OTA HDTV on a Toshiba 56H80 (1 Viewer)

[Thomas W]

My two year old Toshiba 56H80 is supposed to natively display 480i, 480p, and 1080i. I want to purchase (for OTA use)the Samsung SIR-T151 set top box that outputs 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i. If the Samsung receives and outputs a 720p signal, what will my TV do with the 720p signal? Will it convert it to 480p or 1080i? Can I only use the set top box to receive and output the signals that my TV will accept? Can the set top box receive a signal in 720p and then convert it to something that my TV will accept? I'm a bit confused about what box is doing what!

 

[Michael TLV]

Greetings

If the STB sends the TV a 720P signal, the TV displays garbage. It is not 720P compatible.

Regards

 

[Thomas W]

Thanks for the reply Michael.

If the STB receives a 720p signal can it only output a 720p signal to my TV? Or can I change the output to something that my TV can read?

 

[Steve Schaffer]

I don't know about that particular box, but the vast majority will convert 720p to 1080i to be output to sets that won't accept 720p. AVS forum has a very active HD hardware section, you might check over there.

 

[JoeyT]

My old Toshiba 50h82 worked great with the samsung 151 ota stb.

I believe the default output was 1080i. It looked so good I did not bother trying to change it to another resolution.

Hope this helps.