Long time ago I saw a demonstration and there it was clear that 720p gives a better picture than 1080i… when people are not indicated which screen displayed what resolution. And when the numbers 720p and 1080i were shown under the monitor they chose 1080i. Maybe because 1080 is a higher number so it better.
And beleive me 720p really gives a better picture…. Most people choose that one…
Hi littlesat
The quality of the deinterlacing algorithm, is dependent on your device If you have a shitty deinterlacer and content with a lot of panning / fast motion, specially with the fast-moving objects you may indeed be better off with a progressive signal, totally it is the result of many factors in addition to resolution, including screen refresh rate/motion processing, color processing, contrast, brightness, background video noise and artifacts, and video scaling and processing.