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Jack Briggs · 06-13-2006, 04:36 PM

His Toshiba is one of the classic early high-def-capable sets (from circa 1999). To answer his questions:

1) As Mort notes, DVDs are natively 480i. However, you can screen them in 480p on your set (which is what you want to do).

2) Most HD broadcasts are in 1080i. ABC-TV does 720p, however.

3) I would think that the Comcast box should be able to be set at 1080i, but I do not know without looking at it.

4) You do not know if your Tosh can display 1080i without feeding it a 1080i source. It was designed to run at 1080i (and 480p). Remember, many techies from local cable companies are woefully ignorant.

This set was maginificent back in the day, and quite a few HTFers had them.

06-13-2006, 04:36 PM	#3 of 4
Jack Briggs Member Join Date: Jun 1999 Local Time: 03:03 AM Local Date: 12-02-2008 Posts: 21,275	Re: Problems with my Toshiba TW40X81--any advice? His Toshiba is one of the classic early high-def-capable sets (from circa 1999). To answer his questions: 1) As Mort notes, DVDs are natively 480i. However, you can screen them in 480p on your set (which is what you want to do). 2) Most HD broadcasts are in 1080i. ABC-TV does 720p, however. 3) I would think that the Comcast box should be able to be set at 1080i, but I do not know without looking at it. 4) You do not know if your Tosh can display 1080i without feeding it a 1080i source. It was designed to run at 1080i (and 480p). Remember, many techies from local cable companies are woefully ignorant. This set was maginificent back in the day, and quite a few HTFers had them.