Seeding a lawn will produce a better stand of turf down the road if you tend to it properly. Sod will give you almost instant usability but maybe not provide the healthiest turf.
Seed establishes itself in the soil conditions that it will grow in and adapt to. Sod you're taking from the healthiest, balanced growing conditions and putting it into likely a soil without the best PH or nutrient balance. Without rototilling or at least aerating the soil you sod on you could run into compaction issues and your root depth could be shallow, leading to thatchy conditions which is a great host for disease, weeds, black layer and weak turf.
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