On Fri, 2 May 2008 00:07:38 +0100, "Slitheen"
<Slitheen123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"Alan F" <afiggatt1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:a_rSj.37272$TS5.35666@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Slitheen wrote:
....
>>> The resolution of the set is 1366x768 (most sub 40" 720p panels are
this
>>> resolution). Knowing these screens support 720p and 1080i (and the
>>> 576i/480p modes of course), I want to know what I should set my
various
>>> devices to output, namely my PS3 and an upscaling DVD recorder/set-top
>>> box. Does 1080i look better than 720p on a 1366x768 resolution screen,
or
>>> do I just set the devices to display 720p? In other words, should 1080
>>> interlaced look better than 720 progressive on this screen, so to
speak.
>>>
>>> I know the good advice would be try both and see, but I don't get
>>> delivery of the TV till tomorrow....I just wanted to be enamoured with
a
>>> bit of good advice prior to setting up.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any input.
>>
>> Your TV would be what I call a 768p set. It will downscale 1080i and
>> upscale 720p. Since most HD channels are 1080i, the cable/sat box is
>> probably best overall at 1080i, if it does not have native passthrough.
>> But for an upscaling DVD recorder/player, since the source is 480i
(unless
>> you have PAL format DVDs), I think you will have to experiment. My
guess
>> is that 1080i will look a little better if the TV electronics can pick
up
>> the 3:2 pulldown of the 24 fps source and display it as 24p.
>>
>> Alan F
>>
>
>Yes, I realised as I hit 'send' that I should note that I'm in the UK, so
>I'm PAL....same is true of 90% of my DVD collection (Region 2 PAL).
Thanks
>for your input, I will check and just trust my own eyes to see which
looks
>best. I find it terribly confusing this issue. :)
"Pass through" as mentioned above and has a good chance of being
optimum. This lets the TV scale and for a 768 panel it minimises the
number of scalings.
This is true also for a DVD player, both picture wise and regarding
functionality in aspect control, so try the DVD player at 576i output.
Unfortunatly, some manufacturers (of players with upscaling feature)
don't allow the user to decide what resolution to use in HDMI so the
player selects the higest number that the TV supports. That will be
1080i on any HD Ready TV regardless of the native resolution.
/Jan
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