HDTV issue?

Question

okay i have a HUGE 1080p TOSHIBA LCD HDTV

i have the dish network dvr and hdtv and everyting

its hooked up nd all

but wenever i see the screen settings it says im watching in 1080i

anyting i shud kno?

Answer 1

No its ok, as long as the picture is great.

Answer 2

If you have a Vip-622 or Vip-722 receiver (and maybe if you have one of the older Dish Network receivers), you can see the receiver's output resolution setting by pressing "Menu", 6, 8.  This will display/set your receiver's *fixed* output resolution and aspect ratio for your television.  The Dish Network receivers will always output at the same resolution regardless of the source material's native resolution.  So, if you are watching a non-HD channel, the receiver will upconvert that channel to 1080i (for example).  The Dish Network receivers will not change their output resolution depending on the source material.  Also, they max out at 1080i (they are no able to output 1080p, and for now, there are no HD channels that support 1080p, so you're not really losing anything here).

What's bad about this is that the receiver is doing the image manipulation to upconvert the source material, where your television is probably better suited for this.  However, Dish Network receivers do not support a "native resolution" output at this time.

Your television is probably taking the 1080i image and then deinterlacing that image to a 1080p picture.  My 1080p Sony does this.  Any image that it receives, it will convert to 1080p.

Answer 3

The only thing you will get from cable, satellite or off-the-air is either 720p or 1080i.  The only source of 1080p is a blu-ray DVD.  Your set is converting the 1080i (or anything else it gets) to 1080p for display.  What the screen shows is what is being received from the source.