A few weeks ago I got the HD 8300 DVR. There are two set ups on the unit. The simple one A. sets all stations to 1080i, while the second allows you to select resolutions, etc.
I remember setting the box to using B...and the unit responded by changing from 480p, 480i, 720p, 1080i. This seemed fine, although there was a lag in changing channels.
Last week the box seemed to be acting up. When I would select a HD channel 700s; it sometimes found the correct 1080i or 720p and the picture was fine. However, most of the time it would find 480p and so the picture appeared on my Samsung HD as 4:3 with the "letterboxed" 16:9 inside the center box. If I was able to get back to a HD signal that read 1080i, I could normally go back to the station I wanted to watch and then the box would read correctly.
The picture was HD format, full width.
Now I have a new box and it has been set to the simple "A" setting, meaning all stations are at 1080i, no matter weather they are HD or not. However the HDTV light does show on most of the HD channels.
Before, the TV got "confussed" when I would change stations too fast and it had to change the resolution causing the set to shut down.
Now with the fixed setting, there is no lag time while changing stations.
My question is: How is this setting affecting the picture quality on my TV? (I mean showing a 480p and 720p as 1080i.)
This setting also disables my zoom mode on my TV, all though I can use the zoom mode on the box. I use this only for letterboxed programs that are not HD. This fills out the full width of the screen, keeping the letterbox aspect ratio.
Should I go back and reset this box so that it changes resolution or should I just leave it at 1080i??
Thanks for any suggestions.
Seth Lubin
