1080i is better than 720P. I see the difference in my house when I play the same game on my 720p and then run to my livingroom and play it on the 1080i and the 1080i looks noticably better. Don't try to justify the fact that u only have a 720p TV because u don't want to spring for the new 1080 editions! There is a difference my friend!!!

HD-TV broadcast is 1080i MAX. So are you saying it should burn in hell too. ;)

besides the numourus grammtical and spelling errors id like to point out that film based movies are at 24 FPS. only games justify a Progressive format but interlaced can cause flickering to some peoples eyes. this is also an issue with CRT moniters. i can see a moniter flicker at 60HZ yet above 75hz i cannot see any flicker for some this is lower and for others its higher. some can see flicker at as high as 100hz. this further justifys a progressive display mode

1080i vs. 1080P= 1080P is better for gaming. Why? Because 1080P runs 60fps titles much better and smoother than 1080i.



720P vs. 1080i= the winner depends on the game. Why? Because if a game isn't 60fps full of fast action, then the texture graphical quality of a game made to 1080i (or 1080P) spec will always look better than that same game made with 720P quality textures - and only on 50" TVs or greater (or big monitors if you're sitting close). If it's an action game expected to run smoothly (3D fighters like Tekken), then 1080i will look better when paused, 720P will look less choppy and 'feel' better when unpaused.



720P vs. 1080P= Hands down 1080P for gaming. Why? Because your 60fps game plays at 60fps firstly. Also you have smaller pixels which allow for more detailed textures, which end up looking better overall than 720P if the game was made to take advantage of the improved fidelity. This is improvement over a similar 720P game is not as noticible if your TV is less than 50" (or if you have less than a 21" monitor)

Of course they will look different. You comparing 2 different TVs. And FYI, and Videophyle knows 720 p looks better than 1080i when comparing on the same TV.

>"To anyone who says theres little difference, then they are wrong."



No you are wrong. All the reports we see based on hands on TV comparisons of 1080i vs 1080p, comes to the same conclusions (see link below). So what tests have you done Vietone, what comparisons have you made to prove these reports wrong? And where's your links of TV comparison reports which supports your claims?



>"At 60 FPS everything is much smoother. Ask any PC player if they play at 30 or 60FPS and 100% would say they prefer to play at 60FPS."



So what? It depends on the game. RFoM was going to be 1080p @ 30fps, now it's even less than that at 720p @ 30fps, but do I see anyone complaining? Heavenly Sword is also fixed at 30fps (according to the developers). I'm sorry, but I would prefer to play a great game at 30fps than a cr@p game at 60fps, and from all accounts, RFoM is a great game.



>"Once 1080p@60FPS becomes a standard for PS3 games"



1080p@60fps will never be standard in PS3 games. The resolution and framerate will ALWAYS vary from game to game depending on the developer and the game.



>"1080i will never look as good as 1080p, end of discussion. "



On a 1080p TV which deinterlaces properly, 1080i at 30fps looks just as good as 1080p at 30fps. It's only at framerates higher than 30fps (i.e. 60fps) where the difference will be noticed, since 1080i will be stuck at 30fps.



As reported here; http://blog.hometheatermag.com/geoffreymorrison/0807061080iv1080p/



Quote "If you send 1080i, the TV de-interlaces it to 1080p. If you send your TV the 1080p signal, the player is de-interlacing the signal. As long as your TV is de-interlacing the 1080i correctly, then there is no difference....The only time you would see a difference is if you have native 1080p/60 content, which at this point would only come from a PC and maybe the PS3. 1080p/60 does have more information than 1080i/30, but unless you're a gamer you will probably never see native 1080p/60 content."

I have a crt hdtv that goes to 1080i. It tells me at what res the picure come through, and I must say on my TV 1080i is alot better than 720p.

I have a 30 inch widescreen crt. it was only $600 bucks, it's for my game room so the size is OK. Thing is I went to find another one and can't. I can't find one at all anymore. I think the TV companies are making us step up to flat panels even though the tech's not perfected so they can make an extra buck before the prices drop anymore. It suck because I haven't liked the lcds or plasmas I've seen. Too many downsides for the $2000 investment.

So you're saying 1080p is no better than 720p?

First off you do realize that most 360 games are running around 30fps, don't you? Next thing I highly dout that any PS3 games are going to be 1080p/i for the following reasons.



First and foremost the fill rate that has to be archived by the GPU is insane for 1080. Its some ware around 2million pixels per frame compared to the 0.9million pixels of a 720 display. That means that game has half the time to render a pixel in 1080 resolution then in 720 resolution. that means that you get will get half the lighting, texturing, and other fancy effects in the 1080 resolution just to get the same frame rate. That means that the game you are playing will look WORSE in 1080 resolution because developers can't do as much because they need to keep a high frame rate.



Second point screen buffer size on the GPU. I don't think that the PS3 has 15MB frame buffer on its GPU. I believe that it is around 9-10MB. That means that games would not have a big enough back buffer to render to in 1080 resolution.



So my conclusion to despite Sony's PR ALL PS3 games are going to be rendered at 720. That 1080 was put there for movie goers and Blue Ray DVD and not games. But all this a small point if the your tv doesn't support HDMI.