What is the difference between 720P and 1080/60P?

Question

My 720P TV is showing that it is getting a 1080/60P resolution with an upconvert DVD player. What is 1080/60P, and if my TV is supposed to max out at 720P then why does the 1080/60P picture look so much better? I am very familiar with HDTV and the difference between 480P - 1080P, but ive never heard of 1080/60P and I didnt think My TV was supposed to get such a high res. Any info would be great!

Answer 1

Very simply 1080 is the vertical resolution the /60P is another way of saying progressive scan.   It means that you get 60 pictures per second.

Now on old analog it was interlaced.. line 1 then 3 then 5 ect. until the next to the last line was displayed then it started over with line 2 then 4 then 6 ect. until it reached the last line.  There was no other way to display a TV picture. The old scan lines took 1/60th of a second, the even scan lines took a 60th of a second so the TV picture changed 30 times per second.

1/60th of a second for each scan.

With digital and progressive scanning you get lines 1,2,3,4,5 ect. until 1080. it takes a 60th of a second for the scan the same as old analog but you get a complete picture so you are getting 60 pictures per second.  

IN THE U.S, it is tied to the 60 cycle current we use, in Europe it is 50 Pictures per second.

Your TV probably is seeing the 1080P of the up-converter but can only display the Max resolution of the TV set itself even though the circuit can detect a higher resolution.

http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/Tec...

Answer 2

Dude. You asked the exact same question a few hours ago. And the question was answered.