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Originally Posted by JonK
As Asawa pointed out on his earlier post, the best Cable/Satellite signal is 1080i (interlaced) and HD DVD should be 1080p. Should be twice the bit rate.
Correct me if I am wrong. I'll check with my bro., his chip does this conversion thing.
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Bit rate and Resolution are not the same. And, I would actualy challenge all but the keenest of eyes to even notice the difference between 1080i and 1080P. It has to do with how the picture is drawn. Interlaced weaves and alternates to build the picture, progressive combines in one pass to build the picture. This is a highly simplistic view of resolution. In fact, ABC and ESPN are in 720P, and many people think it is much better due to the way it handles motion better than 1080i.
The Samsung BD player actuall converts the 1080i picture and deinterlaces it to 1080P. This is bad as it can introduce artifacts from the conversion.