LCD HDTV

Aladuf · 06-06-2008, 12:06 PM

I bought a new HDTV recently too and it is a Samsung. It was advertised to be 720p/1080i but when I bought an HDMI cable for the PS3 I hooked it up and clicked the option for "display with optimal settings" after that it told me that it is displaying in 1080p. I was (and still am, weeks later) very confused why my supposedly 720p tv is displaying in 1080p.

So I figured maybe that since I was using an HDMI cable with the PS3 then it could have been just "tricking" the tv. After that I turned on the 360 (which is only running on component cables so I figured it wouldn't trick my tv since it's not HDMI) and went to its display settings and swapped it from 1080i to 1080p and sure enough it accepted the settings and displays in 1080p now. I don't know how it's actually doing it, because normally if you have a 720p tv and set it to run in 1080p then you lose all video signal to the tv since it can't be supported.

Basically what I'm saying is, since you have a new Samsung and I have a new Samsung, try this out and maybe you could be running in 1080p too.

As for running GC/PS2 games with component cables, either way on a tv your size (37 inches right? I googled the product number) they are going to look fairly shitty. Components will probably bring out some nasty jaggies on your games, but they're probably already there so go for the components to at least make it more colorful.

Vampyr · 06-06-2008, 12:13 PM

Why do component cables cause jagged edges? That seems odd. Are you saying that my TV would be better off if it were larger, or smaller? It's always been my experience that smaller TV's had better image quality, and 37 is pretty mid range.

And yeah, I've also read about people being able to use a 1080p resolution on their 720p Samsungs. I have no idea why it works like that, but I won't complain.

I'm tossing around the idea of eventually getting a 360 or a Ps3. I would prefer a 360 for it's game selecting, but ps3 has a nice Blu-Ray player in it.

I know that HDMI are supposedly the most awesome ever for HD, which is why I'll have one for my new HD cable box. Do Wii's have the option of using an HDMI cable, or do you have to go component in their case?