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[astral]

Hey guys

This topic is about the TV sets for HD reception, not True and all its faults.

Please post here to discuss True

Various posts have been moved to that topic.

Thanks

Astral

[nellyp]

OriginalPoster, on 2011-09-14 20:22:49, said:

ShopBoy, on 2011-09-12 15:54:56, said:

@bkkjames the box is definitely capable of receiving full hd and sending out full hd to your tv.

is True sending out full hd to your box is another question.

This is what I'm not grasping.  I assume that when people in this thread are talking about "HD Ready" TVs they are talking about TVs that have 720p panels and that when they talk about "Full HD" they are talking about TVs that have 1080p panels.   But most networks distribute HD television programming to cable companies encoded in 720p and a lesser number in 1080i (as opposed to 1080p).  If True's set-top box is outputting a 1080p signal, then it must be interpolating pixels to upscale each frame from 720 X 1280 pixels to 1080 X 1920 pixels.  But doing that shouldn't increase the resolution of the image, should it?  If the original signal was encoded in 720p, wouldn't  it be preferable for the set-top box to output it in it's native 720p format and to display it on a 720p panel instead of a 1080p panel?

I have the new box and you can set it for 720p or 1080i. I also have a 32 inch HD ready TV. Do you think I should set the box at 720? the installer said the TV was Ok for the 1080.

[astral]

nellyp, on 2011-12-31 21:18:09, said:

I have the new box and you can set it for 720p or 1080i. I also have a 32 inch HD ready TV. Do you think I should set the box at 720? the installer said the TV was Ok for the 1080.

Not quite sure what you mean by "new box"
If it is the satellite box, set it for 1080
then read the TV manual.

I would not believe what the installer says.
He might be right, then again...................
especially if the TV is only HD Ready.

[nellyp]

astral, on 2012-01-02 03:47:48, said:

nellyp, on 2011-12-31 21:18:09, said:

I have the new box and you can set it for 720p or 1080i. I also have a 32 inch HD ready TV. Do you think I should set the box at 720? the installer said the TV was Ok for the 1080.

Not quite sure what you mean by "new box"
If it is the satellite box, set it for 1080
then read the TV manual.

I would not believe what the installer says.
He might be right, then again...................
especially if the TV is only HD Ready.

Sorry if i was unclear on this. I had a standard box so the new box is the HD box.
After reading a lot of stuff about this it seems that if my TV which is HD ready is only 768 lines  not 1080. there is no benefit in setting the box to 1080 as my TV cannot do that and will only"stretch" the pixels giving me a worse ppicture. I believe that my Tv is set by the signal in (as is most audio /visual equipment), so I would think that I need the signal to the TV to be set correctly not the TV. Unfortunately I cannot read the TV manual, I bought my TV 6 years ago and the manual seems to have disappeared into dust, as has the technology

[astral]

I am not sure the TV will stretch the picture and distort it as you suggest.

Try both settings and see which you feel is best.
To be honest I don't think you will see any difference
but I might be wrong.

[OriginalPoster]

nellyp, on 2011-12-31 21:18:09, said:

OriginalPoster, on 2011-09-14 20:22:49, said:

ShopBoy, on 2011-09-12 15:54:56, said:

@bkkjames the box is definitely capable of receiving full hd and sending out full hd to your tv.

is True sending out full hd to your box is another question.

This is what I'm not grasping.  I assume that when people in this thread are talking about "HD Ready" TVs they are talking about TVs that have 720p panels and that when they talk about "Full HD" they are talking about TVs that have 1080p panels.   But most networks distribute HD television programming to cable companies encoded in 720p and a lesser number in 1080i (as opposed to 1080p).  If True's set-top box is outputting a 1080p signal, then it must be interpolating pixels to upscale each frame from 720 X 1280 pixels to 1080 X 1920 pixels.  But doing that shouldn't increase the resolution of the image, should it?  If the original signal was encoded in 720p, wouldn't  it be preferable for the set-top box to output it in it's native 720p format and to display it on a 720p panel instead of a 1080p panel?

I have the new box and you can set it for 720p or 1080i. I also have a 32 inch HD ready TV. Do you think I should set the box at 720? the installer said the TV was Ok for the 1080.

Why not try it on each setting and see which one looks best?  I'd guess that there wouldn't be much of a difference, but that if that if the set's native resolution is 720p that it might look a little better if the settop box is outputting to 720p.