That cost-saving measure is a compromise in my view. With an interlaced signal, vertical resolution falls by half in areas of the picture where there is vertical movement. Some observers, including video guru Joe Kane, prefer the look of 720p. But in almost every other respect, this set is a stunner. I have never seen a television that holds blacks and whites as well as this.
Whites are never muddy.
The set can display scenes with deep blacks and brilliant whites without compressing the contrast range one iota.