Blu ray player and semi-hd tv

[Tuff Gong]

If I have a blu ray player (and obviously a full 1080p dvd) but my tv is only able to display up to 1080i at what resolution would I be viewing my dvds?

[Esurnir]

1080 line 30 frame per second, forgive me for not having a clue if the final output is interlaced or not.

It'll deinterlace (if needed) the dvd then upscale it and output the result (I can see two way : Either deinterlace up to 60 fps upscale it then reinterlace the result or deint to 30 fps upscale, dump on the hdmi cable).

[Lyris]

If your disc is full 1080p, it's a Blu-ray Disc, not a DVD

If you're playing a BD and the player is outputting 1080i, here's what's happening:

1. The player is reading 1080p/23.976fps (or very rarely, /24p) content from the disc.

2. Using 3:2 pulldown (by duplicating fields), it outputs this to the TV as an Interlaced signal.

3. Better TVs will recognise the 3:2 cadence and compensate for it, so what you see after a few seconds detection time is the same as what you would if you had a 1080p setup.

Many TVs however will just treat 1080i 3:2 content as Video, so you will lose vertical resolution and see small jaggies if you look closely enough. What TV do you have?

[Mixer]

Best option is to output 720p and avoid all the processing.

[patrick]

720p would be the best option if the TV doesn't output 24p/39.976p AND the video is high-motion. For low-motion video 1080i is better.