Actully. 1080i is fine...My tv upconverts 720p signals to 1080i the Idea that 720p is better than 1080i is wrong though
In the 1080i system, 1080 picture scan lines are traced from top to bottom as interlaced fields (540 lines in the first field, and 540 lines in the second). There are 1920 pixels (picture-forming elements) on each line. Therefore, the total image resolution is 1920x1080, or just over 2 million pixels.
The 720p system scans 720 picture lines from top to bottom in 1/60th of a second, to eliminate flicker. There are 1280 pixels on each line, resulting in a total image resolution of 1280x720 or 921,600 pixels.
In the same time interval that one-half of a 1080i image is shown -- or about 1 million pixels -- all of the 720p image will be scanned, or just under 1 million pixels. For this reason, proponents of the 720p system claim that it has the same perceived image resolution as the 1080i system
And despite what some might say...Toshiba, Panasonic, Philips, and Hitachi have sets where 720p will be converted to 1080i, and analog NTSC to 480p. Mitsubishi has unveiled seven sets, both widescreen and conventional, that displays 1080i at 1080i and convert analog NTSC, 720p, and 480p to its own unique scanning format of 960i. The odd man out is Pioneer, who does NOT do this except with their plasma sets
Additionally...Set up right by an ISF guy... a CRT model will smoke a DLP or LCD in maximal picture quality.
Ask any ISF tech and they will probably agree....
Black levels hold back the DLP and the LCD, as well as Rainbows, Streaking, Dithering, screen door, missing pixels, ect... These are all problems that can't be tweaked out.
With CRT they suffer from bad convergence, bad focus, bad geometry, bad overscan, bad greyscale, bad picture settings.... These can all be adjusted or perfected to give a more perfect or better picture than DLP or LCD.
People who claim LCD or DLP is better are simply not experienced enough to know any different. -I am not saying these new technologies are bad, cause I think both are great, just I expect to get flamed for posting the truth by many angry DLP and LCD lovers who would love to believe thier buying or purchase decision is the only correct one.
Hell My parents own a DLP and I own the RPTV and there tv is awesome.
And LCD is horrible. Bad Bad Idea LCD is hopeless.... No Hope for LCD IMHO.... They just suck too much. It's Funny how LCD RPTV owner make them out to be the best when infact they are awful. Ever watch sports on an LCD? There is like a trail effect... same when you place Video games... I always read about Xbox on the GWII. Xbox on the GWII is terrible....
Add a terrible cable picture... terrible (as in the worst possible) black levels, a terrible scaler, Missing and stuck pixels....not covered under warranty..
Just don't understand the cult following the LCD models have...cosidering they have marked up margins to the moon and sell for double the price of significantly better RPTV's.
It's simply amazing what a nice cabinet and the MFG name can do for a product.
If your looking into buying a HDTV I would vist many of the wonderful foums online before deciding on a purchase such as this.
Some examples are avsforum.com, hdtvforum.com and others.
