I've only just realised exactly how large 1080p resolution really is after downloading the new X-men III trailer. If you are unsure yourself, here's a screenshot of the 1080p and 480p trailer running on dual monitors with a combined 2560 by 1024 pixels resolution. For reference, the Xbox 360 runs 1080p resolution whilst the Nintendo Revolution will only be 480p. It's easy to see why the Xbox 360 is so power hungry.

I've also never been sure of how television resolution translates to pixel resolution. From these videos I can see that 1080p translates to 1920 by 816 pixels and 480p translates to 848 by 352 pixels. So when I can finally afford a Home Theatre PC I know what resolution I need to run it at for an optimal picture.

I have to admit, looking at the resolution of these video's on a PC 1080p probably didn't need to be brought into fruition with this generation of consoles. Instead 720p would have been sufficient since 1080p resolution is really only going to benefit from very large TV's and projectors. But, sorry Nintendo, 480p is too low. I am pleased that we have finally made it to 1080p for videos though. I was greatly disappointed when I saw how low resolution DVDs were when I first played one on a PC many years ago.

Now we just need a storage format large enough to hold 1080p resolution in an lossless format so we can be rid of compression artifacts.

UPDATE: My mistake, the Xbox 360 runs at 1080i not 1080p. I think 1080i is 1366 by 768 pixels so my screenshot is a little out. Currently I don't think any TV's support 1080p resolution and I've read arguements that, despite the lower resolution of 1080i, it looks better than 1080p because of the interlacing.