1080p on a 720p tv - Blu-ray Forum

Sussudio · 09-23-2008, 04:58 PM

Was wondering if someone could help me understand this. I recently purchased a Samsung A450 720p(/1080i) LCD tv and just for the heck of it tried to set the resolution on the ps3 to 1080p...and it worked! It says it is displaying at 1080p. I tried the same thing on my 360 and it too says 1080p. When i tried connecting the systems to my parents 720p tv, it wouldn't got to 1080p (which is what i expected to begin with). Anyone else have a similar situation or knows why this happened?

Villain2100 · 09-23-2008, 05:06 PM

Some HD ready TVs accept a 1080p signal, the same as 720p TVs can accept 1080i they just scale it to fit your resolution.

slee915 · 09-23-2008, 05:18 PM

http://www.samsung.com/us/system/con...0A450_spec.pdf

the spec said it takes 1080p inputs, so it will probably scale it to 768p

Villain2100 · 09-23-2008, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slee915

http://www.samsung.com/us/system/con...0A450_spec.pdf

the spec said it takes 1080p inputs, so it will probably scale it to 768p

or what i said

TooBlu · 09-23-2008, 05:23 PM

you

Villain2100 · 09-23-2008, 05:24 PM

me

Sussudio · 09-23-2008, 05:49 PM

aha, thanks for the posts and the spec sheet...that makes more sense. i was hoping the set was magically just able to do full 1080p

09-23-2008, 04:58 PM	#1
Sussudio Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:11	1080p on a 720p tv Was wondering if someone could help me understand this. I recently purchased a Samsung A450 720p(/1080i) LCD tv and just for the heck of it tried to set the resolution on the ps3 to 1080p...and it worked! It says it is displaying at 1080p. I tried the same thing on my 360 and it too says 1080p. When i tried connecting the systems to my parents 720p tv, it wouldn't got to 1080p (which is what i expected to begin with). Anyone else have a similar situation or knows why this happened?

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09-23-2008, 05:06 PM	#2
Villain2100 Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Walsall, UK Home Theater Gallery:46 Blu-ray collection:136	Some HD ready TVs accept a 1080p signal, the same as 720p TVs can accept 1080i they just scale it to fit your resolution.

09-23-2008, 05:18 PM	#3
slee915 Senior Member Member since:May 2007 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:985 Blu-ray reviews:10	http://www.samsung.com/us/system/con...0A450_spec.pdf the spec said it takes 1080p inputs, so it will probably scale it to 768p

09-23-2008, 05:23 PM	#5
TooBlu Senior Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Tampa Blu-ray collection:261	you

09-23-2008, 05:24 PM	#6
Villain2100 Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Walsall, UK Home Theater Gallery:46 Blu-ray collection:136	me

09-23-2008, 05:49 PM	#7
Sussudio Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:11	aha, thanks for the posts and the spec sheet...that makes more sense. i was hoping the set was magically just able to do full 1080p

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