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tsm174
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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 Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:26 am Post subject: Tv plays 1080p, even though store said 1080i???? |
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| So, the title pretty much sums it up. When I bought the TV, I was told that it only supports 1080i. However, when I plugged in my PS3, it auto configured to 1080p and works fine. I also tried out my xbox on p, and it also worked fine. At home I tried my xbox at 1080p on my dad's 1080i tv, and it said this format is unsupported by your tv. Can someone tell me what is going on here? Is this in someway hurting the tv? or did they just not know what they were talking about? I got it at E-mart. Thanks! |
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hanguker
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:01 am Post subject: |
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They just screwed up on their information. Just be happy and enjoy your 1080p. AFAIK this won't hurt your TV.
Better yet, look up your model number on yahoo.co.kr or naver.com and check out the specs. from the company or online shopping site. |
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bassexpander
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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The important thing is the resolution. Is it 1080x1024? Then it's Full HD 1080 (either I, or P, but these days, probably both).
TV's made new these days will play both 1080i and 1080p if they're 1080x1024 resolution.
TV's sold as 1080i only are actually not 1080i (in nearly every case). They're 1366x768 resolution panels that downconvert the full 1080i signal to 1366x768 (or what's also called 768p). So even with these TV's, you're not actually viewing a 1080i signal.
A 1080i signal is actually the same scale as a 1080p signal (1080x1024). The difference is in the interlacing of the frames, which makes one or the other better/more suitable for different types of viewing.
Check the resolution of your panel. It may accept a 1080i or p signal, but still downconvert to 768p. If your panel is 1080x1024, then be happy -- you've got a Full HD television. If your panel is 1366x768, then it's downconverting those signals, and you're not getting FULL HD resolution. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Bass, isn't Full HD 1920x1080?
When I was shopping for my LCD (I ended getting the LG4750, extremely happy with it) the guys in Hi-mart-uh seemed to know amazingly little about the specs of the TV's they were selling. When I saw a blu-ray player under one TV I asked if they could show me a demo with a blu-ray disc. They looked around awkwardly for a few seconds, then admitted to my wife that the blu-ray players wasn't connected and that they don't really know how to......so no blu-ray demo......  |
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Thunndarr
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
The important thing is the resolution. Is it 1080x1024? Then it's Full HD 1080 (either I, or P, but these days, probably both).
TV's made new these days will play both 1080i and 1080p if they're 1080x1024 resolution.
TV's sold as 1080i only are actually not 1080i (in nearly every case). They're 1366x768 resolution panels that downconvert the full 1080i signal to 1366x768 (or what's also called 768p). So even with these TV's, you're not actually viewing a 1080i signal.
A 1080i signal is actually the same scale as a 1080p signal (1080x1024). The difference is in the interlacing of the frames, which makes one or the other better/more suitable for different types of viewing.
Check the resolution of your panel. It may accept a 1080i or p signal, but still downconvert to 768p. If your panel is 1080x1024, then be happy -- you've got a Full HD television. If your panel is 1366x768, then it's downconverting those signals, and you're not getting FULL HD resolution. |
Please disregard almost everything in this post. |
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bassexpander
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
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The important thing is the resolution. Is it 1080x1024? Then it's Full HD 1080 (either I, or P, but these days, probably both).
TV's made new these days will play both 1080i and 1080p if they're 1080x1024 resolution.
TV's sold as 1080i only are actually not 1080i (in nearly every case). They're 1366x768 resolution panels that downconvert the full 1080i signal to 1366x768 (or what's also called 768p). So even with these TV's, you're not actually viewing a 1080i signal.
A 1080i signal is actually the same scale as a 1080p signal (1080x1024). The difference is in the interlacing of the frames, which makes one or the other better/more suitable for different types of viewing.
Check the resolution of your panel. It may accept a 1080i or p signal, but still downconvert to 768p. If your panel is 1080x1024, then be happy -- you've got a Full HD television. If your panel is 1366x768, then it's downconverting those signals, and you're not getting FULL HD resolution. |
Please disregard almost everything in this post. |
Argh..
I've been computer monitor shopping lately...
Please replace 1080x1024 with 1920x1080 everywhere up there.
That's the actual scale of Full HD 1080p.
My bad. |
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tsm174
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry to bump this post back up to the top, but I am really curious in case I ever try to sell this TV, and I want to get this straight. So I hooked up my Mac to the TV, and it asks what video resolution you want for the tv. It went all the way up to 1920X1080, so I thought I'd test it out. It said if your tv does not support this resolution the screen will go black and yada yada. So I set it to that resolution, and it works beautifully. Does that mean for sure that the TV actually is full HD? |
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eamo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| tsm174 wrote: |
| Sorry to bump this post back up to the top, but I am really curious in case I ever try to sell this TV, and I want to get this straight. So I hooked up my Mac to the TV, and it asks what video resolution you want for the tv. It went all the way up to 1920X1080, so I thought I'd test it out. It said if your tv does not support this resolution the screen will go black and yada yada. So I set it to that resolution, and it works beautifully. Does that mean for sure that the TV actually is full HD? |
Can't you look up the specs of this TV on the manufacturers website? |
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tsm174
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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I tried looking it up, but the xcanvas website is not easy to use if you
can't read korean. Also, doesn't the ability to display at 1920X1080 resolution mean that it's full hd, regardless of what the website says? |
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hanguker
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:12 am Post subject: |
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Just post your model number and somebody (probably me) will look it up for you.
My TV is 720p and it plays 1080p media with no problems. It just downgrades (ww.) the signal and it won't be as clear. |
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tsm174
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:23 am Post subject: |
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| Well I managed to find it on the website and it says the resolution is 768/1366 or whatever that is. But, again, if that's true than why can I set the resolution to 1920X1080? I understand that setting it to 1080p is meaningless because it will downgrade... but does that mean it also tells me the resolution is set to 1920 but it just downgrades that too? This is why I'm confused. |
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