720p vs 1080i *POLL*

Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

check off 1080i and 1080p from Display Setting, only check720p

Depending on the size of your TV, you can't tell the differencepdizzie

Dude if your tv isbig u can definitely tell the difference interlaced is very noticeable when u have a bigdisplay720p is better hands down

Depending on the size of your TV, you can't tell the differencepdizzie

Yea, especially from a 26" lcd vizio hdtv. :(

Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

Hot_Potato

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

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Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

TimothyB

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

actually, you can set the game resolution to something different. for example, if you have a 1080p hdtv, you can still run things at 720p. now, my question is, why isnt 1080p included in this poll? that would take my vote

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Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

TimothyB

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

Select all resolutions supported by the TV in use. Video will automatically be output at the highest resolution possible for the content you are playing from among the selected resolutions.*
* The video resolution is selected in order of priority as follows: 1080p > 1080i > 720p > 480p/576p > Standard (NTSC:480i/PAL:576i).

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Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

ballasteve

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

actually, you can set the game resolution to something different. for example, if you have a 1080p hdtv, you can still run things at 720p. now, my question is, why isnt 1080p included in this poll? that would take my vote

I left out 1080p tvs because the thread didn't include that in the poll. As with that then you can get full deinterlaced 1080i or run at 720p, but still, for fast motion 720p will end being better overall but of course you might as well use 1080p at that point :)

I left off 1080p because my TV doesn't support it. Also, I have an LG 32".Hot_Potato

Well, your tv isn't 1080i either so why did you include that in the poll? :)

And it's not like on the PS3 if you choose 1080i all games run at that or upscaled to that like on the xbox 360. 720p games will run at 720p no matter what or lower. Only 1080p games will actually let you use 1080i.

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Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

brotherreese

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

Select all resolutions supported by the TV in use. Video will automatically be output at the highest resolution possible for the content you are playing from among the selected resolutions.*
* The video resolution is selected in order of priority as follows: 1080p > 1080i > 720p > 480p/576p > Standard (NTSC:480i/PAL:576i).

You are kidding me right :)

You have a fixed resolution display, it's always that one resolution. And looking at your link it's not even full 720p, it shows yours is 1024*768 (a common resolution for plasmas 42inch and under). 720p requires 1280*720. 1080i deinterlaced requires 1920*1080, 1080p requires 1920*1080. So no matter which your PS3 switches to when playing a movie or game, it's all converted down to 1024*768 by the tv. Your tv supports those resolutions, to be compatible with everything, it can't actually change the resolution, and again, your highest is 1024*768 (what you'd find on 15inch PC LCDs). Anything lower like 480p is upscaled to that resolution,anything higher is downscaled to that resolution.

It's also not the best thing to set your PS3 for all resolutions. Say someone has a 32inch LCD, which is 720p. If you let the PS3 have both 720p and 1080i enabled, then the PS3 might say run Ninja Gaiden at 1080i at 30fps first, which the tv then "accepts" and converts to the 720p resolution. While if the person had picked 720p to begin with, it would be running at 60fps instead of 30fps.

You're lucky though that your tv seems to accept 1080p input with the PS3, so you still get that 60fps from say a game like Ninja Gaiden, and downscaling to 1024*768 will probably smooth the jagged edges.

Again, unlike PC LCDs where the listed maximum resolution is usually the native resolution of the screen, it's different with HDTVs. Whichever HD resolution the screen may be, they still need to support all HD resolutions to be compatible. Like say a 720p display needs to support 1080i signals so 1080i HD tv stations work or 1080i camcorder, but the tv converts it to 720p, not actually 1080i anymore. So the highest listed resolution on an HDTV is not the highest resolution it can display at.

720p Because you actually get a full 720 line's where 1080i you only get 540 line'sssjgoku808

what thats wrong!

1080i means u get 1080 horizontal line of resolution but only every other line gets refreshed every 1/30th of a sec and then they alternate, 720p means 720 horizontal lines but all are refreshed every 1/30th of a sec, better for faster image but not as sharp

[QUOTE="ssjgoku808"]720p Because you actually get a full 720 line's where 1080i you only get 540 line'swinner-ps3

what thats wrong!

1080i means u get 1080 horizontal line of resolution but only every other line gets refreshed every 1/30th of a sec and then they alternate, 720p means 720 horizontal lines but all are refreshed every 1/30th of a sec, better for faster image but not as sharp

Well, actually he's kinda right because you only have 540 lines on the screen at one time, where as 720p you get all 720 all the time therefore very flicker free.

TimB - Those of us who have CRT based HDTVs can have 1080i or 720p...there is no native rate. (Although I cannot get 1080p since it wasn't close to being mainstream yet - sob).

