DirecTV H20 manual Supported Resolutions and Formats, Selected Remote Control Format Key Cycle

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Supported Resolutions and Formats

The tables on the next page show the formats and resolutions supported by the DIRECTV HD Receiver, the interaction with the FORMAT key, the outputs supported by the different types of connections, and other, related information. See the beginning of this chapter a full description of screen resolutions, formats, and Native mode. The DIRECTV HD Receiver provides the display formats shown in the following table:

Selected

Remote Control FORMAT Key Cycle

Resolutions

(➠ = Press FORMAT key)

480i, 480p

480i/Stretch ➠ 480i/Letter ➠ 480i/Crop ➠ 480p/Stretch ➠ 480p/Letter ➠ 480p/Crop

720p

720p/Stretch ➠ 720p/Letter ➠ 720p/Crop

1080i

1080i/Stretch ➠ 1080i/Letter ➠ 1080i/Crop

480i, 480p, 720p

480i/Stretch ➠ 480i/Letter ➠ 480i/Crop ➠ 480p/Stretch ➠ 480p/Letter ➠ 480p/Crop ➠ 720p/Stretch ➠

720p/Letter ➠ 720p/Crop

 

480i, 480p, 1080i

480i/Stretch ➠ 480i/Letter ➠ 480i/Crop ➠ 480p/Stretch ➠ 480p/Letter ➠ 480p/Crop ➠ 1080i/Stretch ➠

 

1080i/Letter ➠ 1080i/Crop

720p, 1080i

720p/Stretch ➠ 720p/Letter ➠ 720p/Crop ➠ 1080i/Stretch ➠ 1080i/Letter ➠ 1080i/Crop

All selected (480i,

480i/Stretch ➠ 480i/Letter ➠ 480i/Crop ➠ 480p/Stretch ➠ 480p/Letter ➠ 480p/Crop ➠ 720p/Stretch ➠

480p, 720p,

720p/Letter ➠ 720p/Crop ➠ 1080i/Stretch ➠ 1080i/Letter ➠ 1080i/Crop

1080i)

 

Native

Native/Stretch ➠ Native/Letter ➠ Native/Crop

NOTE: This chart is for 4:3 TV Ratio. For 16:9 TV ratio, “Pillar” box is displayed instead of “Letter”.

The following table shows the resolutions that can be output from each type of connection:

Output Connection

Available Resolutions

 

 

YPbPr

1080i, 720p, 480i, 480p

 

 

HDMI

1080i, 720p, 480i, 480p

 

 

S-Video

480i

 

 

Video (RCA Type/Yellow)

480i

 

 

NOTES:

720p and 1080i are HD formats. 480i and 480p are not.

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S-Video and RCA outputs display all resolutions as 480i.

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