Why does my tv say 480p with my cable box when my tv is 1080p and i have an hd cable box?
The resolution is set by the video, the TV is reporting what it is getting. Your TV is capable of displaying 1080p, however that's not what the cable box is supplying on HDMI1. Check with your cable company to see if there is a menu selection to change the output resolution on the HDMI port.
Only getting 480p on my TV please help?
First, be aware that you cannot get 1080p from broadcast television. The limit is 1080i. 1080p is mainly available via Blue-ray DVDs and certain game boxes. Next, if you are a cable or satellite customer, you need to set the output resolution of the box to match your TV. If it has a 1080p screen, get into the menu for the box, find the output resolution settings, and set it to 1080i. If your TV has a 720p screen, set it to 720p. Other than that, in order to see real HD on an HDTV, you need 5 things. Here they are: 1. An HD television set. 2. An HD cable or satellite receiver. 3. A subscription to the company’s HD channel package. 4. An HDMI cable (preferred) to connect the box to the TV, or at least a set of 5 component cables (red-blue-green video plus red-white audio). 5. You need to be watching a program that’s actually being broadcast in HD, on an HD channel. (Some content on HD channels is actually standard-def.) If any one of the above 5 items are missing on a cable or satellite system--no HD picture. If you have a very good over-the-air antenna, all you need for HD reception is #1 and #5 above. Note in the above discussion that “HD” and “digital” are not the same thing. For example, all satellite channels are digital, but many or most of them are standard-def, not HD. (There is actually another way to get HD channels on a cable system with no box, but it requires a 3rd tuner in the TV—QAM—and it requires QAM channels to be present on the cable system, which is not guaranteed. I only mention this option to make the answer fully complete, but in reality, QAM channels cannot be relied upon in all areas or indefinitely in any area.) ================= Followup per your additional details: there is nothing wrong with your TV. It, like all modern TVs, will display the resolution of the signal fed into it. Your set is showing 480p because, one way or another, that's what it's receiving. You haven't said whether you are a cable or satellite customer or, if you are, whether you optioned your box to the correct output resolution as I suggested above. That would be the first thing I'd look for, and if you haven't done it, that's the first thing you should do.
Why does my tv say 480p and not 720 or 1080p?
I just bought this 42" Philips lcd from Target and it does not look clear at all. I have an HD cable box and the HD cable service. I also have an HDMI cable that is connected. The tv that I had before this one was another 42" Philips lcd tv that I gave away. It was crispy clear. They are both 1080 tv's. I bought this new one because I was very satisfied with the one I previously owned, but this new one looks pixaleted. On this new television I'll click on info from the remote while watching a HD channel it shows "480p SD 16:9" in a small box in the corner, and when I have it on a regular channel it shows "480i SD 4:3". I looked in settings and there is no setting for me to change anything but like Normal, Zoom, Movie expand, and Wide, which neither of them change it from 480. Is there anything else I can do. The other tv was perfectly fine, but this one isn't clear. Both hooked up the same way. Is there anything I can do to change the picture from 480 and make it a clear picture? please help.
My full hd 1080P element tv is stuck on 480i, how do i change it?
Your TV has a 1080p display screen and it does not change. What changes is your input signal. When you see a little message on screen saying "480i" (or anything else), it's telling you the resolution of whatever you have connected to the TV. In this case, it's most likely a standard-def TV channel. If you *are* using a cable or satellite receiver, you need to get into its menu and set its output resolution to 1080i (which is the maximum for TV channels). Also, it needs to be an HD receiver, if it isn't already. You only get true 1080p from a Blu-ray player or from certain game consoles.
What is the difference between 1080p and 2160p? More specifically what do these quality differences mean? Is the difference in how a computer processes the sound or in how the sound is played back?
It's got nothing to do with sound, it's screen resolution standards. I.e. the "VISUAL" portion of AV (Audio/Visual). If you're looking for sound specific things look at things like DTS / Dolby and at qualities like sampling frequencies (e.g. 44.1kHz being a common one), also look at how many channels (e.g. stereo means 2.0 channels, 5.1 means 5 different speakers plus a subwoofer usually used for surround sound effect).Regarding thw 1080p: The number means how many lines of pixels are on the screen / video. The p means it's a progressive scan - i.e. each line is replaced by the next frame when the video is viewed. If it was i (interlaced) then something like every alternate line would be replaced.1080 is generally considered "High Definition" (HD). E.g. old DVDs used 480 lines, even older TV signals / VHS used 240 (or even less). Higher resolutions like 2160 (also referred to as 4K UHD) is not yet as common, especially since the hardware to display them is exponentially more expensive - but it's starting to become affordable to more than just the ultra-rich.Note this is also just one aspect of measuring video quality. E.g. it tells you very little about how wide the screen is, though usually these days it's assumed to be a ratio of 16:9 (or some close to that). So 1080 would then mean (1080 / 9) x 16 = 1920 wide. Also it says nothing about how large the screen is, neither about how many frames are updated per second, or anything about compression artefacts, colour shifts, etc.
How to change Vizio tv from 480p to 1080p?
The TV is going to display the same mode as the source that is feeding it. If you are watching cable or over the air TV the highest resolutions are usually 720p or 1080i. 1080p is usually only for gaming devices and computers outputting video at 1920 by 1080, and blu-ray. Even though blu-ray is very capable of 1080p many if not most blu-ray disks are 720p You need to check the device that is feeding the TV through the hdmi cord, and change its resolution if possible.
How to Change Sharp TV from 480p to 1080p?
You have to feed it an HD signal. Component video is not necessarily HD. If you want HD, you need to upgrade to Dish network's HD service.The TV can only display the signal you supply to it. Shame on whoever sold you this TV without educating you.