View Poll Results: Which Hi-Def Format Do You Prefer Of Either 720p or 1080i?
I Prefer 720p Over 1080i
22
31.43%
I Prefer 1080i Over 720p
32
45.71%
I Like Them Both The Same
14
20.00%
I Hate Both Of Them
2
2.86%
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Which Hi-Def Do You Prefer: 720p or 1080i?
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Which Hi-Def Do You Prefer: 720p or 1080i?
Although 1080p is the "HD Holy Grail", this is just a poll on these two Hi-Def formats: 720p or 1080i
Which of these two do you prefer?
Which of these two do you prefer?
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On my set they both appear nearly identical. I will be eager to see if there is a difference when we get the higher data rate of BR or HD-DVD if there is a more noticable difference.
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Unless someone here has a CRT front projector that can do both natively for a direct comparison, this poll will be match which kind of TV people have right down the line. 720 sources look better on 720 TVs, and 1080 sources look better on 1080 TVs.
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720p on my Optoma H31 projector is better than 1080i. That's with a Voom set top box for OTA and a Dish 6000 receiver. I guess the projector just scales that resolution better.
For my TV, a Toshiba 65H81, 1080i is the only way to go. I have a Samsung Directv set top box, and HD sat channels and OTA look good at 1080i.
I also have an Infocus X1 projector, and I can't tell much difference at all between 1080i and 720p. Both look good (better than DVD), with 1080i maybe looking a little bit sharper.
I'm hoping that by the time Bluray players become affordable, 1080p front projectors also drop in price a lot. That will be a sweet setup.
For my TV, a Toshiba 65H81, 1080i is the only way to go. I have a Samsung Directv set top box, and HD sat channels and OTA look good at 1080i.
I also have an Infocus X1 projector, and I can't tell much difference at all between 1080i and 720p. Both look good (better than DVD), with 1080i maybe looking a little bit sharper.
I'm hoping that by the time Bluray players become affordable, 1080p front projectors also drop in price a lot. That will be a sweet setup.
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Right. Maybe it's just a factor of my older HDTV's size, but on my 36" VVega, 720p and 1080i both looked great. On my 50" Panasonic plasma, the scaler doesn't handle 720p that well, leaving 1080i looking much, much better.
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I voted 720P, since that's what most displays are native right now... my projector looks a LOT better in 720P because of this... when 1080P native sets/projectors are common, my vote will change to 1080i
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I can't tell the difference on my 46 in Sony RP HDTV.
But most of the time my Comcast box stutters on 1080i so I go with 720p. When 1080i is working normally, it looks the same anyway.
I wonder if it wasn't going to a hard drive first if my HD would look better than it does now? I'd bet so, but alas I have no way to find out. My Comacast DVR is my only HD source.
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But most of the time my Comcast box stutters on 1080i so I go with 720p. When 1080i is working normally, it looks the same anyway.
I wonder if it wasn't going to a hard drive first if my HD would look better than it does now? I'd bet so, but alas I have no way to find out. My Comacast DVR is my only HD source.
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My TV is 720p. When comparing the HDTivo and the TV to see which downconverted the 1080i signals better, I couldn't see enough difference to care which was better. And the differences were able to be fixed via calibration. So for input issues, it didn't matter.
However, watching the 2 different types of sources reveals some obvious differences. All of this is SERIOUSLY affected by compression/downrezzing from the provider, as well. Or my reception. So, this is really comparing the best of both that I've seen to take out the possibility of compression skewing it.
1080 sources can appear to have better resolution, when compared to a similar show from a 720 channel. They really can be sharp due to this, even when downrezzed to 720p. 720 sources can have REALLY smooth action, just incredible. When ABC does football well, it is the best source I've seen at my house. Without ever being interlaced, the progressive signal is awesome.
Other than that, they both look great. I don't have any preference. I just want HDLite to STOP!!
However, watching the 2 different types of sources reveals some obvious differences. All of this is SERIOUSLY affected by compression/downrezzing from the provider, as well. Or my reception. So, this is really comparing the best of both that I've seen to take out the possibility of compression skewing it.
1080 sources can appear to have better resolution, when compared to a similar show from a 720 channel. They really can be sharp due to this, even when downrezzed to 720p. 720 sources can have REALLY smooth action, just incredible. When ABC does football well, it is the best source I've seen at my house. Without ever being interlaced, the progressive signal is awesome.
Other than that, they both look great. I don't have any preference. I just want HDLite to STOP!!
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My set is 768p in resolution, so I figured 720p would look better because it's basically my set's native format and has the strong advantage of being true progressive.
So I was very surprised to see that 1080i programming does look better on my set. It's just sharper and more detailed than 720p programming. I may be wrong, but I suspect that the local 720p DTV channels aren't sending a full 720-line signal, because the extra 48-lines in my set just aren't enough to explain the difference I see, while the downconverted and de-interlaced 1080i signals are using the full 768-line resolution of my set. However, on the other hand, 720p does look better on images with fast-motion, with 1080i having more apparent blurring during such images (this is only something I notice in comparing NFL football between the networks).
So it was tough to choose, but I selected 1080i as my preferred format, although 720p is the better choice for football in HD.
So I was very surprised to see that 1080i programming does look better on my set. It's just sharper and more detailed than 720p programming. I may be wrong, but I suspect that the local 720p DTV channels aren't sending a full 720-line signal, because the extra 48-lines in my set just aren't enough to explain the difference I see, while the downconverted and de-interlaced 1080i signals are using the full 768-line resolution of my set. However, on the other hand, 720p does look better on images with fast-motion, with 1080i having more apparent blurring during such images (this is only something I notice in comparing NFL football between the networks).
So it was tough to choose, but I selected 1080i as my preferred format, although 720p is the better choice for football in HD.
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Right now my bedroom TV is 1080i native and my Projector is 720p native. Both look outstanding given their native resolution. I don;t think I could pick which one is better though since one is 110' and the other is 30'.
Given how great 720p looks on a big screen I just can't wait until we start seeing the 1080p LCD Projectors within the next year or so. The increase in resolution plus the addition of Epson's C2Fine technology is going to make for some really amazing displays.
Given how great 720p looks on a big screen I just can't wait until we start seeing the 1080p LCD Projectors within the next year or so. The increase in resolution plus the addition of Epson's C2Fine technology is going to make for some really amazing displays.
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Gotta go with Spiky - I have a JVC 52" D-ila that's 720p, and a Sony 34" XBR 960 CRT that's 1080i native. The thing I like better about my Sony is that it'll display the resolution from each source in the initial menu.
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Originally Posted by RockyMtnBri
a Sony 34" XBR 960 CRT that's 720p.