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they were great for the xbox 360 tho
The later widescreen big box TVs were good enough, especially if they had HDMI, VGA, or at least component video hookups for 720p HD.
You wouldn't want an older 480i rear projection like the ones we're talking about for XBOX 360. You wouldn't be able to see shit and text would be unreadable. The 360 was best experienced on HDTVs released in the 2000s.
Late models could do 1080i. And quality wise were better than lcds from that era. but iirc, after 2002, most models switched from CRT projecter to lcds and high powered lamps that are bad about dimming in age. So peak RPTV era is late 90s and very early 2ks. But even then, they tended to have ghosting and alignment issues... so...
They could do both, but most enthusiasts at the time preferred 720p because it technically showed more pixels on the screen at any given moment in time, and didn't flicker the screen. Personally I used 1080i anyway cause it looked better to me at the time, even knowing its limitations. Either way I'm glad that we have zero compromise 4K now.
It would depend on the type of projector. The crt types do not have 'pixels', thus 1080i would be native while 720p would be interlaced and reduce quality.
I had one of these monstrosities for a week. Got her on freecycle. Took up half my living room. Was six feet wide and three feet deep. And yes, it was blurry as fuck but godsdammit my screen took up the whole damn room for a week and it was fun as hell before we gave her away on freecycle and promised I my wife to stop getting free TVs.