Measuring Picture Resolution

Well, for DISH, 1080i content is indeed 1440x1080i. 720p content is 1280x720p. 480i content on WA is 544x480i and on EA is 480x480i.

Pretty much every HD channel is 1080i, with exceptions being ESPN/ABC/FOX.
 
I dont think the tv is an accurate representation, because the Broadcom chip is gonna take 1440x1080i and output it at 1920, Im pretty sure. Im guessing someone with the right sat gear could tell.
 
That 60hz is what is incoming, not related to what your tv's native is. Info buttons will usually give you the source, not the output. I'd guess the HD Box is getting 1440x1080i, then outputting 1920x1080i.
 
1080i is 1920X1080/30 not 60. 1080i does display 60 fields per second but each field contains only 1/2 of the information for each frame just like the old NTSC had to scan the screen twice to display a complete picture.
 
It's even more complex than that.

Live interlaced content (like sports on cbs) are actually 60 unique 1920x540 fields. Each fields is a unique point in time.

Film based content can be truly interlaced assuming it's done properly.

Then its the job of the display to take the 1080i fields and deinterlace them. For film based content this is relatively easy. For live events, captured in interlaced format, motion adaptive deinterlacing is needed to do the job correctly.

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