Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Which gives better picture...720p or 1080i?

The DVD players have menu options to control the outputs. My Pioneer 578 doesn't support upscaling or HDMI so my only options are to set the component outputs to "progressive" or "interlaced". If the player did support upscaling then I would also have menu options to choose output resolution.

I have not had a chance to A/B between an Oppo and a more typical player but my understanding is that you would see a slight but noticeable difference in difficult scenes, eg. diagonal lines or edges. In these scenes the Faroujda processor apparently does a better job of filtering the edges, giving you a smoother image while retaining sharpness.

I have seen that effect when playing with other digital filtering chips (including our own graphics chips) -- more taps and better algorithms do make a noticeable difference in image quality.