I downloaded quite a few 1080i clips and tested them on a 1920 X 1200 24" display. I used VLC Media Player, which allows several options for de-interlacing, such as bob and weave. Some gave horrible results, but the perfect option was 'mean'. That produced a great, smooth video which looked similar to 1080p videos I have seen.
I am no expert, but I don't really think there's any difference between 1080i and 1080p.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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I downloaded quite a few 1080i clips and tested them on a 1920 X 1200 24" display. I used VLC Media Player, which allows several options for de-interlacing, such as bob and weave. Some gave horrible results, but the perfect option was 'mean'. That produced a great, smooth video which looked similar to 1080p videos I have seen.
I am no expert, but I don't really think there's any difference between 1080i and 1080p.