Playing 1080P through non-1080p LCD

[Cranialstrain]

Hi All,

Forgive what may be a really stupid question but I'm pretty new to all this, additionally my apologies if this has been answered elsewhere but couldn't find anything

I have a Sony Bravia KDL-V32A12 and am nearly at the stage of playing some HD clips from my PowerMac Dual-G5 but am a little confused as to resolution what to play. My understanding from the Sony site is that my LCD has a pixel resolution of 1366 x 768 - do I therefore presume the 1080p is going to be off the screen or will it adjust accordingly? Am I better just forgetting 1080p and playing 720p instead?



Many thanks,

CS

[dan1979]

It will scale it down, just use the resolution closest to your display - so 720p

[Starburst]

That's working on the assumption the LCD will accept 1080p material in the first place, my Philips doesn't even accept 1366*768 sources and that's it's native resolution.

[Rimmer]

Originally Posted by Cranialstrain

Hi All,

Forgive what may be a really stupid question but I'm pretty new to all this, additionally my apologies if this has been answered elsewhere but couldn't find anything

I have a Sony Bravia KDL-V32A12 and am nearly at the stage of playing some HD clips from my PowerMac Dual-G5 but am a little confused as to resolution what to play. My understanding from the Sony site is that my LCD has a pixel resolution of 1366 x 768 - do I therefore presume the 1080p is going to be off the screen or will it adjust accordingly? Am I better just forgetting 1080p and playing 720p instead?



Many thanks,

CS

For best results use the 1080p clips and configure the Mac to output 1366 x 768 resolution. Downscaling is better than upscaling.

[tameruk]

According to Sharp customer services, their P50 series panels (the pal optimised ones) will accept 1080p and downscale...

I am not sure if this is true or not, will be giving it a go when mine arrives next week tho!

Does anyone know if any other (non-1080 native) panels will accept 1080p input?