1080i or 720p?

[Nocturnx99]

just wondering which resolution i should use to get most out of my bd's

[oldmike]

i dont know think its depends on the TV

[Nocturnx99]

i have a 32' sony lcd. it does 1080i and 720p

[Jokerboy649]

1080i is what I use and it looks great!

[Zod]

720p for sports in HD, 1080i for movies on PS3.

[jdub905]

i go 720p on my tv for my ps3 and it looks great to me.

[JasonR]

I like 1080i better myself. Most sports channels (ESPN, FOX, etc.) broadcast only in 720P. Movie channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.) broadcast only in 1080i. I have seen sports on 1080i and think it still looks great. If you do mostly movie watching anyway the 1080i is the best bet. However, with your BDP you MUST do 1080P. Beautiful....

[Zod]

Originally Posted by JasonR

I like 1080i better myself. Most sports channels (ESPN, FOX, etc.) broadcast only in 720P. Movie channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.) broadcast only in 1080i. I have seen sports on 1080i and think it still looks great. If you do mostly movie watching anyway the 1080i is the best bet. However, with your BDP you MUST do 1080P. Beautiful....

I get all the HD sports channels in 1080i on sat. They look better at 720.

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by Zod

I get all the HD sports channels in 1080i on sat. They look better at 720.

My TV switches to whatever it was broadcast in. Maybe I'm messed up.

I am just saying I prefer 1080i for overall viewing.

Off of ESPN.com

Why Did ESPN Choose 720p versus 1080i?



ESPN chose 720p because of the "p," which stands for progressive scan technology. Progressive scan technology paints the picture on your television screen from top to bottom on a line-by-line basis&.as in lines 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, etc. Interlace technology, the "i" in 1080i, paints the picture on an every-other-line basis, first painting lines 1,3,5,7,9 and then a split second later painting lines 2,4,6,8 and 10. Your eyes then assemble the painting into one image.

Progressive scan technology produces better images for the fast moving orientation of sports television. Simply put, with 104 mph fastballs in baseball and 120 mph shots on goal in hockey, the line-by-line basis of progressive scan technology better captures the inherent fast action of sports. For ESPN, progressive scan technology makes perfect sense.

We note with interest that when consumers now shop for DVD devices which produce the best pictures, the industry standard for quality is "progressive scan DVD players." We believe that says a great deal about our selection of 720p.

However, it is important to note that 720p and 1080i are not mutually exclusive technologies. Unlike certain incompatibilities in industries like cellular telephone service, DVD's and other products dating back to VHS versus Betamax and 8-track audio tape versus cassettes, all television sets, set top boxes and tuners are required to accept a series of formats, in which 720p and 1080i are included. Therefore, no one is excluded, and consumers with sets that inherently create pictures with progressive scan technology will automatically be able to see programs that are produced in the interlace format and vice versa. Some will debate the quality of the technologies, but we believe both 720p and 1080i produce HDTV pictures of a quality far above what most consumers have experienced over the first 50 years of television. As such, all HDTV viewers win!

[vektar]

i would have to say 720, 1080i hurts my eyes some kind of flicker issue

[JasonR]

Make your own decision, you will see what you like. I just know I have never seen a broadcast like King Kong in 1080i....sick. The 1080P on disc is definatlely the best non-broadcast.

[DefTechPioElite]

Originally Posted by Nocturnx99

just wondering which resolution i should use to get most out of my bd's

if the native rsolution of the tv is 1280x720 or 1366x768 or whatever, as long as the second number is not 1080, just use 720, as you will NOT see a difference unless the TV's native resolution is that high. Just because the TV accepts 1080i does not mean that it can display 1080i. Hope this helped.

[jorg]

use your tvs native resolution and if u don`t like that then wteek and switch to your prefrence