So I played both of these but I it's hard to notice the difference. Could someone explain to me how these are different, which one is better, and will choosing one over the other affect my gameplay/framerate/whatever. When I chose my optimal resolution, it automatically went to 720p if you need to know. Thanks in advance
made this a while back more to do with what tvs to buy vut still explains it. basically stick with 720p. def dont want 1080i - has the same fault that standard def (480i) has.
The short of it is: 1080 has more pixels on screen than 720. This means images are sharper on 1080. however the i vs p makes the difference, where 1080i refreshes half of the screens pixels one frame and then the other half of the pixels the other frame, and back and forth to create an animation effect. Better resolution, but fast moving objects will look 'torn' as they move, and this is bad for video games where stuff is moving on screen all the time.
720p uses progressive and refreshes the entire screen of pixels with every frame. This means fast moving objects always stay sharp while in motion. In the end 720p is better for animations and 1080i is better for still frame shots.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but you'll be better off asking this in video hardware forum. I'll break it down for you. Currently in today's standards, movies will benefit from 1080p but not games. Whether it's a 50-inch HDTV or 32-inch running in 720p or 1080p, games will look the same. Why? Because there are like only 5 games or less that support 1080p. The rest are in 720p or less. So all this 1080p ftw and mumbo jumbo is very misleading. Sure, 1080p will be the standard in 1-2 years so you might as well go 1080p so you dont have to upgrade later on. But if you're purchasing an HDTV now, and you want to skimp out for the 720p, then you'll be gaming beautifully. I wouldnt even bother with 1080i, it's interlaced and it's pretty ancient now. Stick with progressive scan. Do yourselves a favor and dont worry too much about 720p and 1080p and take 1080i out of the picture because it's dated. You can find a lot of 32-inch 1080p HDTVs now since they're being manufactured more than last quarter of this year. To be honest, I have a 720p 32-inch HDTV and a 46-inch LCD HDTV 1080p, top of the line model and I see no difference. The only difference is that the screen is bigger, lol. But the picture quality is the exact same thing.
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