HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray Myths

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ion-storm said:

A proper 1080p source will give slightly smoother motion than a 1080i one. Or at least this is my experience.

http://www.plasma.com/classroom/Proscanexplained.htm

Is pretty good at explaining 3:2 pulldown for 24fps video if anyone is in any doubt.

Where did you get that a proper 1080P source will give slightly smoother motion than a 1080i one? That article doesn't imply that. 3:2 pulldown is going to happen with a 1080p or 1080i source because the native video is 24fps and this is how they map it to fit 60FPS. Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray store the image on the player at 1080P/24... The HD-DVD feeds the display 48 fields of 540 lines each which, when properly de-interlaced, will produce an identical image (same amount of data!) as a Blu-Ray which feeds 24 progressive images. The point is this... 1980x1024 is being stored on-disk by both formats and every single pixel is being delivered to the display regardless of it being delivered as an interlaced or progressive feed. http://www.hometheatermag.com/gearworks/1106gear/index.html Again, this is worth a read. And again, this is concerning 1080p vs. 1080i players -- Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD... It isn't concerning computer feeds, gaming feeds, animal feeds, or any other type of feed. I suspect that we will start to see screens capable of 72fps which will do a straight 3:3 pulldown and things will be a bit better. Regardless, 1080i vs. 1080p, with proper de-interlacing, is identical.