[youknowryan]

I hear of some people saying that on their 720P display or projector that they get better results setting their player to output 1080i as opposed to 720p. I wanted to see who does what and if you've done both please post your experience.


I am running 1080i right now and sometime go back to 720P. In my case I don't see much difference, but I've heard other can see a lot of difference with the setting at one or the other.

 

[MichaelHDDVD]

The entire 1080i or 720p debate is interesting


I have switched back and forth between 720p and 1080i... sometimes 1080i looks better and some 720p looks better. I am just going to leave mine set at 720p.

 

[nightfly13]

On my HD1000u projector 1080i is considerably crisper. See the link in my sig for more detailed thoughts.

 

[wyliec2]

For the first year I had my HD-A1 set to 1080i - there were early issues with 720p output that were resolved with later FW releases.


After upgrading to FW 2.1, I switched to 720p and the picture looks at least as good as 1080i so I'm staying at 720p for now.


This on a Panny AE-900.

 

[ac388]

For HDDVD disc, set it to 1080i.

For SD DVD disc, set it to 720P.


Above is my findings on A2 with Mit. HC3100.

 

[Jack Gilvey]

The scaler on my AE900 is not so great, so feeding it 720p from my A2 looks a bit sharper.

 

[adrman]

Up until Children of Men, I would have voted 720, but that title (and supposedly some others) have some issues if the player's output is 720p. At 1080i it's fine. Since I don't see any difference between 720 and 1080 otherwise, I'm just leaving the HDA1 set for 1080i.

 

[Blister72]

On my cable box to the 32" 1366x768 Aquos, I can't see a difference between 720p or 1080i at any distance, so it is set at 1080i, just because "more is better" here in America.

If I connect the HD-A2 to it for firmware updates or viewing HD DVD movies in the family room, it is set at "up to 1080i".


It's nothing like the obvious change I see on my PC, changing resolution settings from 600x800 or 1024x768, etc...for gaming.

 

[mlankton]

It all boils down to which does a better job at the conversion to 720p, the XA2 or your display.

 

[Damnationdoormat]

My Sammy 720p DLP overscans 1080i so I mostly stick with 720p in the "Expand" picture mode to get 1:1 pixel mapping.

 

[calv1n]

On my infocus 333 I leave it on 1080i for HD-DVD

 

[eliocon]

I have mine set to 1080p. I have a Panasonic AX100 and 1080p looks a bit sharper than 720 to me.

 

[hconwell]

I'm going to post this in the "HD-XA2 prices going down" thread about this. I just got my new XA2 ... and it won't output 1080i over HDMI ... or at least I can't figure out how to make it do so. There is no "Resolution" buttom on the remote like there was on the HD-A1. In setup, I set it to output "Up to 1080i". But it keeps on giving me 720p. Is it autosensing my IN76's native rez and doing this automatically?


I posted this here because I'd like to output at 1080i. My projector does a great job of scaling.


Can't figure out how to do it.


This puppy may be going back.

 

[MidnightWatcher]

I have an HTPC, and I've tried both 1080i and 720p. I can hardly tell a difference, but am outputting 720p because my TV doesn't seem to overscan at this resolution.


My TV is a 46" 720p Samsung DLP.

 

[DangerBoy]

Optoma HD70 and HDA1 - I have set the player to 720p for all HD and SD playback EXCEPT for Universal titles. I have to play them in 1080i so that i don't get jaggies.

 

[Ktulu_1]

For some reason several different sources, not just HD DVD players, seem to look better on my JVC 720p HD-ILA RPTV at 1080i than they do at 720p.

 

[thewretched22]

1080i, let my tv do the rescaling to 720p.

 

[Frank Derks]



Quote:
Originally Posted by hconwell /forum/post/0


... But it keeps on giving me 720p. Is it autosensing my IN76's native rez and doing this automatically?


....

Yes, it's autosensing and acting accordingly.


But why not simply accept this? The HQV proceassing and scaling does a great job.

I doubt the infocus scaler betters it.

 

[Human Bean]

768P on the 360.

 

[ClashFan]

On my new 768p set, 1080i looked clearly better to me. Not dramatically, but noticeably.