DCA wrote:
From what I have read, 1080p is only 540 lines + 540 lines interlaced.

Bzzt. 1080i is interlaced (that's what the "i" stands for) as you say,
but 1080p is progressive (ditto the p) and is 1080 lines in the same way
720p is 720 lines.

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