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What resloution should I set my components to output?

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bstegner

Discussion Starter · Jan 15, 2008

Over the past month I have updated most of my componets and am a little confused on what (in theory) would be the best way to set them up. Here are my components...

UVerse TV reciever (outputs up to 1080i)

XBOX 360 (outputs up to 1080p)

HTPC (outputs up to 1080p)

All connected to a Sony 5200es Reciever with a built in Faroudja DCDi Cinema scaler (up to 1080p). Then the reciever connects via HDMI to a Pioneer 5080HD 720p (but will accept up to 1080p).

On each of the components above I have to setup an output resloution. I am thinking it would be best to set the XBOX and HTPC to a "native" 720p and then set the UVese box to output 1080i and have the 5200es downconvert it to 720p.... Or maybe I should just set each of them to output their max resolution and set the 5200es to output 1080p and then have the 5080HD downconvert the video? Or maybe just set everything to 720p and skip the 5200es scaler?

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cjm7c

· #2 · Jan 16, 2008

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Originally Posted by bstegner /forum/post/12827061

Over the past month I have updated most of my componets and am a little confused on what (in theory) would be the best way to set them up. Here are my components...

UVerse TV reciever (outputs up to 1080i)

XBOX 360 (outputs up to 1080p)

HTPC (outputs up to 1080p)

All connected to a Sony 5200es Reciever with a built in Faroudja DCDi Cinema scaler (up to 1080p). Then the reciever connects via HDMI to a Pioneer 5080HD 720p (but will accept up to 1080p).

On each of the components above I have to setup an output resloution. I am thinking it would be best to set the XBOX and HTPC to a "native" 720p and then set the UVese box to output 1080i and have the 5200es downconvert it to 720p.... Or maybe I should just set each of them to output their max resolution and set the 5200es to output 1080p and then have the 5080HD downconvert the video? Or maybe just set everything to 720p and skip the 5200es scaler?

Chances are you'll get a sharper image if you set the output of your UVerse receiver to 1080i (or native) and simply pass the signal through the 5200es without scaling. The Pioneer has pretty good 1080i video deinterlacing and scaling capabilities so you can make the most of the 1366x768 resolution (slightly greater than 720p) by feeding the TV a higher resolution source.

The HTPC should probably be set to 1360x768 and the Pioneer should be set to PC mode for this source. This gives you a one-to-one pixel map for your home theater PC. Again, you want to set the 5200es to pass the signal through without scaling. There might be better ways to deal with a HTPC for your uses; I'm no expert in this area.

Games for the xbox 360 are authored in all kinds of crazy resolutions so I don't exactly know what will give the best results. You might want to experiment a bit.

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