AQUI NO!

costco has the 47" phillips Model 47PF9441D on sale for $1800, the panel is 1080p, but the inputs only allow 1080i(hardware limited). The price seems right, and i hear the image is much better than the vizio 1080p model, but i'm debating if in the long run i will regret not having purchased a set capable of receiving 1080p. what do you guys think?

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...opnav=&browse=

cM3go

what the hell is the point of a 1080p TV if the inputs only allow 1080i? You're paying for something you can't really use, I'd get another TV.

yunginTL

if you have the input for 1080p im sure you would see a difference, depending on the distance your sittin. This kinda reminds me of the 42" polaroid that said it was 1080p but ony took 1080p through component connection

SoCal_S60R

There's no point in 1080p for anything yet but PC input. Higher screen resulution.

I currently have a 60" Sony SXRD 1080p rear projection...the 1080p allows me to set my resolution to a 1920x1080...but DVD or Digital TV is only 1080i at best.

I don't think BlueRay or HD/DVD is past 1080i...but I may be wrong.

ChodTheWacko

You are wrong, but assuming a good deinterlacer would it really make that big of a diff?

2001AudiS4

Are you sure that's not the other way around? I didn't look at the link, but typically these sets will accept a 1080P signal, and then downgrade to a 1080i so that it may display the image.

AQUI NO!

yep, I'm sure. The set is limited by hardware to accept a 1080i signal which it then up converts to 1080p, so it sounds that as long as the image processing is good I shouldn't notice any difference

Display screen type : LCD Full HD W-UXGA Act. matrix
Panel resolution : 1920x1080p

Supported Display Resolution
Computer formats : 640 x 480, 60Hz, 800 x 600, 60Hz, 1024 x 768, 60Hz
Video formats : 1080i, 60Hz, 720p, 60Hz, 480i, 60Hz, 480p, 60Hz, ,*signals upto 1080i accepted

fdl

Depends on how far from the TV you are, but IMO between 40 and 50 inches in the threshold where the difference starts to become noticeable at normal viewing distances.