My HD TV isn't what it said on the box!

yelowee

Hmmm how about that

lolly1963

Hi,
We have used an xbox 360 on 2 hd ready tv's, and both have had no problems accepting 1080i from xbox. Is the xbox set up properly, just a thought, as ours used to output 1080i even on our original Panasonic sd screen plasma, which only had a resolution of 480 but still accepted at 1080i.
Some games were only 720p though.
Worth looking at 360 settings first.If you look on avforums you may get more help and replies from there in the games section. Good Luck !!
Hope this may help you.
Lorraine.

siren13577

I was going to suggest changing the x box 360 output to 1080i, have a look here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=220221
to see if this helps you more.

As for the tv, apparently it's a slightly different display, have a look here:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/dvd-players-standard-definition-upscaling/487652-what-difference-between-1080i-1080p.html

There's a link at the bottom that seems helpful. I'm not sure at the mis-sold bit, I'm sure someone will be along soon who can help you.
Happy Christmas

jamespir

youd have no cahnce of taking it back after 18 mths you need to adjust the settings on your tele to change it also check the games are compatible with the the settings of 1080ip some arent

mspig

1080i is about the same as 480p as the i means interlaced whilst the P means progressive scan.

What interlaced means basically is that ever every other line is crt whilst in progressive every line is crt.

Its complicated but basically means that 1080i only has half the crt than 1080p so there for you wouldn't be able to connect at 1080p on a 1080i tv as it just couldn't do it, it would only be able to go to half 1080p which is 540p but there isn't a 540p the nearest is 480p.

scat

yelowee whats the brand/model number of your tv?

spaceman5

Product Codes:
32WLA520HD

32" Beko 32WLA520HD Widescreen LCD TV HD Ready

Beko bring you the 32WLA520HD which boasts both style and value - with great specifications at a reasonable price. With a HDMI connector this great little set is also HD ready meaning its ready to receive HD images from HDTV broadcast, Blu-ray DVD or HD DVD.

High Definition Television is the highest quality of digital television available. It works by increasing the amount of scan lines providing a clearer and more detailed image than those available on regular analogue or digital TV.

Nicam stereo sound gives you near CD quality audio reproduction with 2 x 7watts audio output from the built in speakers. The PC input socket means it can double up as a monitor for your PC applications.

Playback

• HD Ready
• 500 cd/m2 brightness
• 500:1 contrast ratio
• 1366 x 768 HD Resolution
• 8 Day (EPG) electronic program guide
• Digital teletext
• Fastext
• HDMI input
• Automatic programme installation
• PLL digital tuning (F.S. Tuning)
• Programmable off timer 5 min steps upto 120 min
• Child lock
• Headphone socket
• On screen menu display
• 2 Scart Sockets 1 with full RGB
• 5 band graphic equaliser
• Picture in Picture for 2 channels on screen at the same time
• 16:9 Aspect Ratio
• Measures 55.5H x 91.9W x 26.0D cm

now i am no expert on this, and i am sure somebody will be along to corret me if i am wrong, but the bit i have highlighted in bold says 768, which means i think that this tv cannot display even in 1080i, as i say i may be wrong, but that is my understanding, Dave

EDIT: just to say i am wrong, as i have just looked at my sony bravia, and it has the same resoloution as that, and i have no problems revieving signals in 1080i, so sorry i have no idea what your problem is

TehJumpingJawa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080i

Of note, a very popular panel size used in mid-range HDTVs is 1366 x 768 and are often advertised as 1080i "compatible" or "HD ready" - however these TVs, while accepting a 1080i signal will scale it down to the panel size of 1366x768 as they are physically incapable of displaying 1920x1080 resolutions.

and...

http://hd1080i.blogspot.com/2006/12/1080i-on-1366x768-resolution-problems.html

Suffice to say your 360 should be generating either a 720p or 1080i signal, & your tv should be either up-scaling(720p) or down-scaling(1080i) to it's display res. of 1366x768.

If it isn't, something is set-up wrong - or your tv does not do what it claims.
Though looking at the manual for your tv, it makes no mention of it's HD signal processing capabilities anywhere.

twe

So it won't display 720p either?
Does the Beko have an auto detect or is there a setting that says manual detect in the menu whilst in hdmi mode? Maybe after changing the resolution on the xbox quickly flick through the channels on the tv and back again to hdmi? [i.e. hdmi > tv > scart > component > hdmi]

twe

ok then that means its a software issue on the tv... An engineer would cost quite a bit I would suspect, about £30-£50 considering what you paid for the actual tv...

savemoney

I assume the upgrade is firmware