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Broadcast Resolution Standard for HD

Posted by Audio Snob (A) on November 12, 2006 at 09:12:01

I'm a Hi Def know-nothing. So, I'm in the Best Buy to get some computer accessories and on the way I stop to stare at the Hi Def big screen TVs. A salesman, trying to be helpful I guess, starts telling me about 1080p and how much better it is. I didn't pay much attention because in the near term I'm not in the market for one of the big screens.

But then I see a comercial on my standard home TV with a blonde in cutoffs and a tight t-shirt suggesting that I should be looking at her in 1080i.

Here's my curiosity question: Is the broacast/cable standard for Hi Def fixed at 1080i, or will this blonde soon be trying to suggest that I should be watching her in 1080p? I don't watch DVD's so the benifits of 1080p, if they are restricted to DVD, will most likely be lost on me. On the other hand I do watch broadcast/cable TV.

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