tv resloution question

[jamese669]

so the other week i brought my self a new tv (which i use for movies sky box as well as have my pc hooked up to it) i ended up buying the 1360/768 variant of the series of tv's when being told it be full hd, this wasn't a problem as i paid less than what i would have to the 1080p variant but when i was looking at the spec for both the 1080p version and the 1360x769 version every thing was identical all feature screen size the amount of pixels yet they had two separate resolutions so what im asking is the res software determined and is this a common practice with tv manufactures for them to do this.

[DoubleY]

Res Software? What?

 

What you see is a physical pixel. It isn't software

[NInety]

Software? A pixel is a physical thing.....

[jamese669]

Res Software? What?

 

What you see is a physical pixel. It isn't software

no no i know that The pixel count (the ammount of pixels in the screen) for both the 1080 and 1368x768 is the same yet the max res is diffrent. is this because of some sort of software on the tv?

[DoubleY]

no no i know that The pixel count (the ammount of pixels in the screen) for both the 1080 and 1368x768 is the same yet the max res is diffrent. is this because of some sort of software on the tv?

That can't be possible. There is no way 1366x768 has as many pixels has 1920x1080, so they'd have to be using software of somesort

[jamese669]

That can't be possible. There is no way 1366x768 has as many pixels has 1920x1080, so they'd have to be using software of somesort

it seems so. i mean when i use my pc i can push the res to 1920x1080 and have no degradation of picture quality and every thing looks surprisingly better despite the fact its the 1360x768 variant

[dalekphalm]

it seems so. i mean when i use my pc i can push the res to 1920x1080 and have no degradation of picture quality and every thing looks surprisingly better despite the fact its the 1360x768 variant

What is the specific make and model number of your TV?

 

If it's the 1366x768 version, then it can't do 1080p. When you set the PC resolution to 1920x1080, then it might be outputting interlaced (1080i).

 

The "number of pixels" a TV has is determined by its native resolution:

1366x768 = 1366x768 pixels = "720p", often shown as "HD", "720HD", or "Half HD". (Even though it's advertised as 720p, it's technically 768p, and they just round down - it has to do with the resolution and divisibility with NTSC resolutions or something)

1920x1080 = 2073600 pixels = "1080p", usually shown as "Full HD" or "1080HD"

 

Your TV is either one or the other. A 720p TV can generally output 1080i, by outputting 960x540 in alternating frames to "trick" your mind into thinking you're seeing a 1920x1080 resolution.

[Stagea]

Most 1366x768 HDTVs can input 1080i/1080p (1920x1080) signals. The scaler will scale it down to the panel resolution.