Studios broadcasting in 480 in HD - Blu-ray Forum

cajmoyper · 04-28-2008, 01:41 AM

I'm sitting here watching what is usually one of my favorite shows. Actually this fact won't change that. But Psych is on NBC right now and on NBCHD, they've got it playing in 480i. I used to suspect that ESPN would do this because some of their games didn't look that good but I wasn't able to tell. Here, I'm positive. And the reason I bring this is up is because they at least stretch to the full 16:9, which is cool if they're not going to put it in HD.

Kirsty_Mc · 04-28-2008, 02:07 AM

Here in the UK, Sky One HD and Sky Arts HD regularly upscale their counterpart 576i channels (Sky One and Sky Arts) in 1080i when the content is not HD. At least they upscale it.

Blu Jacket · 04-28-2008, 01:40 PM

Are you sure it's not just a glitch in your cable/satellite box? I have Time Warner and sometimes when I first turn the TV on, my HD channels will show as being 480i. They will reset properly if I change channels, though sometimes I have to switch to an SD channel and back to HD to get it to switch properly (this only occurs on start up, not everytime I change channels).

cajmoyper · 04-28-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu Jacket

Are you sure it's not just a glitch in your cable/satellite box? I have Time Warner and sometimes when I first turn the TV on, my HD channels will show as being 480i. They will reset properly if I change channels, though sometimes I have to switch to an SD channel and back to HD to get it to switch properly (this only occurs on start up, not everytime I change channels).

I can't say that I am sure but when I changed the channel to another HD channel, they were all HD for real. Maybe the source material for Psych was just bad but I am positive that it wasn't even 720p.

04-28-2008, 01:41 AM	#1
cajmoyper Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2007 Location:San Antonio, TX Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:182	Studios broadcasting in 480 in HD I'm sitting here watching what is usually one of my favorite shows. Actually this fact won't change that. But Psych is on NBC right now and on NBCHD, they've got it playing in 480i. I used to suspect that ESPN would do this because some of their games didn't look that good but I wasn't able to tell. Here, I'm positive. And the reason I bring this is up is because they at least stretch to the full 16:9, which is cool if they're not going to put it in HD.

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04-28-2008, 02:07 AM	#2
Kirsty_Mc Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:UK Blu-ray collection:536 Blu-ray reviews: 21	Here in the UK, Sky One HD and Sky Arts HD regularly upscale their counterpart 576i channels (Sky One and Sky Arts) in 1080i when the content is not HD. At least they upscale it.

04-28-2008, 01:40 PM	#3
Blu Jacket Expert Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Ohio Blu-ray collection:44	Are you sure it's not just a glitch in your cable/satellite box? I have Time Warner and sometimes when I first turn the TV on, my HD channels will show as being 480i. They will reset properly if I change channels, though sometimes I have to switch to an SD channel and back to HD to get it to switch properly (this only occurs on start up, not everytime I change channels).

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