HD TV, 1080P or 720P?

I was told to wait on buying a 720P television and get a 1080P. Are 720P going to be obsolete in 2 years?? Can you feed a 1080I signal to a 720P television and if so is the picture 720P or worse? Thanks!

Answer:
A tv that can do 720p can do 1080i, it is kind of an upconversion process.

1080p you can only get right now with a blu ray disc player, right now. TV broadcasts dont currently go that high. It is better, but you wont get the benefit yet without a BRD player.
1080P is better than 720P, but I don't think it's a big enough difference to spend the extra money. It depends on the tv you buy if it can do 1080i, but there is a big debate over which is better, 720P or 1080i. It's really preference between those. DVD's only run at 480P i believe and the new media (bluray and hd-dvd) can run at 1080P, but don't quote me on that. It will become obsolete, but I don't think before you need to get another tv.

I would get a tv with HDMI port if you can, or at least DVI because I think they are switching over to all digital soon and no more analog. That's what I keep hearing but the dates keep moving back.

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