1080i v 1080p.... Can anyone tell the difference?!?!

From London, 2 posts

I'm in a quandary. Please help.

I recently bought a PS3 and am looking for an LCD TV to play it on. I decided upon the Toshiba 37WLT68, which whilst not being true HD (1080p), does have the bonus of having 'Active Vision M100'. This feature reduces screen blur typically found on LCD's when watching terrestrial/freeview.

Since then however I have been made aware of the new Toshiba 37X303DB (for around the same money), which IS 1080p BUT (annoyingly) doesn't have the 'Active Vision M100'.

In summary, i've narrowed my search to two models

1) Toshiba 37WLT68 which has 'Active Vision M100' but doesn't have 1080p
2) Toshiba 37X303DB which has 1080p BUT doesn't have the 'Active Vision M100'.

My question is this:

Which model should I go for?? If I go for the 1080p, will I really notice the difference in quality when playing PS3 or watching DVD's? Or, would I benefit more from having the Active Vision M100? If the difference between 1080p and 1080i really isn't noticeable then I'm thinking I should go for the model which has the Active Vision M100. However, I just don’t know.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.