"Jan B" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
Thankfully I can change to resolution on the DVD recorder, only
'automatic'
forces the highest setting (1080i).
I'm really glad you mentioned your previous point perhaps you can clear
some
confusion for me. As you say, if I force 576i and let the set scale the
image, I am able to gain functionality over aspect ratio changing (it
forces
16:9 in 720p and 1080i if I let the DVD recorder scale it), but I am
confused about one thing: The old adage if you have a set with a decent
scaling chip and you have an upscaling DVD recorder says that if you just
force the recorder to output 576i (480i for NTSC), the set will handle the
upscaling. I have a Panasonic DMR-EX75 recorder, if I let the recorder
scale
the output to 720p or 1080i and press the 'info' button on my TV remote,
the
screen tells me it is displaying at 720p or 1080i, but if I force the
recorder to output 576i and press the info button on the set, it says it
is
displaying at 576i - now if it was upscaling the image, wouldn't it say
720p
or 1080i? Or have I understood how this all works?
Many thanks for your help, I appreciate it greatly. Sorry for the newbie
question, I am fairly new to HD TV's. :)
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