1080i vs. 1080p

[Reckoner]

I'm quite happy with my 720p/1080i LCD TV. The difference between these and 1080p do not justify the price imo.

 

[biggestmuff]

As long as you have a good interlacer/deinterlacer built into you HDTV, then you won't see any artifacting. I see combing on my 42" 720P Samsung DLP set I bought about 2 years ago, but I see absolutely none on my 61" 1080P set (HL-S6188W).

 

[Jmman]

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I have both and I can't see any difference at all. This article seems to confirm my observations....

 

[13Gigatons]

Things to consider:

1. Only CRT's can display interlaced signal, LCD, pLasma and DLP all convert any signal to progressive and to fit their native resolution.

2. 1080i means the TV can except 24p, 30p and 60i but will not except 50p or 60p.....although some TV's will convert the 60p to 30p.

3. 99% of all movies are filmed at 24 frames progressive.

4. Only live sporting events would benefit from 1080 60p and they don't have the bandwidth to do that on TV, Cable or Satellite. You will see 720p60 though which 1080i tv's can do.

5. 1080p50 and 1080p60 are not Broadcast standards !!!

6. Whether you buy 1080i60 or 1080p60 you get 2 million pixels.

7. Ignore those that call it 540i, 1080i60 is 60 fields in 1 second or 30 frames in one second. You are getting 2 million pixels and 30 frames a second versus 2 million pixels and 60 frames a second. Are those 30 frames worth the extra money ?

8. Save your money and buy a 1080i tv and laugh at the fools who think that 1080p60 will be any better.


The 1080p marketing flop is just like 8.5GB dual layer dvd or 12x dvd-ram, if you end up not using it then it is pointless spending extra money on it.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

Things to consider:

1. Only CRT's can display interlaced signal, LCD, pLasma and DLP all convert any signal to progressive and to fit their native resolution.

2. 1080i means the TV can except 24p, 30p and 60i but will not except 50p or 60p.....although some TV's will convert the 60p to 30p.

3. 99% of all movies are filmed at 24 frames progressive.

4. Only live sporting events would benefit from 1080 60p and they don't have the bandwidth to do that on TV, Cable or Satellite. You will see 720p60 though which 1080i tv's can do.

5. 1080p50 and 1080p60 are not Broadcast standards !!!

6. Whether you buy 1080i60 or 1080p60 you get 2 million pixels.

7. Ignore those that call it 540i, 1080i60 is 60 fields in 1 second or 30 frames in one second. You are getting 2 million pixels and 30 frames a second versus 2 million pixels and 60 frames a second. Are those 30 frames worth the extra money ?

8. Save your money and buy a 1080i tv and laugh at the fools who think that 1080p60 will be any better.


The 1080p marketing flop is just like 8.5GB dual layer dvd or 12x dvd-ram, if you end up not using it then it is pointless spending extra money on it.

I agree with the majority of your post, save for the last sentence. It's more like spending extra for a gigabit router that has 100 computers hooked up to it, and only getting one computer a gigabit NIC; you'll use the functionality, and the hardware technically is superior, but you're only using it 1% of the time.

 

[Aharami]

i love my 26" Panasonic 1080i CRT HDTV. prolly because its such a small screen...but the color reproductions on it are better than my gf's 27" sharp aquos LCD HDTV (i dunno if hers is 1080i or 1080p or 720p) although her tv is sharper (no pun intended).
/shrug

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

Things to consider:

1. Only CRT's can display interlaced signal, LCD, pLasma and DLP all convert any signal to progressive and to fit their native resolution.

2. 1080i means the TV can except 24p, 30p and 60i but will not except 50p or 60p.....although some TV's will convert the 60p to 30p.

3. 99% of all movies are filmed at 24 frames progressive.

4. Only live sporting events would benefit from 1080 60p and they don't have the bandwidth to do that on TV, Cable or Satellite. You will see 720p60 though which 1080i tv's can do.

5. 1080p50 and 1080p60 are not Broadcast standards !!!

6. Whether you buy 1080i60 or 1080p60 you get 2 million pixels.

7. Ignore those that call it 540i, 1080i60 is 60 fields in 1 second or 30 frames in one second. You are getting 2 million pixels and 30 frames a second versus 2 million pixels and 60 frames a second. Are those 30 frames worth the extra money ?

8. Save your money and buy a 1080i tv and laugh at the fools who think that 1080p60 will be any better.


The 1080p marketing flop is just like 8.5GB dual layer dvd or 12x dvd-ram, if you end up not using it then it is pointless spending extra money on it.

You're 100% correct except for the fact that many displays are advertised as 720p/1080i but are not capable of displaying those vaunted 2 million pixels. 1365x768 plasmas and LCDs = 1 million pixels, not 2. When such displays are advertised as 1080p it almost always means they can display the full 1920x1200 or ~ 2 million pixels.

 

[BUrassler]

Can someone explain the reason for the "in between" resolutions like 1366x768?! Why is the anything other the the standard 720P or 1080P ect. resolutions?

How does it work with these sets? I am most curious because I just got one myself that I will be setting up in just a few days!!

 

[Slammy1]

For film, you're not looking at much difference (the size where there's a difference has changed a lot in this argument, at one time people argued 32" but the std seems now around 55"). If you're running HD materials like computer games, I think more of us can intuitively answer whether 1920x1080 is better than 1280x720; which are the viewing resolutions you'll run on a progressive display.