[kirk1690]

Originally Posted by Matt D

I think you have misunderstood the article.



Key word: Broadcasting.

They are not saying that you should set your box to 720p instead of 1080i, they are saying that 720p is a better format for broadcast than 1080i.

Although it's a bit late for them to be deciding this, seeing as all HD broadcasts are currently 1080i...








SkyHD, BBC HD, C4 HD = 1080i, not 720p, & certainly not 1080p.



One argument for setting your box to 1080i, even if your TV is native 720p:

The HD content itself is 1080i. If you set the STB to 1080i, it does not have to do any scaling, & simply outputs the original 1080i to the TV, which the TV then downscales & deinterlaces to its native 720p (well, more likely 768p) resolution.

This should be better than having the STB set to 720p. As, if set to 720p, the STB has to downscale & deinterlace the 1080i source to 720p, only for the TV to then have to scale it back up slightly to 1366*768 (the most common HD Ready resolution).


Although of course it depends on which is best at scaling - your STB, or your TV.


I find having my SkyHD set to 1080i to be better on my particular Sammy TV. Others will find different.

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Indeed.


The box may be better at scaling than the TV, or vice versa.

e.g. perhaps


Box better at scaling: set the box to the TV's optimal resolution, letting the box handle the scaling.

TV better at scaling: set the box to the source's resolution, & let the TV do the scaling.

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