No 1080i and Blue Ray or HD-DVD looks amazing... 1080p's only benifit is you sit close to a small screen (typically you have to be at 8' away max on a 50") or have a really large screen (projector). Besides most of the 1080p TV's just upscale 1080i internally.
The big different in the HD Disc formats versus your HD cable or direct tv, is there is no compression (except some of the blue ray discs are still mpeg2 and look 10% better than normal DVD... sony sucks!!) So even 1080i out of one of these players will absolutely smoke your other HD sources... it's truely amazing!
www.projectorcentral.com has some great articles on this.
The big different in the HD Disc formats versus your HD cable or direct tv, is there is no compression (except some of the blue ray discs are still mpeg2 and look 10% better than normal DVD... sony sucks!!) So even 1080i out of one of these players will absolutely smoke your other HD sources... it's truely amazing!
www.projectorcentral.com has some great articles on this.