Hopper system looks outstanding=Picture better than direc?

[Zaytron]

It probably isn't a noticeable difference on 99% of what you watch but the Hopper, if I recall from the tech info we were given, is 1080p, Dish's first.

Bases on my tech Hopper are 1080i and not 1080p.

 

[lern4483]

As the sign at the car wash where I grew up and first started driving said, "A clean car always runs better!". And, it has always been true to this day!

lol...that made my night...

 

[lern4483]

Curious how the HR34 stacks up to the Hopper? Im still using three HR24.
Those units came out of the gate with a very fast user interface. Now
its very slow.
Its a pleasure to have the Hopper system. That said all my Vip units moved extremely fast.
I loved that!

 

[gpflepsen]

I'm watching stuff off the EHD transferred to the Hopper. Still better PQ than the stuff reordered off the old receivers.

I noticed this too. I think the overall improvement in pq is real and not just a perception. The color saturation seems to be higher, but maybe that was because the first thing I watched was the Louisville orangemen battling Kentucky...

 

[Scherrman]

I noticed this too. I think the overall improvement in pq is real and not just a perception. The color saturation seems to be higher, but maybe that was because the first thing I watched was the Louisville orangemen battling Kentucky...

LOL. What the heck was Loisville doing with those uniforms?

 

[gpflepsen]

LOL. What the heck was Loisville doing with those uniforms?

Their only chance for winning? It really made my display "pop", and it was the first thing I saw on the new Hopper system. BTN Husker-Gopher lady softball looks good and natural right now. Can't complain of PQ, I do think it has improved.

 

[Tampa8]

Bases on my tech Hopper are 1080i and not 1080p.

Again, this tech is wrong too.

 

[gpflepsen]

Again, this tech is wrong too.

The only 1080 video resolutions I've seen is 1080i. What happens when you PPV a 1080P movie? Will the Hopper prompt you for a 1080P option then?

 

[kwindrem]

The only 1080 video resolutions I've seen is 1080i.

The publishes spec sheets indicate 1080i and 1080p24, but NOT 1080p60.

What happens when you PPV a 1080P movie? Will the Hopper prompt you for a 1080P option then?

Others have posted that's exactly what happens. Not sure if it does it once or each time you start a program.

Note that 1080p24 is actually less bandwidth than 1080i60. When program originated on film is broadcast in 1080i, the 3:2 pulldown that converts 24 film frames to 30 TV frames (60 interlaced fields) repeats one field every 5 fields. 1080p24 never sends that redundant field so the bandwidth is 4/5 of 1080i60.

Most modern TVs will detect and remove the 3:2 pulldown present in any 60 or 30 Hz video and display the result at 72 or 120 Hz. So there is no real advantage to 1080p24 exempt that the 3:2 removal logic can sometimes be fooled.


As far as I know, none of the nonPPV material is broadcast in 1080p24 so 1080i would be the rate normally output.