Why does my lcd hdtv display 1080p?

Question

My LN32a330J1D displays 1080p. Im not looking a gift horse in the face but when I select 1080p on my ps3 or I watch a blu ray its displaying in 1080p. the info on the set reads: 1920x1080. Now when I set the ps3 to not display 1080p but 1080i the display reads 1920x1080i on the xmb and in games but when watching blu rays it reads 1920x1080, no 'i'. Now when I get any other progressive signal it reads 1280x720 or XXXXx480. Is this clear? My set does 1080p, correct me if Im wrong, please.

Answer 1

Your TV always displays in 1080p. What you see is the resolution of the INPUT signal. No matter what the input, the TV scales it to 1080p.

Answer 2

The saying is, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth," not face.

Your set is probably just recognizing the resolution and type of the input, not necessarily the definition it is showing on the screen. You don't say if your set is itself a true HD TV with 1920x1080 capability. Re your additional notes -typo- and as TV Guy says your TV scales up to a progressive signal even if the input is interlaced 'i'. You may have been lucky as according to Samsung your TV is only supposed to be 1366x768 as are all 3 and 4 series models. Is it possible that with the PS3 set to display 'i' that this is overridden because the blue ray is a true 1080p medium itself? After all why would it degrade the signal to interlaced then have the TV rescale it to 1080p?  I assume you know what the actual difference is between progressive and interlaced.

PS I didn't mean to hurt your feelings over the horse thing. It is just because in the old days if someone gave away a horse it was  usually because it was old and worn out. Looking in the mouth and examining the teeth is the way to get a good indication of a horse's age.