1080i tv + blu-ray player?

[rubberghost]

i have one of the nicer, 1080i t.v.'s. i haven't viewed any 1080p, on my t.v. yet.(i have one of those other players). i intend to purchase a ps3, or samsung bd-p1500 soon. how much, blu-ray glory, can i expect my t.v. to show me?

[Rabidhunter]

I have a 720p/1080i max Samsung TV. My Blu-ray player is a PS3. I was watching things in 720p for some time then I decided to set the PS3 to output 1080i, it's like watching the movie all over again. The difference is striking. You'll get a lot out of your 1080i TV from a PS3 or the bd-p1500. It makes a huge difference.

[King03]

How much glory? Plenty! Most people can't even notice the difference between 1080i and 1080p, but you'll definitely notice the difference between standard def and high def.

Also, while you didn't really ask, I suggest the PS3 as your blu-ray player, even if you are never going to play games with it. It's internal hard drive and internet connectivity have kept it at the cutting edge of the blu-ray player market, there really isn't a better player out there...

[darrinveit]

You'll love the picture. Even at 720p you'll see much better detail on discs that take advantage of the media. I had Planet Earth on a really good upconverting DVD player that looked great, but when I viewed the same movie in Blu-Ray the difference was very noticeable.

[dlshelt]

Originally Posted by Rabidhunter

I have a 720p/1080i max Samsung TV. My Blu-ray player is a PS3. I was watching things in 720p for some time then I decided to set the PS3 to output 1080i, it's like watching the movie all over again. The difference is striking. You'll get a lot out of your 1080i TV from a PS3 or the bd-p1500. It makes a huge difference.

I thought there was no difference between 720p and 1080i except with fast moving images?

[aross6]

Originally Posted by dlshelt

I thought there was no difference between 720p and 1080i except with fast moving images?

Maybe your TV does not deinterlace the 1080i signal that well then. Wait until the PS3 gets it's deinterlacing feature, then watch something in 1080i-deinterlaced-to-1080p... striking!!!

[Canada]

Originally Posted by dlshelt

I thought there was no difference between 720p and 1080i except with fast moving images?

1080i has better resolution but it is an interlaced image where 720p is a progressivly scanned image. 720p is better for action movies and sports where the image is constantly changing.

[Canada]

Originally Posted by rubberghost

i have one of the nicer, 1080i t.v.'s. i haven't viewed any 1080p, on my t.v. yet.(i have one of those other players). i intend to purchase a ps3, or samsung bd-p1500 soon. how much, blu-ray glory, can i expect my t.v. to show me?

The difference between 480i, 480p and 1080i is astounding. So many people are getting hung up on 1080p TV's and I have no idea why until HD DVD/Blu Ray hit the streets I belive there was no 1080p content, HDTV was either 1080i or 720p.

[Charles3669]

Originally Posted by aross6

Maybe your TV does not deinterlace the 1080i signal that well then. Wait until the PS3 gets it's deinterlacing feature, then watch something in 1080i-deinterlaced-to-1080p... striking!!!

Wait so your saying the PS3 doesn't deinterlace the blurays? I thought the tv was the deinterlacer, and if not are we getting this in an update?

[cawgijoe]

Originally Posted by Canada

1080i has better resolution but it is an interlaced image where 720p is a progressivly scanned image. 720p is better for action movies and sports where the image is constantly changing.

This is a very general comment that I don't agree with. I have a Sony KV-34XBR800 1080i native TV and you will never see any motion artifacts in any sports program no matter how fast the action is, period.

If you have a quality TV that does the conversion and de-interlacing correctly, you should not have any issues.

[Teazle]

I've used a 26" 1080i CRT with a PS3 for over a year (14 months) now. This was the best CRT I could find at the time I bought it. Blu-rays look excellent. (I've watched about 120 different BD titles this way.)

I read elsewhere on this forum that 1080i is roughly equivalent in resolution to 750p (or thereabouts). However res is not all that matters to picture quality. The naturally high contrast of a 1080i CRT will reveal more detail than many low-contrast 1080p sets, where detail displayed can be much less visible. Also CRTs do a very good job with detail in the shadows and in showing shades of gray. (Fire up a dark and gloomy BD e.g. Bram Stoker's Dracula or From Hell on your properly calibrated CRT (in a light-controlled environment) and laugh at the world.)

Another plus for CRTs is motion detail. A 1080p LCD gives a better static image but a worse moving image than a 1080i CRT; the advantages of 1080p are somewhat diminished for LCD due to motion blur.

On the down side CRTs are relatively finicky to calibrate, esp. wrt geometry.

Probably the new round of 1080p plasmas coming later this year will finally dethrone CRTs for image quality, because the contrast ratios for plasma are starting to get wayyy up there. Til that time I would say go ahead and watch Blus at 1080i; I know I do.

If you go the PS3 route it's worth picking up the BD remote control (Bluetooth, not IR -- it's a good one) for an extra $20-25.

[rubberghost]

i have a, 55", 1080i, hitachi-ultravision, and i've been very impressed with it's performance.(until some recent blurring issues). i've also been using a, toshiba, hd-dvd, player. i will purchase a BD player soon. now i'm a bit concerned about this, de-interlacing issue. does my t.v. not do that? will a samsung, BD P1500, do the trick? and what about the ps3, with the de-interlacing?