Originally Posted by Stoo It's the widescreen equivilent of 1024*768.
That means they can use their existing LCD fabrication plants to build the displays, making them cheaper to produce
Ah ok, that makes sense. But surely that makes the displays look worse than they can because they are not displaying HD in its native resolution - which is really important for LCDs.
I have never actually seen a 1080 resolution TV yet, even the huge 40 inch + tvs are 720p.
As to what sky said - is 720p really better than 1080i? Or is that a fancy way of saying they want to keep costs down?