And recently like a month ago my older brother from college showed me that i can change display HD stuff to make it look better. I was doing 420p before. There was 720p, 1080p and 1080i. I am guessing 720p is the third best, but which one is better? 1080i or 1080p?

1080p

We are in the second decade of the 21 century, use google

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Why 1080p is theoretically better than 1080i
1080i, the former king of the HDTV hill, actually boasts an identical 1,920x1,080 resolution but conveys the images in an interlaced format (the i in 1080i). In a tube-based television, otherwise known as a CRT, 1080i sources get "painted" on the screen sequentially: the odd-numbered lines of resolution appear on your screen first, followed by the even-numbered lines--all within 1/30 of a second. Progressive-scan formats such as 480p, 720p, and 1080p convey all of the lines of resolution sequentially in a single pass, which makes for a smoother, cleaner image, especially with sports and other motion-intensive content. As opposed to tubes, microdisplays (DLP, LCoS, and LCD rear-projection) and other fixed-pixel TVs, including plasma and LCD flat-panel, are inherently progressive in nature, so when the incoming source is interlaced, as 1080i is, they convert it to progressive scan for display.

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i've no idea about this kind of stuff 'austendude', sorry

1080p, 1080i is interlaced.

What a coincidence! I was just playing around with my Xbox settings last week and discovered this as well. And the fact that mine was on 480p and quickly switched it to 720p and it looks so much better! I love it. But there really is no big difference between 720p and 1080p.

1080P and 720P both look the same, or at least have a very small difference from each other.

because only a few games like cartoon tennis actually uses true 1080p majority (98%) only go up to 720p and then STRETCH the screen to result in false 1080p

That's because the VAST majority of 360/PlayStation 3 games are internally 720p or lower, regardless of what you choose.

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