High Definition Television?

Question

What is the difference feom 1080i and 1080P?

I know 1080P is better but what makes them different?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1080i. means 1080 integrated.  1080p means 1080 progressive. progressive is obviously better.....

Answer 3

lol the i and the p

Answer 4

the i stands for interlaced and the p stands for progressive scan. P has a higher vertical resolution than interlaced video with the same frame rate. just go here it explains everything and has pictures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive...

Answer 5

i skips a cell where p doesn't, so technically p is double the clarity of i.

Answer 6

Progressive Scan (1080p, 720p.. ect.) and Interlaced (1080i.. blah blah).

Progressive is when the TV displays a full image on the screen every 30 times a second? Someone please correct me if im wrong about the time.

Interlaced is when the TV displays every SECOND row of pixels on the screen. As far as i know the TV updates the screen twice as fast but your still missing half the image everytime its updated.

1080p, as you mentioned, is of superior quality. the difference is really noticeable with sports and fast action stuff. this is because the differences in the frames with interlaced is significantly different everytime it updates (we see ghosting and blurriness). with progressive the image is a lot clearer.

check out the wiki link. it goes into more detail (with examples)

Answer 7

1080i is a lot like 720p due to the fact that there is always 720 lines on the screen. 1080i means that all 1080 lines are there but you only see 720 at one time since they are interlaced. The biggest difference you can see is when you sit closer the television the more lines you want to see..hence 1080p. It currently is the best possible picture unless you want the 120hz tvs like the panasonic or samsung and that gives you the 3d effect.

Answer 8

Like some peopel have said P is progressive and I  is interlaced however if you have a tv that is smaller then 50 inches then you wont even be able to tell the difference

Answer 9

Both formats consist of resolutions that display 1920x1080 pixels on the screen.  The letter at the end dictates whether the image is refreshed with an interlaced(i) scan, or a progressive(p) scan.

An interlaced scan means that every other horizontal line of resolution is refreshed every cycle.  While still or slow moving images will look just fine with this scan you will experience jumpiness or pixelation in fast moving images from sports or action movies.  Many viewers have stated that they enjoy the smoothness of a 720p image over the temporary clarity of a 1080i image.

A progressive scan involves the refreshing of every horizontal line of resolution each cycle.  A 1080p image combines the clarity of a 1080i image with the clean smoothness of a 720p image.  It is the best of both worlds.

Furthermore, you will be able to tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p on any screen size the due the difference in the smoothness of the images.  Screen size makes no difference when comparing these two particular resolutions.

Hope that was helpful ;)