to fully show 1080i is either an older CRT type tv, the only darn things that run interlaced, or a 1080p tv. Every other type of tv, LCD, micro displays (those are rear projections other than crt rp), plasmas, and so on are all progressive, and if not 1080p, they are roughly 720p-768p, but they all support 1080i even though they have to convert all signals to it's 720p-768p resolution. Thus it would be pretty silly to try and do a comparison of 1080i and 720p on tv that converts them both to 768p.

I mean an EDTV that's only 480p resolution will usually support 720p/1080i, but I don't go around calling it a 720p/1080i tv and plan to see comparisons between the two.