Couple of questions regarding Resulutions and scaling.

[Batch]

Hi,

1) Will there we a noticable difference between 720p on a 1366 x 768 screen and a 1920 x 1080 screen?

2) Will 1080i on a 1920 x 1080 screen look better than 720p on a 1366 x 768 screen due to its interlaced nature?

3) On a 1920 x 1080 screen, which will look better 1080i or 720p?

Thanks, reason I'm asking is that i wont have any 1080p sources for a while.

[Batch]

anyone?

[AndyCob]

Ok loaded question that can produce disagreement.

My answers:

1. Probably not much, does depend on the quality of the internal scalers and personal preference

2. It should if it is native 1080i, particularly if it is film based material and the deinterlacer is good quality. If it is upscaled then it's entirely dependent on screen/scaler quality. Good deinterlacing of film material should make interlaced versus progressive redudant however many cheap internal scalers/deinterlacers just aren't that good.

3. Again if it's native 1080i and the deinterlacer is good it should be better. With film material a good deinterlacer should take the 1080i feed deinterlace to 1080p 24/25hz and display as 1080p using 3:2, 2:2 frame repition etc.

If your only 1080/720 sources are upscaled DVD then there are to many variables in the sclaers/screen etc to guarantee the 1080 screen will look better. However if you have sky HD then the 1080 screen should give a better picture and the picture should absolutely be better once you get a 1080 source from HD-DVD or Blu-Ray.

[Batch]

Thanks!

I'm looking at getting a Sharp XD1E and will have the Xbox 360 and Toshiba HD E1 HD DVD Player as sources. All HD DVD's are 1080p so i assume the player will interlace it, output it as 1080i and then the TV will detintercace in to 1080p?

[Quickbeam]

Yes but don't expect inverse telecine.