how important is 1080p technology when shopping for an HDTV?

Answer 1

Not at all, tv is bad for you, read a book!

Answer 2

1080p HDTV will give you the best picture quality. But just make sure you have some or most of the following:

Progressive scan DVD player or HD-DVD or BluRay DVD player.
HDMI output from the above DVD players.
Do not use coax cable from DirecTV or DishNetwork Satellite services. Coax cable doesn't have the picture or sound qualtiy for a 1080p HDTV.

For gaming consoles, the Xbox 360 has a HDMI cable that you can buy.

There's more info out there, you just gotta do some digging.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

It depends on what you watch most. If you tend to watch more movies on DVD (or HD DVD/BluRay) the progressive scan (1080p) would provide a better picture. If you tend to watch more sporting events, especially fast action events like football, basketball, etc. the interlaced seems to be better suited to that type of programming.

However, at 30 frames a second (divided into 60 fields with interlaced video), the difference is negligible and not really noticed by the average viewer. It is really only obvious when you pause the image on the screen. If you have interlaced video and it stops in between two interlaced fields, the image will appear to to be jittery. If the video is progressive, you will see the complete, still frame. Personally, I tend to prefer the progressive scan.

Answer 4

1080p is the future of hd TV the new blue ray DVD players are 1080p most 1080p upconvert the 1080i signal, the best picture i have seen is a1080p with ablue ray player and blue ray movie most vibrant colors almost 3d picture, right NOW nobody is broadcasting 1080p but they will and next year 1080p will be in plasma its already in dlp, LCD ,lcos look at sets in 1080i and1080p same signal and the 1080p is still sharper

Answer 5

Hi. It represents the highest quality picture, at least for now. 1080i is still very good.