Apple TV (V2) - 1080P?

Just started to use my new Apple TV, I must say very impressed and for £99 probably one of the best value products Apple have released for a while (lets hope they adopt this marketing technique during 2011!!)
So I have my old Apple TV on ebay and I will probably have an Airport Express unit listed within a week, which should more than cover the cost of my new ATV.
One question - I can only seem to set the unit to 720P and not 1080P, a bit strange as the old unit was set to 1080P on my Sony 40" LCD.
Thoughts anyone?

It will only do 720, not 1080. Frankly, there isn't that much of a difference.

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