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SvennoJ on 20 January 2014
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kekrot said:
forethought14 said:
cycycychris said:

I'm not a expert on any of this stuff so what does native 720p upscaled to 1080p exactly mean?

Does that mean it's like in between the 2? I hear it a lot and never been sure what it exactly means.

1280 x 720 is a smaller resolution than what a normal 1920 x 1080 TV is, so upscaling essentially "blows up" the 720p image so that it can fit within the 1920 x 1080 resolution. Without that, only the amount of 720p pixels will be used, leaving a big part of the TV in black.


That's not true. 1080p TVs can show 720p content just fine. Upscaling just means that it'll maybe look a little better and crisp on a 1080p screen.

No, actually it will look a little bit more blurry on a 1080p screen then on a 720p screen. Upscaling from 720p to 1080p every pixel needs to cover 1.5 pixels on the target display. You can either do it by resampling, which will soften the image, or by duplicating every other pixel, which will highlight aliasing and give an uneven picture.
It would be nice if there actually was an option to play with black borders, native 720p on a 1080p screen.