How to render 1080p for TV

vincej wrote on 8/7/2013, 3:41 PM
Hi - I see a lot of tutorials for rendering for YouTube. However, my TV will deliver 1080p. Do I just do the same as though it were YouTube ?

My Camera will record 1080p yet, when I go to "render as " settings I do not see a 1080p template option, only 1080i.

Ok I have produced 1 video and played it on TV - it looked great, but i have it in my head that it would have looked even better had I rendered it in 1080p ... correct ??

Many Thanks !

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 8/7/2013, 3:49 PM
Start with "File->Render As," not "Make Movie."

Just change the custom render settings to 1080 progressive, maybe save it as your own template -- don't worry about what the stock template says.
vincej wrote on 8/7/2013, 3:52 PM
Many thanks - will it give much better picture quality over 1080i or is it just marginal ?
Chienworks wrote on 8/7/2013, 3:59 PM
It's not a difference in quality. Technically, 1080i and 1080p are exactly the same resolution. The difference is that 1080p updates the entire frame all at once, once per frame. This is similar to the way film is shot, with one whole picture at a time. 1080i updates all the even lines (one field, or half a frame), then half a frame later updates all the odd lines. This can give a smoother motion, but at the cost of only updating half the picture at a time. This worked well with the old CRT monitors that had phosphor dots that faded out as the next field was being updated. On more modern monitors it can cause combing as motion is displayed from two slightly different images at the same time. Good players and monitors can correct for this somewhat.

But, if your camera shoots progressive, it's best to display progressive. And if your camera shoots interlaced, it's best to display interlaced. It's not that one is better than the other, they're about equal. It's just that they're not really compatible with each other.
musicvid10 wrote on 8/7/2013, 5:59 PM
If you're willing to experiment with other techniques / applications, investigate "bobbing," a technique that turns 60i fields into 60p frames (at a bigger file size of course). It's the next best thing to shooting real 60p, and being able to do smooth slow-motion is a treat.