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

robredz

If the TV has a native res of 1366 x 768, 720p may look better as 1080i is an interlaced signal 720 is progressive scan so should look as good on a 1366 x 768 LCD as the 1080i would have to be scaled down. A full HD panel is 1920 x 1080 and this panel will display 1080i and 1080p without scaling.

see here:

http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5107912-1.html

vyle

aliEnRIK wrote: »

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?

I should say for gaming, because it made the writing too small......well the menus too small. I'll give it another shot later, see how arkham asylum looks in 1080.

I had a "changing resolution on computer monitor" kinda moment where my gut said "that doesn't look right" and switched back.

The scaler is lovely in the ps3 though, youre right. DVDs look awesome.

aliEnRIK

Id have to question your tv or the setup of your tv if it doesnt look right. True 1080 content looks awesome

vyle

I put it to 1080i and actually...it looks fine. I don't know what was going through my head when I first put it to 720.

aliEnRIK

vyle wrote: »

I put it to 1080i and actually...it looks fine. I don't know what was going through my head when I first put it to 720.

I assume your using 1080i on not 1080P as your tv wont accept a 1080P input? In which case it 'might' look a little better on 720P depending on how well your tv deinterlaces etc

vyle

No, my TV doesn't support 1080p. It was only a cheap ex display 32" samsung from work... the equivalent model to the Series 4 line before they actually numbered them, if that makes sense.

aliEnRIK

You probably are better sticking to 720P then

Marty_J

aliEnRIK wrote: »

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?

The PS3 has an OK scaler in it; I wouldn't describe it as "awesome". It only supports horizontal scaling, which isn't great.

aliEnRIK

Marty ~ i dont care a jot what 'Brucie' says
That post is 'old' and theyve seriously got the upscaling working very VERY well

Marty_J

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Marty ~ i dont care a jot what 'Brucie' says

How about these?

http://www.beyond3d.com/content/articles/16/

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2007/01/6783.ars

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=46241

Oh, and Bruce Dawson is a senior software design engineer at Microsoft.

That post is 'old' and theyve seriously got the upscaling working very VERY well

I'm not aware that they have updated the scaler's firmware since, or whether or not it's even capable of using hardware to scale vertically.

I'm not saying the scaler is bad, it's just not "awesome".