1080i VS 1080p

[TheCulliganMan]

My brother-in-law has a Sony 37" 1080i plasma that is about 3 years old and I have a Samsung 40" 1080p LCD. Is there an noticeable difference in the picture of the two sets?

I do have the PS 3 hooked up with the Blu-ray, will the Blu-rays picture show better then the 1080i plasma?

Is 1080i full HD?

[supersix4]

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[oXweebleXo]

1080 is full hd. even though you have a 1080 tv it still doesnt put out 1080. just google it.

[welwynnick]

Got to be clear about what is meant by 1080i - is this the input (interface) or the output (display)? A 3 year-old 37" 1080i SOny plasma will undoubtably NOT have 1080 lines of native resolution. It will probably only have 480 or 720 lines, and 1080i video will be processed and displayed at that native resolution.

A recent 1080p LCD will presumably (model?) support 1080p video at both the input and the display. If that is the case, it will look much sharper with an appropriate source.

What may be more important than all that, though, is the remarkable improvement in performance of ALL flat panel displays during the last few years.

Nick

[johnnymech]

The "i" stands for for interlaced, where "p" is for progressive. They are the two ways that electronic images get placed onto the screen.

[TheCulliganMan]

Thanks guys

[Frode]

Let me see if I can simplify this a bit:

1080i crt = use 1080i
1080p LCD/plasma/DLP etc = use 1080p
Everything else HD = use 720P

That will ensure you get the best possible quality. Even if you have a 1366x768 plasma/LCD, stick to 720P because the display most likely won't be able to properly deinterlace 1080i.

[cawgijoe]

Originally Posted by Frode

Let me see if I can simplify this a bit:

1080i crt = use 1080i
1080p LCD/plasma/DLP etc = use 1080p
Everything else HD = use 720P

That will ensure you get the best possible quality. Even if you have a 1366x768 plasma/LCD, stick to 720P because the display most likely won't be able to properly deinterlace 1080i.

Probably a good idea to stick to the Native Resolution of the set and not the source, but that all depends on how well the set can scale the picture.

It's a matter of experimentation. Try it both ways and decide which you think is better and stick with it.