Wife and I just bought a Panasonic 50 inch 1080P plasma TV and moved our 720P plasma into the bedroom. We have Cox cable and have their HD boxes. Here's where I'm looking for opinions; I know that 720P or 1080i are the highest HD resolutions that stations and cable channels send out. Some like ESPN and ABC owned channels send 720P, others use 1080i. With our 720P plasma I set the Cox box to send out 720P for all channels and was very happy with the results.
With the 1080P set the decision is not as easy. Searching the internet some "experts" recommend setting the cable box to send 1080i for all channels since this is what works best with 1080P sets, other say select both 720P and 1080i which I am currently doing with my Cox box. Under this setup if it's a 720P channel like ESPN the box sends 720P, for anything else (480i, 480p, or 1080i) the box sends 1080i. I tried both ways and there's little or any difference we can tell, but I would like to get other opinions in case there's something I'm missing. Thanks...
With the 1080P set the decision is not as easy. Searching the internet some "experts" recommend setting the cable box to send 1080i for all channels since this is what works best with 1080P sets, other say select both 720P and 1080i which I am currently doing with my Cox box. Under this setup if it's a 720P channel like ESPN the box sends 720P, for anything else (480i, 480p, or 1080i) the box sends 1080i. I tried both ways and there's little or any difference we can tell, but I would like to get other opinions in case there's something I'm missing. Thanks...