What's the ACTUAL difference between 1080i and 1080p??

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Originally Posted by adnank77

My Dell monitor can go up to 1080i on component and that's how I play my PS3 and BD Movies ..

Now What is the difference between 1080i and 1080p ???

In other words, what am I losing ??

I'm talking here about what the Actual HUMAN EYE can see .. Not technical differences only ..

Well, the technical difference is CRITICAL. A fixed panel must de-interlace the 1080i into something it can use. There two ways:

Wrong way (bob): Throw away every other field, and treat the signal like 540p and upscale that to 720p, 768p, 1080p etc. Easy. Cheap. No artifacts. You lose half the resolution! (Yes a LOT of monitors and TVs do this)

Right way (weave): Take two fields and merge them into one frame. The problem here is you need to properly detect 3:2 and 2:2 pull-down. And, there can possibly be inter-field motion for 1080i/60, so that has to be fixed (e.g. detect the motion and bob only the parts with inter-field motion). Not easy, cheap. Possible artifacts if not done right. But, full or near full resolution.

Gary