Topic: Help me guys regarding "HD 1080P Ready"

[shakra00]

Ive been eyeing on this LG Model: http://www.lg.com/ph/tv-audio-video/television/LG-led-tv-32LS3510.jsp

It states there the word HD1080P ready. Does this mean the unit is FULL HD? Please explain.

Im planning to use it on a PS3. Please connect your answer on how a 1080p game will play on a HD 1080P ready tv.

[CocoBoy]

The TV can accept 1080p signals but outputs only 720( HD ready). Depending on how close you would want to be to your set would the resolution difference matter. Of course full HD panels mas maganda.  Wait for responses regarding gaming as I have no experience on the matter.

Panel response time and motion blurring/ghosting I think is important for gamers also.

Cheers.

[shakra00]

How can i make it accept 1080p signals?

[rthirtyfourgtr]

just set your PS3's video output to 1080p via HDMI, that TV will accept it automatically, scaling the video to fill the whole screen, without any need for further configuration on the TV itself. this works the same way with other video sources as well (BD player, NMT, HTPC, etc.)

FYI, most PS3 games have a native resolution of 720p

[Ppoooh]

The TV automatically accepts 1080p signal since it is 1080p Ready (HD Ready). No need to set anything on the TV. The TV can downscale the signal from 1080p input to its 720p native resolution. That's what it meant.

But then, why set the source (PS3, NMT, BluRay, etc.) to 1080p if the TV is just 720p native? Best to know also the native reso of the source. Upscaling the source and TV's downscaling is just a waste of video processing power. It will be more prone to wrong bit conversion on both sides (upscale and downscale). Different brands have different upscaler/downscaler technology. Am not sure which unit is the best thou. Better set to 720p source matched to TV's 720p native reso. 1080p source is better matched to a 1080p native panel (FullHD 1080p).

Or better yet, set to the native resolution of the source. Let the TV do the rest (since it can accept either 720p or 1080p signals). You can try which combination would produce the best video for your unit.

[rthirtyfourgtr]

most HD-Ready LCD TVs these days have panels with a native resolution of 1366x768. given a 1080p source, i would like to believe that giving the TV a 1080p signal will be better (1920x1080 downscale to 1366x768) as opposed to 720p (1280x720 upscaled to 1366x768.)

not sure though if that's how TVs actually handle the signal

[shakra00]

The TV automatically accepts 1080p signal since it is 1080p Ready (HD Ready). No need to set anything on the TV. The TV can downscale the signal from 1080p input to its 720p native resolution. That's what it meant.

But then, why set the source (PS3, NMT, BluRay, etc.) to 1080p if the TV is just 720p native? Best to know also the native reso of the source. Upscaling the source and TV's downscaling is just a waste of video processing power. It will be more prone to wrong bit conversion on both sides (upscale and downscale). Different brands have different upscaler/downscaler technology. Am not sure which unit is the best thou. Better set to 720p source matched to TV's 720p native reso. 1080p source is better matched to a 1080p native panel (FullHD 1080p).

Or better yet, set to the native resolution of the source. Let the TV do the rest (since it can accept either 720p or 1080p signals). You can try which combination would produce the best video for your unit.

So it means that I can play 1080p games if I wanted to?

[Carlo777]

If you have a 720p native LCD make sure your PS3 is set to 720p. If you plug a 1080p native game like Mortal Kombat, your TV will scale it's resolution to 1080p then downscale it to 720p (if your ps3 is set to 1080p despite your native res being 720p), thereby, creating an input lag between your controller and the TV screen.

Also we do believe that LCD TVs perform best using it's native resolution.

Most PS3 games are 720p anyway.

By the way, I play my PS3 games on a 720p panel.

Oh and one more thing! Make sure that the panel you're buying has a fast pixel response time to avoid motion blur during quick game pans especially if you like FPS games. A pixel response time of 6ms and below is good enough, the lower the better.


 

[Stagea]

most HD-Ready LCD TVs these days have panels with a native resolution of 1366x768. given a 1080p source, i would like to believe that giving the TV a 1080p signal will be better (1920x1080 downscale to 1366x768) as opposed to 720p (1280x720 upscaled to 1366x768.)

I agree, especially for 1080p native material. For 720p material, the extra conversion (scaling to 1080p) often hurts image quality and may add extra latency.

[Ppoooh]

Reason why I always buy a FullHD 1080p panel irregardless of size. Even my 23" LED TV is also 1080p. So never had those problems whatsoever. Playing 1080p or 720p material is fine any which way. Just depending on what source is available.