Which is Better - 720P w/DVI or 1080i component?

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"Philadelphia Frank" <philafrank@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have an AKAI PT46DL10. It has a DVI input but seems to be limited to
> 720P. At 1080i the colors are weird. It has two component inputs but
> the second is limited to 480i.
>
> I want to connect a HD cablebox and a progrssive scan DVD player. The
> DVD player needs a 480p or better connection to TV.
>
> I originally had the cable connect to the Component 1 input @ 1080i.
> I had to move it to the 720P DVI input to make room for the DVD.
>
> Is there a better way to make these connections? I'm worried I'm
> loosing a quality image on my TV by going to a 720P from 1080i.
>
> Thank you for your time and help;
> Frank

Will your set display 1080 lines of resolution? If not it is scaling the
1080 to 720 but maybe not 720P so in that case 720P would probably be
better. If yes, then maybe 1080i is as good as 720P but I don't think it
would be better. 1080P would be better.

BC

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Thank you for your helpful and timely reply. I've got a lot to learn.

Frank

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:49:57 -0400, "Randy Sweeney"
<DockScience@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>"Philadelphia Frank" <philafrank@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:r445d199svefvgjd7vum6urauluqcphdg9@4ax.com...
>>I have an AKAI PT46DL10. It has a DVI input but seems to be limited to
>> 720P. At 1080i the colors are weird. It has two component inputs but
>> the second is limited to 480i.
>>
>> I want to connect a HD cablebox and a progrssive scan DVD player. The
>> DVD player needs a 480p or better connection to TV.
>>
>> I originally had the cable connect to the Component 1 input @ 1080i.
>> I had to move it to the 720P DVI input to make room for the DVD.
>>
>> Is there a better way to make these connections? I'm worried I'm
>> loosing a quality image on my TV by going to a 720P from 1080i.
>>
>> Thank you for your time and help;
>> Frank
>
>Makes little difference since your Akai is only capable of displaying 720
>anyway, it down converts 1080i to fit on its DLP chip.
>
>That said, the DVI image is probably the better one since it avoids a D/A
>and A/D conversion.
>
>