does anybody have a compelling technical reason as to what output setting the resolution should be left at for a 768p plasma? the way i see it, there are a few schools of thought:

1. 480p: let the DVD player deinterlace the signal, and have the TV scale it to 768. this assumes that the TV has a better scaler than the DVD player.

2. 720p: most closely matches the native resolution of the display, and the TV doesn't have to deinterlace the signal. seems most of the heavy lifting here is done by the DVD player.

3. 1080i: more pixels, highest resolution. this seems to involve the most processing though, as it seems to me the DVD player deinterlaces the signal to 480p, upconverts it to 1080i, then the display deinterlaces the signal again and down-converts it to 768p.

i've got a panasonic plasma (TH42PX60U) and a sony N75H upconverting DVD player connected via HDMI.

anybody care to weigh in? i searched for an answer, but couldn't come up with much. maybe it comes down to which piece has the better video processing circuitry, but i'm not sure what is the case in my situation.

thanks!

Use what looks best to you. Just make sure you calibrate with Digital Video Essentials or Avia discs.

larry