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jim @ Jul 24th 2006 8:08PM
I can't believe someone posted that you probably CAN'T tell the difference! A better answer would be it depends on if your display renders 1080p natively or not. If you have an old rear projection HDTV CRT unit - it probably only displays 1080i but if you have a newer LCOS or other HDTV made in the last year it might display 1080p.
If you can tell the difference between 480i and 480p (and you can) you can probably tell the difference between 1080i and 1080p - the question is does your TV display 1080p.
The person who responded saying you can't tell the difference could probably say the same thing about HDTV and regular OTA standard definition - if you are viewing on a 20" TV you probably can't or if you downgrade the picture from 1080i broadcast to standard broadcast because that is all your old tv set is capable of - then no, you can't tell the difference - but you can't because of the TV set not because the human eye is not discerning enough to tell the difference.
I think the original writer is the type to say - when we were young we had a 13" black and white TV and only got 3 channels and that is more than enough!