Mitsubishi TV, doesn't work in 480i (1 Viewer)

[Michael Young]

Im having troubles with a few consoles on my Mitsubishi 52" RPTV HDTV.

Honestly it took a while till I noticed a problem, first off I have HD cable, 480p DVD, and Xbox 480p.

When I boot up the Xbox now, it flickers like scrolling fast, when in the dashboard, or initial load. as soon as a game comes up though its in 480p and everything looks fine. I let that go, because it didn't affect me.

Last week I tried my Dreamcast, and plugged it in using composite, and I couldn't get a picture. I sold it to a friend, and it worked fine on his TV, so its not the console.

Tonight I tried to play my Turbo grafix 16, and Im plugging it into Antenna A input(coax), and I cannot get a picture.

what could be wrong??? Im totally out of ideas here. Will a TV work fine in 480p and 1080i and not work with 480i??


Also I had to not use the netcommand setup stuff, when using my Logitech 880 remote, could this be a problem?? I screwed around with that tonight, but it shouldn't affect the antenna input at all. also when I did the ANT - A scan I didn't pickup any signal when my Turbo Grafix was OFF, but when on, Channel 3 was found, so Im pretty shure its working.

 

[jim.vaccaro]

I'm pretty sure that HDTVs can't display a 480i image. Any 480i content will be upconverted to 480p or some other custom resolution (my Sony RP HDTV does a weird 960i upconversion or a 480p, depending on what DRC mode I choose).

However, I don't understand why the TV wouldn't upconvert your video games too. Sorry.

Maybe emulation software is your solution.

 

[Michael Young]

My DVD player before I upgraded was 480i. It said 480i on the display text on the TV. Same with my old cable before the HDTV box.

 

[jim.vaccaro]

Well, if your TV can convert other 480i sources to 480p or whatever, then don't know why it won't do it with your video games.

 

[Michael Young]

The mits TV manual never said it upconverts anything. I know it can't handle any 720p source.

It says it does 480i, 480p, and 1080i.

pdf file linked.
http://www.mitsubishitv.com/common/getfile.asp?uuid={6E2FFA41-F497-41ED-9B54-75D6266A90A3}

 

[Michael Young]

So no one knows whats wrong here??

Anyone else experience a problem with 480i on their Mits TV. 2nd time I've had 0 answers to my questions. Where's a good forum where I could get help?