Format war may be almost over?

[John C. Chu]

Originally Posted by Paulo Teixeira

Toshiba been offering 5 free DVDs for a while now and the reason for the HD-A2 being that cheep is because it isn’t 1080p. Amazon is selling it for around 307 to get rid of them because their probably hard to sell. The player that’s replacing it, the HD-A20 has 480p but the Amazon price is 460. For 40 dollars more you get a 20 gig PS3 that’s not only a 1080p Blu-Ray player but also a game system.

What is the visual difference between 1080p and 1080i?

[Paulo Teixeira]

You quoted me before I got to fix my mistake. I meant 1080p not 480p.

If there wasn’t a difference then Toshiba shouldn’t be making 1080p HD DVD players.
Anyway, the biggest difference is when you’re watching a Hollywood movie shot on film because of the 24 frames per second.

[Paulo Teixeira]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2113937,00.asp

[Paulo Teixeira]

http://hdguru.com/?p=77