Sonia Bravia KDL-32W5500U: 'i' shows "576i" for a HD channel

Maurice Batey

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Jul 16, 2010, 6:32:14 AM7/16/10

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Just noticed that when viewing an HD channel (BBC or ITV1), whereas the
Humax Foxsat-HDR's 'i' option shows "1080i", the TV's 'i' shows "576i".

I can't find anything in the TV's handbook on this.

Why is the TV indicating "576i"?

/\/\aurice Batey (Retired in Surrey UK)

Brian Mc

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Jul 16, 2010, 6:53:22 AM7/16/10

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Maurice Batey <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
: Just noticed that when viewing an HD channel (BBC or ITV1), whereas the

: Humax Foxsat-HDR's 'i' option shows "1080i", the TV's 'i' shows "576i".

: Why is the TV indicating "576i"?
How do you have your TV connected up? 576i means that the TV is seeing
an SD signal (possibly from SCART - AV1 normally on Sonys).

On My SOny set the HDMI inputs are AV5 and AV6

Maurice Batey

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Jul 16, 2010, 8:31:49 AM7/16/10

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:53:22 +0000, Brian Mc wrote:

> How do you have your TV connected up? 576i means that the TV is seeing
> an SD signal (possibly from SCART - AV1 normally on Sonys)

The Bravia 'i' info shows 'HDMI1' as well as '576i' when the Humax is
showing HD 1080i.

Ah, now I've found the Humax's V-Format button, and the TV is now showing
1080i. I don't understand that how/why V-Format defaulted to '576i'
instead of '1080i'.

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Maurice Batey

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Jul 16, 2010, 9:47:41 AM7/16/10

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:31:49 +0100, I wrote:

> instead of '1080i'.

I've now changed V-Format to 'Original', so the *TV* will do any
scaling up of non-HD signals.

The dog from that film you saw

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Jul 16, 2010, 12:18:33 PM7/16/10

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"Maurice Batey" <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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bbc1 and itv are not HD - they are 576 line interlaced broadcasts - i.e
576i.
when you use your box it says 1080i because the box is doing the upscaling -
but it's not really improving it to HD quality.

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Scott

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Jul 16, 2010, 1:43:02 PM7/16/10

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:18:33 +0100, "The dog from that film you saw"
<d...@removethisbitbtinternet.com> wrote:

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>"Maurice Batey" <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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>> Just noticed that when viewing an HD channel (BBC or ITV1), whereas the
>> Humax Foxsat-HDR's 'i' option shows "1080i", the TV's 'i' shows "576i".
>>
>> I can't find anything in the TV's handbook on this.
>>
>> Why is the TV indicating "576i"?
>>
>> /\/\aurice Batey (Retired in Surrey UK)
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>
>
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>bbc1 and itv are not HD - they are 576 line interlaced broadcasts - i.e
>576i.
>when you use your box it says 1080i because the box is doing the upscaling -
>but it's not really improving it to HD quality.

He doesn't actually say BBC1. He says 'an HD channel (BBC or ITV1).'
I assume this refers to the BBC HD channel and ITV1 HD (in England and
Wales).

Maurice Batey

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Jul 17, 2010, 12:58:07 PM7/17/10

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:43:02 +0100, Scott wrote:

> I assume this refers to the BBC HD channel and ITV1 HD (in England and
> Wales).

Indeed!