At the risk of sounding like a hypocrite (I myself think that 1080p, touted as a selling point, is thus far a ruse on consumers -- more on that below), I think ol' Wally doesn't precisely understand what 1080p is. Basic truth: 1080/60i signal + good deinterlacer + 1080p display = 1080/30p. In that regard, every 1080i channel out there could be a good source of 1080p content.
The ruse, however, is by the manufacturers. As was pointed out on this blog, HomeTheater Magazine has found that most 1080p sets from most manufacturers fail to properly deinterlace 1080i material, leaving you with 1920x540p/30 content. Not good. Consumer X spent an extra $1000 on his 1080p television, only to be duped by the very people he bought it from. Without expensive external equipment (ie, a scaler, an HD-DVD player, a BluRay player, a hoss HTPC, etc) he will never actually experience real 1080p goodness.
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Jake @ Nov 13th 2006 8:43AM
At the risk of sounding like a hypocrite (I myself think that 1080p, touted as a selling point, is thus far a ruse on consumers -- more on that below), I think ol' Wally doesn't precisely understand what 1080p is. Basic truth: 1080/60i signal + good deinterlacer + 1080p display = 1080/30p. In that regard, every 1080i channel out there could be a good source of 1080p content.
The ruse, however, is by the manufacturers. As was pointed out on this blog, HomeTheater Magazine has found that most 1080p sets from most manufacturers fail to properly deinterlace 1080i material, leaving you with 1920x540p/30 content. Not good. Consumer X spent an extra $1000 on his 1080p television, only to be duped by the very people he bought it from. Without expensive external equipment (ie, a scaler, an HD-DVD player, a BluRay player, a hoss HTPC, etc) he will never actually experience real 1080p goodness.