What are you on about? 720p is better than 1080i? Huh? Almost 3x the number of pixels in 1080i.. but youd prefer to run in 720p? You make 1080i sound like its un-viewable? Do you really have a PS3? It certainly doesn't sound like it, since 1080i is NOTICABLY better looking than 720p. And its only minor text and some minor movement in areas, that you can even tell you are in 1080i.

You cant even vaguely class yourself as "tech savvy early adopter" with comments like "720p better than 1080i". Seriously this is a very misleading article.

And also, in component (on my PS3) the BD's run fine in 720p as well. If 1080i bothers you so much remove it from your list? Isnt it better that you CAN do that.. than like before where you could only set the default and that was it??

Geez. Theres no pleasing Sony haters.

The above poster (Grover) does not know what he is talking about. The person who posted the articule is indicating he has issues since his TV is native 720p (as is mine). Why would you ask the PS3 to scale it to 1080i and the have your tv scale it back to 720p to display? There's info lost in the needless conversions. Also, the articule is correct, if I now deselect 1080i as an output resolution, it completely bypasses 720p and displays at 480p. I have to select 1080i and let my TV do the scaling back to 720p to display.

Grover is just watching movies in 480p and is probably trying to convince himself why the pic looks better than DVD when it is merely at DVD resolution he is viewing! LOL

by the way, for the sake of clarity, I was referring to to blu ray movie playback. Seems all the games I have currently do support 720p so have no issues there. But its a pain selecting and deselecting how you want things displayed depending on what you want to do.

1080i and 720p are purely personal choices as to which is better. Just because it has more lines of resolution means little if the product/screen was created with a native res of 720p.

I can tell you that I also prefer 720p. My TV supports 1080i, and when playing the same game in 720p, I notice far less flicker and interlacing issues. Clarity in the textures are more defined, and details further away show through better. 1080i also seems to lead to a darker overall signal. The only benefit I notice to 1080i is an overall sharpness increase that doesn't make up for the other losses in fine detail.

And seriously, Grover, just because someone bad mouths the PS3 doesn't mean they're a Sony hater. There are plenty of things wrong with the console. The person who won't admit that has the probem.

I can personally attest to Matt playing the games on his set, then playing those same games on my TV, and the result is usually something like "son of a bitch" or "I hate you" because there is a difference, color is but one.

Also, you probably are right, I don't have a PS3, I didn't just review the console, or the exclusive games. I also am not currently writing reviews for every other launch title, an article on 20 things I like about the PS3, or an article on PS3 Annoyances.

OK, enough with the joking, but seriously Grover, your comment made my day. And as Matt said, it is personal preference. And as I said, people can talk until they are blu(-ray?) in the face about the pros and cons of 720p and 1080i. My preference is 720p, and a lot of other PS3 owners agree with me on that.

TorontoR, thanks for bringing up the unnecessary up and down conversion. I didn't really want to throw that in, but maybe I should have, it is an excellent point.

you sound pretty upset - but are you gonna cry, little man?

720P Vs 1080i is all a matter of personal preference, and that can be influenced by TV performance as well as the viewers visual perceptiveness.

Some people do not notice the flickering from interlaced images, while others cannot stand it. Me? I do notice some degree of flickering and "rainbowing" from panning images between the two settings. I prefer playing my PS3 at 720p, but it still looks great at 1080i too.

The PS3 certainly isn't fault free - I don't think any console is - but shows a lot of potential right out of the gate. We're only seeing the tip of the iceberg right now.

I am balling my eyes out, crouched in the fetal position, sucking my thumb, and holding a SIXAXIS controller. But at least I am still playing RR7 in 720p.

People who don't know the difference between 720p and 1080i need to learn about it before they make idiotic statements like "720p is better then 1080i"....No it isn't.

1080i is interlaced, 720p is progressive, there is a difference. 1080i may be higher resolution, but the fact that is interlaced makes it look worse on any type of fast moving game or film (Action movies, thrillers, etc). Those who claim otherwise are sadly ignorant of HDTV. Sony needs to allow users to choose the resolution they want, or they should let those of us with with HDTV's that support 720p and 1080i to have a firmware that lets us take advantage of it, which was the case before the 1.3 firmware update.

720p vs 1080i? Anyone who has hooked up their computer to their HDTV that will see a very good demonstration of the noticeable improvement in quality that 720p has over 1080i. 1080i can lose single line horizontal features or the lines may flicker noticeably. Of course with the huge range of HDTVs avaible their will be exceptions (tubes still do a fabulous job w/interlaced video), but side by side for video, 720p will almost always be perceived to be a more "solid" image. And horizontal resolution is being missed in this thread as well, its not all about vertical pixels when discussing quality.

Like the guy said theres lot's of discussion over 720p and 1080i, hes not dumb for sayin it looks better at 720 on his native 720 tv, cus it does. U have to look at the whole picture, i know exactly what hes talking about and even more. nubs.