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ilovemusic · 2008-01-14, 01:57 PM

Hey everyone

We have our Samsung plasma set up and our Samsung upconverting dvd player, we put in 2 different backed up movies to test them the movie,

Transformers showed it upconverted at 1080i , but the other one only showed upconversion of 720 we could not get it to upconvert

does anyone know what the problem might be? is this a prob with our upconverter or the dvd?

57 · 2008-01-14, 03:54 PM

Some of these Samsung DVD/TV combinations "talk to each other" over HDMI and revert to 720P when you first turn on the DVD player. I believe you can override the setting by pressing a buttton on the DVD player remote - something like HDMI or Format, or similar - read the manual for the DVD player. You may even have to go into the user menu - can't remember, depends on the model.

Having a movie upconvert to 720P instead of 1080i you will probably not notice a difference. Now, if it only sent 480i or 480P, then you may notice a difference, however, some TVs have such good conversion that the difference may be minimal.

ilovemusic · 2008-01-14, 07:20 PM

yep! ok got it

it is the SD/HD button on the remote! , I'm slowly starting to understand the remote..

Sometimes i can see a difference between 720 and 1080i and sometimes i can not...

we also watched a HD show ( for us it is 1080i we can not get 1080p) , on the new plasma it was a documentary on Camono Dragons.... it was awsome videotograhy, it was like we were right there... because it was so much like photographs only moving ones hehehe!!

so far so good!... we are enjoying it thx for the help

2008-01-14, 01:57 PM	#1
ilovemusic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Peterborough Ontario Posts: 1,764	only some of our movies are upconverting Hey everyone We have our Samsung plasma set up and our Samsung upconverting dvd player, we put in 2 different backed up movies to test them the movie, Transformers showed it upconverted at 1080i , but the other one only showed upconversion of 720 we could not get it to upconvert does anyone know what the problem might be? is this a prob with our upconverter or the dvd?

2008-01-14, 03:54 PM	#2
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,340	Some of these Samsung DVD/TV combinations "talk to each other" over HDMI and revert to 720P when you first turn on the DVD player. I believe you can override the setting by pressing a buttton on the DVD player remote - something like HDMI or Format, or similar - read the manual for the DVD player. You may even have to go into the user menu - can't remember, depends on the model. Having a movie upconvert to 720P instead of 1080i you will probably not notice a difference. Now, if it only sent 480i or 480P, then you may notice a difference, however, some TVs have such good conversion that the difference may be minimal. __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

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2008-01-14, 07:20 PM	#3
ilovemusic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Peterborough Ontario Posts: 1,764	yep! ok got it it is the SD/HD button on the remote! , I'm slowly starting to understand the remote.. Sometimes i can see a difference between 720 and 1080i and sometimes i can not... we also watched a HD show ( for us it is 1080i we can not get 1080p) , on the new plasma it was a documentary on Camono Dragons.... it was awsome videotograhy, it was like we were right there... because it was so much like photographs only moving ones hehehe!! so far so good!... we are enjoying it thx for the help