What's better? The 1080i or 1080p or 720i or 720p.

[popshark86]

What's better? The 1080i or 1080p or 720i or 720p. Or another one that I might have left.

 

[vurbano]

in order
1080p
1080i
a close second is 720p (lol waits for madpoet)
720i

 

[jimmykce1]

I don't believe there any 1080p HDTV. Also I know the stations will not be broadcasting in 1080p for a while since there are buying new equipment just to get on the HD end of the market now.

 

[CraziFuzzy]

plus the fact that the number of 1080p capable sets is extremely limited.

 

[rexoverbey]

I don't believe there any 1080p HDTV.

Mitsubishi's LCOS 82" Projection HDTV is 1080p. If you have $20,000 to blow.

Also I know the stations will not be broadcasting in 1080p

The new HD DVD players are stated to be 1080p. So maybe there will be a reason to want 1080p.

 

[CraziFuzzy]

somwthing to point out is that, they are in fact 1080p, but this is not as good as that may seem. 1080p, as refering to HD DVD and such, simply means 1920x1080 resolution, without interlacing. This makes since, since there is no interlaced LCoS sets, or plasmas, or DLP, or anything but picture tubes. When people talk about 1080p being the best, they are assuming 60fps (as is 720p) HD DVD's (such as the terminator 2 extreme dvd) is 1440x1080 resolution, but runs at the films native 24fps. This provides a very film like feel, but again, is not like the 1920x1080x60fps that people dream about (as a cross of 720p and 1080i would produce). I have never seen any 1080p material that was actually anything over 30fps, which is what any "1080i" pixel based display currently shows.

 

[madpoet]

Heh, I couldn't leave you hanging like that Vurbano

There are quite a few arguments about the superiority of 720p or 1080i. Quite a bit depends on the capabilities of your display, and the quality of the conversion. I myself think 720p is superior.

And 1080p trumps both