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Technical overview

The table below details the results you get with each combination of input signal format and TV display format.

HDTV and SDTV DIRECTV® programming via digital satellites (through the Satellite In jack).

Local off-air analog television broadcasts (NTSC), and local off-air digital broadcasts (ATSC) (through the Air In jack). Unscrambled analog cable TV services for unscrambled cable programming (through the Cable In jack).

Various external input signals received through the external input terminal (i.e., DVD, DVHS)

The DIRECTV® HD Receiver provides several display formats as shown in the following table. It also shows the formats available at each output terminal.

With the Resolution

Input Signal format

 

Output Display format

button set to :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1080i mode

all formats

 

1080i

 

 

 

 

720p mode

all formats

 

720p

 

 

 

 

480p/i mode

all formats

 

480p/i

 

480p/i

 

480p/i

 

 

 

 

Native 1 mode

720p

 

720p

 

1080i

 

1080i

 

480p/i

 

480p/i

 

 

 

 

Native 2 mode

720p

 

1080i

 

1080i

 

 

 

 

 

480p/i

 

480p/i

Native 3 mode

720p

 

720p

 

1080i

 

 

 

 

 

 

Output Connection

Available Formats

YPbPr

1080i/720p/480p/i/Native1/ Native2/ Native3

RGB

1080i/720p/480p/i/Native1/ Native2/ Native3

DVI

1080i/720p/480p/i/Native1/ Native2/ Native3

S-Video

 

480i

Video

 

480i

When you press the Resolution button on the front panel or the remote control, the display format will be switched between 1080i, 720p, 480p/i, Native 1, Native 2 and Native 3. All input signal formats in the 1080i, 720p and 480p/i modes will be converted to the selected display format. The output display format in the Native 1, Native 2 and Native 3 modes will be automatically changed according to the input signal format as shown in the above table.

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Samsung SIR-TS360 owner manual 1080i mode