720p or 1080i Cable Box Setting? Any thoughts?
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Hi to all of you , I dont mean to but in,but 1080i is superior,the only one higer is 1080p in which cable boxes do not have yet. I have my cable box set to 720p,and when a 1080i program comes on it automatically switches to 1080i on my cable box. there are tons of programs in 1080i , american idol,and most of your prime time shows are in 1080i. 720 p is a step below,but still considered hd quality,true hd is 1080i,and 1080p. If you set your box any lower than 720 ,your picture will not be good,and it will not upconvert on your cable box when a true hd program comes on. set your box to 720p,and above. sorry for the repetition,and good luck to all
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You really need to make sure that your inputs are 1080p to take advantage of this set. Anything lower gets blurry because it has to be scaled up in both size and resolution. I ended up swapping my cable box (I had an older one that looked fine on my previous (much) smaller TV, but blurry and horrible on the new set. Once I hooked up the new set to box, the picture looked fantastic. Blueray always looked great, especially 3D content
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I am not that tech savvy either but I have a few suggestions:1.) On the front of the cable/satellite box there are sometimes buttons that let you select the type of HD signal 720P 1080i 1080P or this could be found with the remote in the settings.2.) Format button on your TV remote3.) Make sure you are using a HDMI Cable4.) Some cable/satellite cable providers make you pay extra for HD so make sure it is on your package 5.) Browse around in your TV settings via the remote and see if there is anything that needs to be changed for HDTV.Hope this helps.-Nick I am not that tech savvy either but I have a few suggestions:1.) On the front of the cable/satellite box there are sometimes buttons that let you select the type of HD signal 720P 1080i 1080P or this could be found with the remote in the settings.2.) Format button on your TV remote3.) Make sure you are using a HDMI Cable4.) Some cable/satellite cable providers make you pay extra for HD so make sure it is on your package 5.) Browse around in your TV settings via the remote and see if there is anything that needs to be changed for HDTV.Hope this... » Read More I am not that tech savvy either but I have a few suggestions:1.) On the front of the cable/satellite box there are sometimes buttons that let you select the type of HD signal 720P 1080i 1080P or this could be found with the remote in the settings.2.) Format button on your TV remote3.) Make sure you are using a HDMI Cable4.) Some cable/satellite cable providers make you pay extra for HD so make sure it is on your package 5.) Browse around in your TV settings via the remote and see if there is anything that needs to be changed for HDTV.Hope this helps.-Nick « Show Less
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Just a note.. you probably already know this, but you won't get anywhere near HD with analog cable. You'll be viewing 330p on a 1080p monitor, so the picture will appear extremely fuzzy. Another FYI, you can view true digital high-def network TV broadcast for free with just an antenna.
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it will, of course, stay 1080p. the only real question is does it degrade the signal quality (which is what i was hoping to find out here). i guess i will find out once it arrives and i hook it up.
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Make sure your cable box is set to 1080P. I have stitched for a regular TV to a HD TV and had to call Comcast and reprogram the box. (easy to do over the phone)
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It depends. Like most HD televisions standard definition looks fine. If it's a tv station make sure your cable box is a HD box otherwise it will be fuzzy. Other devices such as consoles look fine just not as defined
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I personally have never seen this problem. I would ask you cable provider. When my time warner was first installed, the default setting was not 1080p. I had to manually set that up on my DVR.
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no one lying to you that model is 720p i have it also but... it might have a 1080i for blue-rays and other higher broadcast modes.
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those converter boxes to get one that does 1080p with decent quality and without adding a bunch of input lag... you might as well get a new xboxwhy a TV manufacturer would put a VGA input on a 1080p TV and not support 1920x1080 through that VGA input i'll never know
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I'm not sure what you are asking. I have cable so I haven't messed with any settings.
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I don't think this switch can be adjusted at all. There was not evident way to configure it, so I don't think it can be set to 720p.
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I'm on my second cable box. Same problem on both, although the second box does get a better signal for the non-HD stations. Let me know how it goes.
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I have the box, and the info of the channel DOES show its broadcast on 1080 for the channels that are listed as HD in the channel guide. I can tell which are HD as the aspect ratio changes on those channels. The reception is awesome. I have a 12yo tv that I've hooked up the box via AV cables and the signal rivals what I'm getting from FiOS.
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Adeka, the box worked perfectly on several TV's that had the video set to 720p but did not work on my TVs set to 1080p. The Customer Sat person told me that it should have been configurable which he claimed was a defect. I could not get it to work on my TV's and decided to return the device and not receive a replacement.
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You can't fix it, because TV is broadcasted in 60hz. Also HD TV is also broadcasted in 1080i or 720p. No network broadcasts in 1080p right now. They would require too much bandwidth.
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Update: Watched a dvd last night (the same dvd I first tried) and the picture was perfect - even using HDMI 1080p setting! This time I chose "Anynet HDMI DVD" from the source list on my tv settings, which I don't remember being an option before. I previously chose "DVI". I wonder if that made the difference. Hmm. Anyway....glad my dvd's now look just as great as the HD channels. Thank you for responding C.Woodruff. :)LadyR