Slitheen wrote:
> "Jer" <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Slitheen wrote:
>>> "Jan B" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> news:666l14p5m3quj4sf9af1g5r0ssdg1g4cfc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> 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?
>> The info button on the TV is telling you what is being received from
the
>> DVD player (or other source) - not what the TV is displaying.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>
> Yes, it does. Thanks.
>
> Actually, it confirms what I have suspected....as right after I hit
'send'
> on my last post....I kind of guessed what you have just said. So to
recap,
> it's just displaying what it is being fed from the source, but as the
576i
> is being passed via HDMI, the TV's scaling chip is displaying it as
> 720p...which is the native resolution of the set. Correct?
>
> Thanks. :)
>
>
You would be correct.
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