Question about 1080i v 1080p

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Originally Posted by SmallvilleGirl

If I have a Philips 50" plasma w/ambilight that is a 1080i, and a ps3 to play my blu-rays, would you recommend I buy a plasma that's 1080p or would I be disappointed and not notice much of a difference?

I guess the confusion comes in whether its a tv thats 1080p vs 1080i or a high def player (ex. toshiba's 1080i vs 1080p)

Does your plasma accept 1080i as an input and display it as 1080i, or does it display it as 1080p?

Much depends on the interlacer (you can always read this longer thread How discernable is 1080p over 1080i to get the "mechanics") but like my advice there, if you already have a 1080i specially a recent purchase, I'd would enjoy it now and wait a little while while the 1080p prices go down. Buy some discs, supporting high definition media adoption, hardware prices tend to go down faster and a lot more than disc prices. The other day the Sony 2160p projector was $250,000. I hear it's now $100,000