Does this TV upconvert to 1080p: Anyone know if this model upconverts 480i, 480p, 720p, etc to 1080p ?
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What do you mean by upconvert? Do you mean DVDs and such? No TV will do that. You have to have a DVD player with upconvert capabilities or an HD/BlueRay player. It also isn't going to upconvert your signal. In fact your signal may look worse if you don't have HDTV--especially if the set is large. Keep in mind that at the TV store, these TVs are all playing HD cable or satellite or HD-DVD or Blue-Ray DVDs. It's helpful in that you can compare apples to apples, but if you have lessor signal or equipment at home it won't look as good.
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Its a good full HD 1080 TV. The 720p one is 32LE451U and the 1080p is 32LE551U
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It does not upconvert images. I would route HDMI through the receiver, and component straight to the TV.
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I know exactly what the issue is. There is a setting on your cable box/sat box where you tell it what resolutions your TV can support. Some cable boxes allow you to pick multiple choices (e.g., 480p, 720p, _and_ 1080i at the same time). What happens in this case is that the cable box will automatically output the signal at the native resolution of the broadcast, provided it is on your selected list. This usually results in the cleanest picture, but of course it causes your TV to have to change resolution modes to match the input every time you change from a channel with one resolution to a channel with another resolution. On my Samsung DLP, I chose to put up with this constant switching because it resulted in the cleanest standard-def picture (my cable box sucks and upconverting SD signals internally). However, if it bugs you, just set your cable box HDTV menu such that your TV only supports 1080i. The result will be that the cable box will internally upconvert all broadcasts to 1080i prior to sending it to your TV, and your TV will no longer have to switch modes all the time. Hope this helps!
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Yes, this TV supports 1080p via component. This was a selling point for me, because I want to play my X-Box 360 games (Lost Planet) in 1080p.
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The 4K content is non existent... but the TV upscales 1080 content to about double (not 4k) and it looks fantastic.
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The following is the from hdtv primer website regarding up conversion.Does up-conversion improve the image?Many receivers can up-convert a 480 or 720 image to 1080. Does up-conversion result in a better image? In theory, no, the image will not be any sharper. The image resolution can never be improved. But minor improvements sometimes happen with up-conversion:1. People who sit too close will notice that the scanning lines are gone.2. Any remaining flicker is further reduced.3. Due to design inconsistencies, some formats work better on some hardware combinations. But on the minus side, format conversions sometimes make interlace errors worse. The following is the from hdtv primer website regarding up conversion.Does up-conversion improve the image?Many receivers can up-convert a 480 or 720 image to 1080. Does up-conversion result in a better image? In theory, no, the image will not be any sharper. The image resolution can never be improved. But minor improvements sometimes happen with up-conversion:1. People who sit too close will notice that the scanning lines are gone.2. Any remaining flicker is further reduced.3. Due to design inconsistencies, some formats work better on... » Read More The following is the from hdtv primer website regarding up conversion.Does up-conversion improve the image?Many receivers can up-convert a 480 or 720 image to 1080. Does up-conversion result in a better image? In theory, no, the image will not be any sharper. The image resolution can never be improved. But minor improvements sometimes happen with up-conversion:1. People who sit too close will notice that the scanning lines are gone.2. Any remaining flicker is further reduced.3. Due to design inconsistencies, some formats work better on some hardware combinations. But on the minus side, format conversions sometimes make interlace errors worse. « Show Less
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It is. You just can't tell because there is only so much that up-conversion can do. It isn't some magic wand that suddenly turns 480p into 1080p. All it does is enhance what is there, if there isn't enough there to be properly enhanced you wont see much difference.
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Yes. I have been watching both native 4K and 1080p upscaled to 4K and although I can tell the difference, I am still very impressed with the up conversion.
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I don't know if it converts to 1080. I have it connected to a 1080 TV and the pic is really good. Clear, not grainy. Hope that helps.
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No ,, this is a great tv and has an excellent picture ,, the only thing is you have to set the color and settings to your preference,,you can find the settings in the review section ,,hope this helps.
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I just bought mine for BB yesterday. It does say in the menu and in on the box that it has 4k "upscaling". Not sure how good it is becuase I only have 1080p lg tv.
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You know i just realized this is a forum for the 720p model - I already have a 720p hdtv and I'm actually looking at the 1080p model. Looking for that one to drop another $100 (hint hint Amazon) before I jump in to get one.
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Robert, I am not sure. I have a smaller version of this converter. I was trying it with my Direct TV receiver box to see if I could change my display settings and I kept getting an error message saying my TV was not HD compatible which is true as my TV does not have any HDMI inputs. So no, I could not go from 480 to 1080 in my situation. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Good luck!
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William: Since you've had the 9040 for a week now, could you please be more specific and give us some details about what you have experienced? Does it do a great job of upscaling non-hd material to 1080p? I plan on buying one, but need to hear from someone how it performs when hooked up to an HDTV and/or Home theater system.? I would appreciate any additional information you can provide so I can learn a little more prior to pulling the trigger on this a/v receiver. Thank a lot William.
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I'd like to see some pictures from others as well. My 48" TCL's picture is so incredibly grainy, it's distracting. A HD TV shouldnt look like this when displaying 1080 content.
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Yeah, use 720p, as 1080i at best would look the same, and would probably look worse. The 360 usually renders internally at 720p (sometimes lower), and just upsamples it to hit 1080i-and then the TV would have to downsample it back to 720p, so probably there's going to be a loss of quality there...or at least it would be pretty silly to do that!