"There is no picture quality difference between 1080i and 1080p, it just sends half the data to the screen twice as quickly - The display shows exactly the same picture. Remember that all HD TV's only show a PROGRESSIVE Display (except maybe a couple of CRT Projectors)."
If that's so, why are the movies mastered in 1080p and not 1080i? Why does a 720p picture look better than a 1080i picture when it comes to HD sporting events?
“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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"There is no picture quality difference between 1080i and 1080p, it just sends half the data to the screen twice as quickly - The display shows exactly the same picture. Remember that all HD TV's only show a PROGRESSIVE Display (except maybe a couple of CRT Projectors)."
If that's so, why are the movies mastered in 1080p and not 1080i? Why does a 720p picture look better than a 1080i picture when it comes to HD sporting events?