Confused about 1080i/50 hz

[donaldheil]

Somebody please explain this for me.

This is a quote from the blu-ray.com review of the movie "Max Manus: Man of War":

"most every US TV set cannot accept 1080/50 signal, and one needs to have a player capable of outputting 1080/50 signal - native Region-A players don’t - to access the disc's content".

The last part is perfectly clear for me. The first part is not. I understand from it that it doesn't matter if you have a player capable of outputting that kind of signal, you still will have to deal with the fact that most US tv sets won't accept it.

The thing is that I bought a Momitsu BDP 899 player, and to my surprise, I was able to play that movie (Max Manus) and another disc with 1080i/50 encoding. Since I read that quote before hand, I didn't think I was going to be able to.

So the question is: Is the Momitsu converting the signal, so my TV can accept it, or is my TV set capable of accepting the 1080i/50 signal?

My guess is option A, but still the quote in the review seems to suggest something else.

Note: My TV set is a Sony KDL- 40V4100 bought in Costa Rica, so I don't know if it is a Latin American version with different specifications than those of the american version. It looks very american to me