I just purchased an LG DN798 player tonight, only to realize it is not an upconverting player. My question is: Why is this player a 1080p player if it does not upconvert? What DVD/anything can be played through this player at 1080p? It does not play blue-ray or HD DVD. I thought all commerical DVD movies were at 720p. Any help would be awesome.

Fred

I just purchased an LG DN798 player tonight, only to realize it is not an upconverting player.

Yes it is.

It does not play blue-ray or HD DVD.

That's because it is not an HD player. HD players play HD disks. HD players also upconvert SD disks, but most "upconverting" players are just SD players, and will upconvert your SD disk (which incidentally does not mean magically turn it into a HD source).

I thought all commerical DVD movies were at 720p.

Most commercial DVDs are 480i.

I think maybe you should go back in time and do a little more homework before buying your DVD player:-) - DR

I just purchased an LG DN798 player tonight, only to realize it is not an upconverting player.

Yes it is.

It does not play blue-ray or HD DVD.

That's because it is not an HD player. HD players play HD disks. HD players also upconvert SD disks, but most "upconverting" players are just SD players, and will upconvert your SD disk (which incidentally does not mean magically turn it into a HD source).

I thought all commerical DVD movies were at 720p.

Most commercial DVDs are 480i.

I think maybe you should go back in time and do a little more homework before buying your DVD player:-) - DR

Sorry I confused two models, I was looking at replacing what I bought with the LG DN798. I originally bought the Pioneer DV-400V. I believe that player is not Upconverting. Also, when I use and Upconvert player, will the TV say the source is 1080i/1080p, or will it remain 480i?

Fred

HDTVs can only display all inputs at their native resolution, whether you send a 480i, 480p, 720p, or 1080i signal, and whether or not you use an upscaling player. What display do you own?

The Pioneer DV-400 is indeed an upconverting player (converts SD DVDs from 480i to 480p/720p/1080i/1080p). See the thread in this forum on this player.

Depending on your model, I believe a TV will report the source as whatever mode you set the DVD to output at. It will only display the source at its native resolution, however.

Think of this "480/720/1080 i/p" as the "over-the-wire" protocol for sending data. What the receiving set does with this data is to scale and/or de-interlace (i->p) to match its native internal resolution.

BTW, some (most/all?) DVD players only scale when using an HDMI connection, not a component, S-video, etc.

HDTVs can only display all inputs at their native resolution, whether you send a 480i, 480p, 720p, or 1080i signal, and whether or not you use an upscaling player. What display do you own?

I am waiting for my Sharp LC-37GP1U to arrive. It does 1080p, is the native resolution 1920x1080?

Fred

I am waiting for my Sharp LC-37GP1U to arrive. It does 1080p, is the native resolution 1920x1080?

Yes.

But note this is not always the case: some displays accept 1080p but have smaller native resolution, and some are 1920x1080 but do not accept 1080p (some older displays would accept 1080i but not 1080p).

-Bill

Yes.

But note this is not always the case: some displays accept 1080p but have smaller native resolution, and some are 1920x1080 but do not accept 1080p (some older displays would accept 1080i but not 1080p).

-Bill
I know this is slightly off the main subject here; but about 1080p...
I'm looking into buying my first HD display, and 1080p isn't really realistic for the size i'm looking for; 32"; nor is it in my budget. But one of my top picks has been the Toshiba 32HL67 (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-AjqsZiILxnA/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?wm=fp&I=05232HL67&g=146350). They claim that--through HDMI--it, "accepts 1080p." I'm aware that it's a 720p native res. LCD, but my real question is; what does this LCD do differently with a 1080p signal, than other 720p displays that don't say "accepts 1080p"? I don't think 1080p is a big deal for me; especially since i'm just getting into HD, but would having a TV that "accepts 1080p" future-proof it at all?

For a 720p display to accept 1080p does not really offer any advantage. It will scale all inputs to 720p, whether the input is 480i, 480p, 1080i, or 1080p. I suppose if the display is a fantastic scaler, accepting 1080p may be an advantage over having the BD or HD-DVD player do the downscaling, but I doubt it. In the real world, the only practical advantage of accepting 1080p is convenience -- the display will accept any input you throw at it.