I have been reading up on my new unit and it appears that it is an undocumented feature that you can hook into the DVI port on the BACK of the TV, side stepping the ACV unit, in order to get full 1080p resolution. Has anyone with one of these units looked into this?
I am curious how this would work - do you have to manually connect to the back of the unit everytime you want to see 1080p video, etc.?
plasmalvr
10-12-2005, 11:01 PM
I have been reading up on my new unit and it appears that it is an undocumented feature that you can hook into the DVI port on the BACK of the TV, side stepping the ACV unit, in order to get full 1080p resolution. Has anyone with one of these units looked into this?
I am curious how this would work - do you have to manually connect to the back of the unit everytime you want to see 1080p video, etc.?
I don't know how if it would work. I do know there's no to very little 1080P source material. Certainly nothing being broadcasted over the air.
wallst32
10-14-2005, 12:43 PM
CAR - I own one of the 37" Sharp models with the AVC unit. There are two ports on the rear of the TV that connect into the AVC unit. One of the ports is DVI, and the other port I am not sure what it is called; it may be a standard cable or a Sharp proprietary.
If you unplug BOTH (key word) of these ports, and plug a DVI output device into the DVI, for example a computer, what you essentially have is an LCD monitor. In my example/case, I get a native 1366x768 LCD computer screen (no overscan issues to worry about). I have noticed that if you leave the other cable plugged in, nothing shows up on the screen.
In your case you would end up with a 1920x1080 screen, so yes I suppose you could call that 1080p.
How do you like the LC45GX6U? I've been thinking about upgrading to that model.
wallst32
10-14-2005, 12:50 PM
Unfortunately, you would have to manually unplug the cables each time. I couldn't figure a way around that. The fact that the "other" cable (non-DVI) needs to be in to use the TV, or out to use it as a screen complicates matters. The DVI portion could be handled by a switchbox.
WallSt32:
My ACV has an HDMI port and a DVI port - I am using the HDMI port.
I love the TV - it is absolutely the best picture I have ever seen. I have alot of natural light in my living room and brightness is never an issue.