My 65 inches of love is a BEAST, and has one of the best pictures I've ever seen, with no artifacts or sacrifices that came with the initial wave of "thin" HDTVs. Some of the new stuff is fantastic though. My next purchase in a few years will probably be a Runco overhead.

Back to the discussion, for static pics, 1080i can't be beat, but for fast movement 720 is the winner. I will say that it does vary sport to sport, movie to movie, and game to game. If you can fiddle with your set, it's worth taking the time time figure out what's best for you and your set under different circumstances.

TimB - Those of us who have CRT based HDTVs can have 1080i or 720p...there is no native rate. (Although I cannot get 1080p since it wasn't close to being mainstream yet - sob).

My 65 inches of love is a BEAST, and has one of the best pictures I've ever seen, with no artifacts or sacrifices that came with the initial wave of "thin" HDTVs. Some of the new stuff is fantastic though. My next purchase in a few years will probably be a Runco overhead.

Back to the discussion, for static pics, 1080i can't be beat, but for fast movement 720 is the winner. I will say that it does vary sport to sport, movie to movie, and game to game. If you can fiddle with your set, it's worth taking the time time figure out what's best for you and your set under different circumstances.

mindworm22

I'm some how impelled to always to reply to this HD stuff, it drives me crazy. I'm just going to give up soon and go to rehab :)

On your CRT, yes I'm going to even comment on HD tvs again :) , some can actually do 720p and 1080i, though, that's usually rare. Most are only 1080i, as while CRTs don't have a native rate, they still have a limit, and usually that's 540p, just enough to accomplish 1080i. So in most cases, 720p is converted to 1080i. Oder 1080i tvs might not even accept it as most know, then some can be misleading with support 720p and just convert it to 480p or 540p. Like when someone was asking about buying a used 2 year old CRT Rear Projection, he thought because his 360 worked at 720p that I was wrong, but when I looked up the manual for his tv it specifically said the display is incapable of display 720p and when it does receive it it converts it to 480p. If I didn't find that out he could of continued to game at 480p instead of 1080i. It's just best to for people to pull out their manual on their CRT to find out exactly what it does.

I don't know if I mentioned anything. But on my 65inch DLP, I set my PS3 to 1080p or 720p as it chooses for games. With my 360, I use 720p both on that tv or the 32inch LCD in my room, for reasons of better motion and the 32inch not being able to do 1080i and most games not being that.

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[QUOTE="ssjgoku808"]720p Because you actually get a full 720 line's where 1080i you only get 540 line'swilliamweaver

what thats wrong!

1080i means u get 1080 horizontal line of resolution but only every other line gets refreshed every 1/30th of a sec and then they alternate, 720p means 720 horizontal lines but all are refreshed every 1/30th of a sec, better for faster image but not as sharp

Well, actually he's kinda right because you only have 540 lines on the screen at one time, where as 720p you get all 720 all the time therefore very flicker free.

no! all 1080 lines r on screen at a timebut they just alternate when being refreshed, "flickering" is semi correct being of this

[QUOTE="pdizzie"]Depending on the size of your TV, you can't tell the differencecmencia55

Dude if your tv isbig u can definitely tell the difference interlaced is very noticeable when u have a bigdisplay720p is better hands down

I prefer 720p since it works better in fast action scenes

I have a TV that it has a 1366x768 pixel resolution. It supports 1080i. I just wanted to know if it is 720p native?Solid_Link22

I remember Kobe making that play

I have a TV that it has a 1366x768 pixel resolution. It supports 1080i. I just wanted to know if it is 720p native?Solid_Link22

Its considered native 768p. Im not sure how that works with 720p or 1080i but I know my 42" plasma is 768p. You never find anything displayed in that resolution but i guess you just get some extra pixels.

[QUOTE="Solid_Link22"]I have a TV that it has a 1366x768 pixel resolution. It supports 1080i. I just wanted to know if it is 720p native?MCNewYork87

Its considered native 768p. Im not sure how that works with 720p or 1080i but I know my 42" plasma is 768p. You never find anything displayed in that resolution but i guess you just get some extra pixels.

I think it is because when I play my PS3 I put it on 720p. I press info of the tv remote and it says 1280x720.

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[QUOTE="Solid_Link22"]I have a TV that it has a 1366x768 pixel resolution. It supports 1080i. I just wanted to know if it is 720p native?Solid_Link22

Its considered native 768p. Im not sure how that works with 720p or 1080i but I know my 42" plasma is 768p. You never find anything displayed in that resolution but i guess you just get some extra pixels.

