Most HDTVs don't handle 1080i correctly...

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In the most recent issue of Home Theater Magazine there was a test of over 50 HDTVs for their ability to accurately work with 1080i material. Two levels of testing included the displays ability to properly process all 1920x1080 pixels across 2 fields of a 1080i source and a test to see how well the displays worked with film based (24 frames per second) source material for 3:2 pulldown correction.

Out of the displays tested, less than half of them properly used all 1080 lines delivered from a 1080i source.

Just over 80% could not handle 1080i film based material correctly.

For those wondering what that means, it boils down to very few HDTVs being able to properly and show film based material when that material is delivered to the display at 1080i.

Or: HD-DVD, since it doesn't yet have a player delivering 1080p, is not realizing the full potential of the source material on over 80% of the displays on the market!

NOT KNOWN: If the Samsung properly handles the 1080p/24 -> 1080i -> 1080p conversion.

NOT KNOWN: How many of the displays tested could handle 1080p sources.

NOT KNOWN: What the exact resolution of all the displays were. I don't think it was limited to 1080p ONLY sources - I'll re-read the article to see if that is mentioned. If it IS only 1080p, then the numbers provided above I would call 'accurate'. If some displays were less than 1080p, then I would throw all of those displays out of the final calculated numbers.