When shopping for HDTVs today, there are so many acronyms and numbers, it can make anyone’s head spin. Today we’re going to compare and contrast the differences of 1080i and 1080p.
Aren’t they both “1080?”
Firstly, both 1080i and 1080p essentially represent the same resolution, 1920×1080. This is the highest resolution currently available for HDTVs, but just because a TV supports 1080i, it doesn’t mean that 1920×1080 is the actual resolution of the TV. HDTV sets apply a lot of processing, stuff that goes on in the background, to display 1080p (from Blu-Ray usually), 1080i (live TV, such as sports), 720p (film-based TV shows, such as sitcoms) and 480i/p (standard-definition).
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