LCDs and Plasmas don't do interlace. They are progressive in nature. Film is 1080p 24fps. That means a movie on 1080i and a movie on 1080p are essentially identical. They contain the same 1000 lines of data. One fed progressively and one fed in two parts. Either way they are displayed as a single image as, again, LCDs and Plasmas (digital TVs) don't do interlace.
There is massive irony in watching blu-ray people poo poo 1080i vs. 1080p when it comes to moves as it is pretty much irrelevant if your TV and player are good quality. It is so ironic because movies don't matter. On a PS3, when playing games, it DOES matter and somehow that is making movies matter by default. It's all terribly amusing once you go out and educate yourself.
Here's a start for you... you can take it from there on your own....
http://blog.hometheatermag.com/geoffreymorrison/0807061080iv1080p/
nifty quote inside:
...let me say this in big bold print, as far as movies are concerned THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1080i AND 1080p..."
I hate trolls.
Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
