Just had Virgin+ HD installed, better using 720 or 1080 widescreen?

aliEnRIK

SD shouldnt be scaled at all at the player end. The tv should be doing that

If the panel is 720 then I apologise. I thought theyd stopped doing them a few years back

aliEnRIK

ahhh ~ here we go (I knew id remembered this from somewhere)

http://www.avforums.com/forums/plasma-televisions/787769-do-i-need-buy-upscaling-dvd-player-have-th37px80b.html

"Problem is that you can't 1:1 map the output from an upscaling DVD player, which effectively renders even the best upscaling next to useless."

1:1 means a perfect match. Anything else means the tvs doing 'something' that means its scaling again

kev_min

Robert2009 wrote: »

Watch it at each setting for a while and pick the one that looks the best.

Rob

And that has to be the best bit of advice I have seen posted here for ages!

Dave101t

with a 37 inch being native in 720, upscaled to 1080, use 720p.
difference is visually negligible on that size anyhoo

Orlando_Virgin

Dave101t wrote: »

with a 37 inch being native in 720, upscaled to 1080, use 720p.
difference is visually negligible on that size anyhoo

Thats interesting because I just want a small 20" ish tv for upstairs for my PS3, we have a 40" Samsung LCD 1080p downstairs that is absolutely amazing but the girlfriend has pulled rank...

I was going to buy the one advertised on TV at Currys for £179 because it has a DVD combi too, but mainly looking for one with 1080p for the PS3 because the pic is so good downstairs, but if it isn't going to make any difference on a 22" screen, I won't bother, I'll just go for a cheaper 720!

BillScarab

As I said in the second post there's from what io can rememebr there is no real difference between the 720 and 1080 output.

If you're sitting a few feet back from a 37" telly you're unlikely to notice the difference anyway.

SOSAGES

roddydogs wrote: »

All broadcast Hd is 1080i

Hi thanks for that - i remember reading somewhere that a lot of sky hd movies where done in 720 so was just wondering.

i wonder why they dont do 1080p yet i assume not enough bandwidth.

aliEnRIK

SOSAGES wrote: »

Hi thanks for that - i remember reading somewhere that a lot of sky hd movies where done in 720 so was just wondering.

i wonder why they dont do 1080p yet i assume not enough bandwidth.

Is exactly right

vyle

I would normally have said "stick it to 720" but I got myself a freesat box for my 768 samsung and on 720 the picture looked flat and horrible, while at 1080i it looked faaaaandabbydozi. I was quite surprised because my ps3 looks horrid at 1080i.

aliEnRIK

vyle wrote: »

I would normally have said "stick it to 720" but I got myself a freesat box for my 768 samsung and on 720 the picture looked flat and horrible, while at 1080i it looked faaaaandabbydozi. I was quite surprised because my ps3 looks horrid at 1080i.

PS3 in 1080i watching what? The PS3 has an AWESOME scaler in it, so movies should look good no matter what
Games should look good whether theyre native or upscaled.
So the pictures bad in what way?