I think it is because when I play my PS3 I put it on 720p. I press info of the tv remote and it says 1280x720p.

Well it displays the 720p signal but it either slightly stretches the picture to utilize the extra pixels or crops its sides. Either way it is not noticable at all since it is such a minor difference in resolution. Again im not sure which the TV does.

Just picked up the following TV a couple of days ago.

Panasonic® TC32LE70
32-in. LCD HDTV Resolution: 1366 x 768
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Am I going to be better off playing the ps3 on 1081i or 720p?

Just picked up the following TV a couple of days ago.

Panasonic® TC32LE70
32-in. LCD HDTV Resolution: 1366 x 768
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Am I going to be better off playing the ps3 on 1081i or 720p?

KapG

play it at your TV's native res, and that is 720p.

CRTs aren't limited by the raw # of lines since they don't exist in that sense. And yes, mine does 480i, 480p,720p, and 1080i. NICE!

Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

Select all resolutions supported by the TV in use. Video will automatically be output at the highest resolution possible for the content you are playing from among the selected resolutions.*
* The video resolution is selected in order of priority as follows: 1080p > 1080i > 720p > 480p/576p > Standard (NTSC:480i/PAL:576i).

You are kidding me right :)

You have a fixed resolution display, it's always that one resolution. And looking at your link it's not even full 720p, it shows yours is 1024*768 (a common resolution for plasmas 42inch and under). 720p requires 1280*720. 1080i deinterlaced requires 1920*1080, 1080p requires 1920*1080. So no matter which your PS3 switches to when playing a movie or game, it's all converted down to 1024*768 by the tv. Your tv supports those resolutions, to be compatible with everything, it can't actually change the resolution, and again, your highest is 1024*768 (what you'd find on 15inch PC LCDs). Anything lower like 480p is upscaled to that resolution,anything higher is downscaled to that resolution.

It's also not the best thing to set your PS3 for all resolutions. Say someone has a 32inch LCD, which is 720p. If you let the PS3 have both 720p and 1080i enabled, then the PS3 might say run Ninja Gaiden at 1080i at 30fps first, which the tv then "accepts" and converts to the 720p resolution. While if the person had picked 720p to begin with, it would be running at 60fps instead of 30fps.

You're lucky though that your tv seems to accept 1080p input with the PS3, so you still get that 60fps from say a game like Ninja Gaiden, and downscaling to 1024*768 will probably smooth the jagged edges.

Again, unlike PC LCDs where the listed maximum resolution is usually the native resolution of the screen, it's different with HDTVs. Whichever HD resolution the screen may be, they still need to support all HD resolutions to be compatible. Like say a 720p display needs to support 1080i signals so 1080i HD tv stations work or 1080i camcorder, but the tv converts it to 720p, not actually 1080i anymore. So the highest listed resolution on an HDTV is not the highest resolution it can display at.

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Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

TimothyB

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

My Sony LCD has BOTH. :roll:

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Which do you prefer. I see people saying that 720p looks better because it's progessive.

Which is better and why?

PS3_BLU_RAY

You can't prefer one because tvs can only do one. You either have a 1080i tv or a 720p, not both. So obviously the one that is best to use is the one that matches what your tv actually displays.

My Sony LCD has BOTH. :roll:

That's input support, not what the screen actually displays unless you have a 1080p LCD, :roll:

hold on a sec so your saying that the samsung tv im getting http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=televisions&type=televisions&subtype=lcdtv&model_cd=LNT4061FX/XAA is not going to show tru 1080p? or do you mean the source of the information has to be hd?smurf-66

If you are getting a 1080p LCD, then if you give it a 1080p source you'll be seeing 1080p. If you give it 720p, it will upscale it to 1080p, if you give it 1080i, it will deinterlace it to 1080p.

My TV's 50" so I like to put on 720p just because 1080i looks too blurry and washed out.legofan712

if your playing R6 Vegas, its a bug in the game, dont run it at 1080i, its not the tv, its a bug in R6V.

[QUOTE="smurf-66"] hold on a sec so your saying that the samsung tv im getting http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=televisions&type=televisions&subtype=lcdtv&model_cd=LNT4061FX/XAA is not going to show tru 1080p? or do you mean the source of the information has to be hd?TimothyB

If you are getting a 1080p LCD, then if you give it a 1080p source you'll be seeing 1080p. If you give it 720p, it will upscale it to 1080p, if you give it 1080i, it will deinterlace it to 1080p.

Definitely 1080i, you can't tell the difference between i and p, it's virtually nenexistant, I have never ever had a flicker when I use my TV at 1080i, and 720 doesn't look quite as good in my opinion.ShmenonPie