patkim
Cyborg Agent
I recently got my Videocon D2H SD STB replaced by HD STB (V-5004 HD) model. I have Philips LCD 4000 series full HD (FHD) TV supporting 1080p on HDMI v1.3.
The possible options in STB settings are 720p, 1080p & 1080i. I have set it to 1080p.
However, if there’s a slight delay in starting TV or switching to its HDMI port, (i.e. if STB boots first before TV) then the STB resolution reverts to 720p and I have to manually set it back to 1080p in STB settings. No issues if I start the TV first or switch to TV’s HDMI port first or start both TV & STB simultaneously. I believe this is ‘Handshake’ issue, my guess is that since STB does not find any response from TV’s HDMI, it defaults to a safer 720p.
I raised a request with D2H and the engineer who visited my place after a telephonic discussion with 2 more seniors informed me that this is old LCD TV problem and this issue does not occur in newer LED TVs! So they acknowledged the issue but blamed it on my LCD TV.
I needed a LED FHD TV for testing so I went to a nearby TV Repair shop and requested for help in testing, but the guy did not understand the issue, so I gave up on him. Looks like he had no idea what 720p & 1080p I was talking about!
Do you have any idea if what the D2H technical team is claiming is true? Could it be that it's a limitation of HDMI v1.3 (regardless of LCD/LED) on my TV which is relatively old?
I have written to D2H nodal officer Maharashtra, informing them about not disclosing this hidden limitation (if so true) and would there be any software solution possible, but so far there’s no response.
Thanks for reading.
The possible options in STB settings are 720p, 1080p & 1080i. I have set it to 1080p.
However, if there’s a slight delay in starting TV or switching to its HDMI port, (i.e. if STB boots first before TV) then the STB resolution reverts to 720p and I have to manually set it back to 1080p in STB settings. No issues if I start the TV first or switch to TV’s HDMI port first or start both TV & STB simultaneously. I believe this is ‘Handshake’ issue, my guess is that since STB does not find any response from TV’s HDMI, it defaults to a safer 720p.
I raised a request with D2H and the engineer who visited my place after a telephonic discussion with 2 more seniors informed me that this is old LCD TV problem and this issue does not occur in newer LED TVs! So they acknowledged the issue but blamed it on my LCD TV.
I needed a LED FHD TV for testing so I went to a nearby TV Repair shop and requested for help in testing, but the guy did not understand the issue, so I gave up on him. Looks like he had no idea what 720p & 1080p I was talking about!
Do you have any idea if what the D2H technical team is claiming is true? Could it be that it's a limitation of HDMI v1.3 (regardless of LCD/LED) on my TV which is relatively old?
I have written to D2H nodal officer Maharashtra, informing them about not disclosing this hidden limitation (if so true) and would there be any software solution possible, but so far there’s no response.
Thanks for reading.