What the heck should I use for my resolution anyway???

[Iceman_II]

I have a really strange question, and looking for confirmation of my conclusion...

At 720p resolution, HDTV has 720 pixels by 1280 pixels, or 921,600 total pixels

At 1080i, HTDV is 1080 by 1920, or 2,073.600 total pixels

My freakin' Sony KF-60WE610 only has 1,092,168 pixels in the LCD panel.

The set takes a 1080i input, but unless I am missing my guess, it is downscaling it to fit the screen, which is at most 784 by 1093 (based on 1,092,168 pixels)

WTF is up with that????!!!!????

Seeing as there are definate advantages to progressive rather than interlaced feeds, should I say screw it to having the TV downscale the 1080 input; swallow my pride, and go to a straight up 720p input, and at least take advantage of the progressive aspect of the signal?

What do you all think? (other than get a new TV that is... granted, I have had it for about 3 years, so its getting to be time )

Thanks,
Scott