The 1080p lies

[meotai]

It's not a lie. You should return it and do some research. Here's a good blog.

http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/tag/visual-short/

 

[joshualee90]

All 1080p means it records at a resolutioon of 1920x1080. If your looking for sharp video your looking for a recording with high bitrate and good format. Look at Panasonic hacked gh2. It records at 100mb/s + while most dslrs record less than 30.