1080p scaled to 1366x768....

[Shawn]

My Olevia 332H HDTV supports 720p and 1080i but it scales both to it's native resolution of 1366x768. I just bought an HD-DVD drive on ebay for my HTPC and I read that PowerDVD Ultra supports 1080p. I was wondering how 1080p scaled to 1366x768 with PowerDVD would look compared to 1080i scaled by the TV. I would think it would look considerably better, correct? Especially since it doesn't have to do any deinterlacing.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this. If not I'll let you all know how it looks when I get everything.

 

[yhelothar]

I wouldn't count on it. I've been hearing many 1080p users that they don't even see much of a difference between that and 1080i. So your downscaled 1080p should be even less noticeable. You're only gaining 48 lines by doing the scale, not exactly an improvement.

 

[aphex]

no... your still seeing 1366x768

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: aphex
no... your still seeing 1366x768

yeah, but doesn't 1080i have half the framerate?

 

[Treyshadow]

Correct it does, but since your tv is scaling the video signal, the change is not enough for your to see any visible differences.

Now maybe at 120 inches, but at your res at that size you should still see your same resolution and about the same quality as 1080 from Cable or OTA.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Treyshadow
Correct it does, but since your tv is scaling the video signal, the change is not enough for your to see any visible differences.

Now maybe at 120 inches, but at your res at that size you should still see your same resolution and about the same quality as 1080 from Cable or OTA.

Well the TV doesn't scale when I have it hooked up to my PC, but the software does. I would assume that my Core 2 Duo can do a better job of scaling than the TV can. DVDs definitely look better upscaled with Vista Media Center than playing DVDs with my DVD player via the component inputs. OTA with Vista media center also looks better than cable but that could be because comcast compresses the picture.

 

[Shadowknight]

Actually, compression by ANY cable system makes the image look worse; OTA is the best HD signal you'll find.

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: aphex
no... your still seeing 1366x768

yeah, but doesn't 1080i have half the framerate?

1080i has double the framerate of 1080p

 

[mzkhadir]

video standards chart:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Video_Standards.png

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Actually, compression by ANY cable system makes the image look worse; OTA is the best HD signal you'll find.

This leads me to a question ...

I'm going to be getting Dish Network satellite TV very soon. Will the HD on that look better than it did on comcast (cable)?

 

[Gulzakar]

On such a small screen, you won't notice a difference between 720p and 1080p. On my 40 inch, I don't even see a difference.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: astroidea
I've been hearing many 1080p users that they don't even see much of a difference between that and 1080i.

That's because there isn't any difference in the picture displayed. The TV combines the interlaced frames to produce the same picture.

But people will still blow a gasket over 1080p vs 1080i. Even though HD satellite, HD cable, most upscale DVD players and the xBox 360 all output 1080i and it looks fantastic.

 

[Fritzo]

I'm hearing people can't tell between 720p and 1080p. Go figure...kind of the the megapixel war on digital cameras.