I have heard over and over that the spec will be 1080i, with DD 5.1 and DTS as STANDARD.

There has been much discussion of the fact that the high-def DVDs on the horizon will NOT be encoded in 1080p - and even if they were, there are no devices (either TVs or DVD players, aside frmo HTCPs which can "upconvert" the signal in the computer) currently being made that will either output or input a 1080p signal.

As usual, I have nothing to cite to or link to for my claims. Maybe someone else can help out here.