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CHAPTER 1
Technical overview
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The table below details the results you get with each combination of input signal format
and TV display format.
HDTV and SDTV DIRECTV
®
programming via digital satellites (through the Satellite In jack).
Local off-air analog television broadcasts (NTSC), and local off-air digital broadcasts (ATSC) (through the Air In jack).
Unscrambled analog cable TV services for unscrambled cable programming (through the Cable In jack).
Various external input signals received through the external input terminal (i.e., DVD, DVHS)
The DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver provides several display formats as shown in the following
table. It also shows the formats available at each output terminal.
When you press the Resolution button on the front panel or the remote control, the display
format will be switched between 1080i, 720p, 480p/i, Native 1, Native 2 and Native 3.
All input signal formats in the 1080i, 720p and 480p/i modes will be converted to the
selected display format. The output display format in the Native 1, Native 2 and Native 3
modes will be automatically changed according to the input signal format as shown in the
above table.
With the Resolution
button set to :
1080i mode
720p mode
480p/i mode
Native 1 mode
Native 2 mode
Native 3 mode
Input Signal format
all formats
all formats
all formats
480p/i
720p
1080i
480p/i
720p
1080i
480p/i
720p
1080i
Output Display format
1080i
720p
480p/i
480p/i
720p
1080i
480p/i
1080i
480p/i
720p
Output Connection
YPbPr
RGB
DVI
S-Video
Video
Available Formats
1080i/720p/480p/i/Native1/ Native2/ Native3
1080i/720p/480p/i/Native1/ Native2/ Native3
1080i/720p/480p/i/Native1/ Native2/ Native3
480i
480i