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I just had a DirectTV HDDVR (Model HR22-100) installed today and was unable to get the 1080p resolution to select in the HDDVR menu as mentioned by several of you. I received the same "Your TV does not support 1080p" message mentioned above. I have the HDDVR connected to a Sony STR DG820 AVR (that is 1080p capable) via HDMI and an HDMI connection from the AVR to a Sony KDL 40W4100 HDTV (also 1080p capable.) I called Sony to see if there was a setting for the TV that needed to be changed after I had tried all the obvious menu changes. Sony tech said that the problem is that DTV doesn't provide a 1080p signal only 1080i. That sounds strange to me as I thought DTV broadcast 1080p! Maybe I was wrong. There isn't a clear answer on the DTV website. All the HDMI cables are new and my Sony BlueRay player works perfectly via HDMI. So, what gives? Has anyone come up with a solution? Is if a firmware issue? There must be a solution, right? HELP!

rds,

DTV broadcast is not currently sent to households as 1080p (HD is sent as 720p or 1080i), although 1080p24fps and 1080p30fps are two of the 18 formats approved for the ATSC for DTV terrestrial, which means any HDTV terrestrial tuner should be able to tune to those formats if the signal is sent that way, otherwise it will not met the DTV standard.

But you are not tuning broadcast, so you should check if your DTV can accept 1080p via HDMI from the DirecTV receiver, and that answer will not be on tuning related menus or instructions.

However, even if the DTV does accept 1080p and can also accept it as 24fps (in addition to 60fps), it does not mean that the DTV does the best job of the image processing options on the video chain, but it means that you have one more alternative other than the player or the DirecTV/cable tuner sending always 1080i60 and performing 3:2 pull-down automatically for 24fps content, for the DTV to deinterlace to 1080p 60fps.


Best Regards,

Rodolfo La Maestra

Rodolfo,

Thanks for the info.
Since I posted my question two things have happened: (1) DTV upgraded my new HR22 HDDVR with new 1080p firmware and left a message announcing that they would have 1080p movies at some point in the future, meaning there is no 1080p broadcast at this point in time and (2) I found in the HR22 owners manual that the the HR22 originally was set to transmit 1080i and no higher resolution. So now the question remains; When I attempt to set the HDDVR 1080p resolution will it accept the command... I'll give it a try and let you all know.

rds

If you didn't have the firmware upgrade then you wouldn't have been able to get 1080p anyway.

DirecTV is offering 1080p movies via VOD only which requires an internet connection.