is 1080p Marketing Hype?

[U4K61]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

1080p (1920x1080=2,073,600 pixels) is higher resolution than 1080i/768p (1366x768=1,049,088 pixels). As for the question of whether or not it will provide YOU a big increase in PQ, that depends on:

• Your eyes
• Screen size
• Seating distance

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Providing the SOURCE was shot progressively, 1080i and 1080p are exactly the same resolution. They are both 1920x1080, just delivered differently.
If your television can correctly deinterlace 1080i60 then you end up with the original 1080p24 signal after performing 3:2 pulldown.

Interesting that Joe Kane in the early days of HDTV made such a tool and shill of 1080i and never mentioned that it can be de-interlaced and made equivalent to 1080p. It set the stage for the endless threads we now have on 720p vs 1080i. In his own words: "1080i has a resolution of 540p, that's all it is worth." It's a shame 24fps film source was left out ot the equation.

Originally Posted by dobyblue

On a TV that handles both 3:2 and de-interlacing properly, like the Pioneer KURO panels, 1080i60 and 1080p24 are identical. The Pioneer sets pass all 3:2 and deinterlacing tests, but you're right in that a high percentage fail 3:2. When you take 1080p24 and convert to 1080i60 and back, nothing is lost; it's bit-for-bit identical.

Back to 1080i/p