TV and Blu-ray player issues

[Shjinta]

My dad has a HD-56FH96 from JVC which displays at 1080P. he bought a Samsung Blu-ray player (model BD-P1500) Problem is if you go to put the Samsung player into 1080P it doesn't register and it goes back to either 1080I or 720P.

You guys have any ideas? He plugged the HDMI right from the Player to the TV.

Thanks

Marc

[Stmfuller]

hdmi handshake issues 4tw.
See if there's a firmware update for the player.

[KingGorilla]

My only guess is that it is an issue with the latest Firmware. Blu-Ray is the most locked down consumer media to date.

You will have to plug the ethernet into a live net connection to update the firmware.

[Karak]

Originally Posted by Shjinta

My dad has a HD-56FH96 from JVC which displays at 1080P. he bought a Samsung Blu-ray player (model BD-P1500) Problem is if you go to put the Samsung player into 1080P it doesn't register and it goes back to either 1080I or 720P.

You guys have any ideas? He plugged the HDMI right from the Player to the TV.

Thanks

Marc

Sounds like the dreaded HDMI issues with handshake and sync. Some serious problems are in that little cable. But when it works its sweet. As others said Firmware. However if its not a widespread problem prepare to wait for it.

[Stmfuller]

Originally Posted by Karak

Sounds like the dreaded HDMI issues with handshake and sync. Some serious problems are in that little cable.

which is hilarious because as far as I know, all HDMI has/uses HDCP already. I had such bad problems with my HDMI blu-ray pc connecting to my LCD TV via HDMI that I actually bought software to hack the HDCP even though everything I had was HDCP compliant/wasn't using anything illegal...period. (BTW, anydvd HD is an absolute must for anyone trying to use a HTPC with Blu-ray). Yet upon purchasing a different card (framerate issues with the Geforce onboard 8200) everything was suddenly fixed.
GL to you...Blu-ray is not only the next generation of Movie watching, it's also the newest form of hair removal.

[biosc1]

This is a silly question, but do all ports on the TV support 1080p?

[Stmfuller]

Originally Posted by biosc1

This is a silly question, but do all ports on the TV support 1080p?

no. the digital 1080p spec requires an hdmi or DVI port.
I'm not completely sure, but I believe that when you try and send 1080p through any other port, the system downgrades the signal. ( i know for sure that it happens in Windows). I know that both vga and compoent cables are supposed to be able to handle 1080p, but due to the digital restrictions they usually don't

Is it possible the stuff encoded on the bluray was not 1080p? Not sure if 1080p is a requirement for the spec.

I haven't heard of any movie NOT being encoded in 1080p
more specifically, the movies themselves are always going to be 1080p...but the extra features may not be.

[biosc1]

Originally Posted by Stmfuller

no. the digital 1080p spec requires an hdmi or DVI port.
I'm not completely sure, but I believe that when you try and send 1080p through any other port, the system downgrades the signal. ( i know for sure that it happens in Windows). I know that both vga and compoent cables are supposed to be able to handle 1080p, but due to the digital restrictions they usually don't

What I meant was that some tv's don't take 1080p over all their HDMI ports...I remember hearing about this issue when researching tv's. People were commenting that some tv's took 1080p over HDMI for port 1 and 2, but only 720p for port 3...can't remember the reasoning behind it though.

[Cactaur]

Is it possible the stuff encoded on the bluray was not 1080p? Not sure if 1080p is a requirement for the spec.

[Stmfuller]

wow, that really blows.
although for some things I have trouble telling the difference anyway...but for blu-ray, it's generally 1080p or bust.

[Shjinta]

Turns out his TV Displays at 1080P, but receives signals from 1080i and 720p