720p or 1080i??

[ProvenFlipper]

Originally Posted by ra1024

Another way to think about it is this. In a few years when the FCC (US) dictates all tv broadcasts are high def, people without HD tvs will have to get a converter box. At that point, their old standard def sets will be displaying a 1080i signal but they won't suddenly be seeing high def. The converter box will scale down the 1080i (or 720p) signal to fit on their old tvs that have 480 lines of resolution.

Signals don't have to be high def, just digital. Not to be picky, but I see this piece of misinformation spread all of the time.