A strange occurance with HD-A1

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hdtvhdtv

Discussion Starter · Oct 12, 2006

Today I decided to hook up my S-video cable to test how 480i performs w/ the HD-A1. To my surprise were two things.

1. By doing this I was able to get 480i via component for both HD-DVD as well

as standard. Normally the player will only output 480p for standard via component and only do 480p/720p/1080i for HD DVD via same output.

2. My other finding was by doing this this activates the DRC in my Sony TV

(KD-30XS955) which was the last modelmade with super fine pitch. The DRC upconverts any 480i signal to 960i nearly HD. Any how I determined that the The Sony actually does a better job with upconverting then the HD-A1.

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SDouglas

· #2 · Oct 12, 2006

You should be able to get to 480i via component using the "Resolution" button on your A1 remote. Mine cycles through the four options 480i/480p/720p/1080i while playing an HD DVD using this button. You'll need to press "OK" after each change to get the player to accept it.

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Sam S

· #3 · Oct 12, 2006

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Originally Posted by SDouglas
You should be able to get to 480i via component using the "Resolution" button on your A1 remote. Mine cycles through the four options 480i/480p/720p/1080i while playing an HD DVD using this button. You'll need to press "OK" after each change to get the player to accept it.

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I have mine hooked up to component. Is there any way to send SD-DVD at 480i out of the HDMI port?

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SDouglas

· #4 · Oct 12, 2006

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Originally Posted by Sam S
I have mine hooked up to component. Is there any way to send SD-DVD at 480i out of the HDMI port?

My experiments on this and those of others say no. Here are a couple of threads on the subject, found by doing a simple search in this sub-forum on "480i":

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...highlight=480i

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...highlight=480i

There are lots of combinations of possible configurations here (SD vs. HD DVD, copy protected vs. not copy protected discs, firmware version). I suspect that only the player architects could say for sure if 480i over HDMI is impossible in the 1G players.

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hdtvhdtv

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 13, 2006

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Originally Posted by Sam S
I have mine hooked up to component. Is there any way to send SD-DVD at 480i out of the HDMI port?

This is not enitirely true.Typically it will send 480i via component only if the material is non-copywrite material. In my case it was sending for copywrite as well.

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