On Demand 1080p

[charlesrshell]

Is there a way to test your TV to see if it will play Dish TV 1080p programs? I haven't tried to rent a 1080p program in a long time. Before, there was a test to see if your TV would play 1080p programs before you rented the program. An older HD TV would never pass the test. Want to try out a 1080p movie in a newer TV before we rent Argo. I never get the test procedure before the rent button is ready to click. Would like to perform the test first before we rent it. Thanks for your help.

 

[aaronwt6]

Well, I'm not sure on running the test ahead of time. But, if you have a 1080P television and its hooked up with HDMI then there is no reason it shouldn't work.

 

[lucky86]

I have a 1080i tv and I watched rise of the guardians which is a 1080p movie just fine.

 

[charlesrshell]

OK, thanks for your inputs. Years ago tried to rent a 1080p movie from Dish TV when they first started to offer 1080p movies on demand. Our Sony 1080p that was connected by HDMI would always fail the Dish TV test. I think it had something to do with the 1080p/24 or 1080p/60 numbers whatever that is. Also, our 1080i Panasonic that was connected by HDMI always failed the test too. I will try out our Samsung TV this weekend.

 

[garys]

Your tv needs to do the 1080p/24 fps in order to pass.

 

[charlesrshell]

Your tv needs to do the 1080p/24 fps in order to pass.

How do I check for that? It doesn't say in the user guide. I find a clear motion rate which is 960.

 

[garys]

I believe when you first order the movie, the test is done for you. I would think it would be listed for your tv specs somewhere. I don't recall any tv approved list by Dish, you could try a DIRT member to see what info they may have.

 

[charlesrshell]

I believe when you first order the movie, the test is done for you. I would think it would be listed for your tv specs somewhere. I don't recall any tv approved list by Dish, you could try a DIRT member to see what info they may have.

OK, thanks again. I don't see it in the specs.

 

[Tampa8]

Yep, when you go to rent a 1080P movie it will check to see that you can watch it first.

 

[charlesrshell]

Yep, when you go to rent a 1080P movie it will check to see that you can watch it first.

OK, thanks Tampa8. Going to rent one tomorrow and give her a try.

 

[charlesrshell]

Rented 1080p Argo movie and it played in 1080p/24. Looked great. Never did see any kinda 1080p testing for my TV.

 

[Tampa8]

It was able to determine right away then. Glad it worked out!

 

[3HaloODST]

Yep the only testing it did was check the EDID of the TV. Pretty seamless.

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[charlesrshell]

Yep the only testing it did was check the EDID of the TV. Pretty seamless.

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OK, you got me. What is EDID?

 

[Tampa8]

It's the display information of what the TV is capable of, part of the handshake over HDMI.

 

[charlesrshell]

It's the display information of what the TV is capable of, part of the handshake over HDMI.

I don't think I got that from Dish TV. When I clicked on the movie resume button my TV popped up a window that said 1920x1080p/24. I just now went in and resumed some more movies that I still have in the Rental folder and the Samsung TV window does not pop open. I then resumed Argo 1080p version and again the Samsung window pops up with the 1080p/24 info. Wonder why it does that only for Argo!

 

[3HaloODST]

It's a seamless transition (other than maybe your TV reporting the different viewing mode.) For all non-1080p events your TV will always be in 1080i (or 720p.) You should only see the popup from your TV when viewing 1080p events.

If you really want the nitty-gritty on EDID, on your Hopper hit YELLOW - BLUE - 3 - HDMI and scroll away . In the "info" field if you scroll down, it will tell you the "Supported formats" which should include 1080p if your TV is 1080p-capable (which it obviously is since you watched 1080p.)

For anyone else that cares, on the ViP it's MENU - 6 - 3 - Analysis - HDMI (IIRC, I'll have to check later.)

 

[charlesrshell]

It's a seamless transition (other than maybe your TV reporting the different viewing mode.) For all non-1080p events your TV will always be in 1080i (or 720p.) You should only see the popup from your TV when viewing 1080p events.

If you really want the nitty-gritty on EDID, on your Hopper hit YELLOW - BLUE - 3 - HDMI and scroll away . In the "info" field if you scroll down, it will tell you the "Supported formats" which should include 1080p if your TV is 1080p-capable (which it obviously is since you watched 1080p.)

For anyone else that cares, on the ViP it's MENU - 6 - 3 - Analysis - HDMI (IIRC, I'll have to check later.)

WOW, thanks. Good info