Been thinking of getting a new flat screen TV and i see most have HD ready on them but some also have full 1080p HD ready on them or 1080i HD ready, can someone tell me whats the difference or point me in the direction of a website that will explain all this

Cheers
Ian

 

1080i - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Hope you can make sense of it

 

According to the AV store 'Richer Sounds' "p" is better than "i"
HTH
Andy

 

1080i is 720 lines interlaced to make it appear 1080.

1800P is true HD with 1080 lines making up the picture at a much higher resolution.

 

As above interlacing squeezes the extra lines onto the lower resolution screen.. It softens the picture and reduces quality.

 

The interlaced one takes two scans to build the picture while the p or progressive scan does it all in one scan and therefore will give better quality especially on a moving object.

Les

 

You remember how you used to go to the pub at 16 and have long discussions with your mates about how the Ford was 7.2sec 0-60 so it was better than the Vauxhall that was 7.3sec? Same sort of thing.

 

Thanks everyone, i think i've sussed it out now

 

brendan hit the nail on the head, unless you've got a 50" or bigger you can't tell the difference and if you think you can its only your mind playing tricks

plus every 40-42" 1080p panel i have seen to date has looks worse than its 1080i equivalent with SD sources going into it, infact some look crap even if "full" high-def is going into them

give it a few months and this whole 1080p thing wont mean **** because you'll not only need that but you MUST buy a 100hz screen ourelse it just wont be great.

another way to swindle more money out of people imo