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I think 720p is a minimum and it's 4x the resolution of NTSC. Going
from 720p to 1080i isn't that much of a difference, though you notice
the difference in a side by side comparison.

May be 4x the resolution of a VHS VCR (but not even quite that, at SP speed
most get 270 lines), but not quite twice what regular broadcast NTSC
resolution is. And NTSC STILL looks better because there's no artifacting
in it, and no pixelization. Our satellite feed is so bad you can see
artifacts in it every time there is a rapid pan or sweep, and when you have
color gradients, you can see large amounts of pixelization in the
transitions. I'll keep my analog, thanks, even if that means never watching
OTA TV again.