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ATV2 can now change between 50/60Hz output
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Settings -> Audio & Video -> TV Resolution (right down the bottom). Or press and hold Menu and UP on the remote control.
Auto framerate detection and adjustment would be great, but this is a good start. If you have 24fps material, select 60Hz, as the conversion is better. I hope that when we get a 1080p ATV3 it will offer 24Hz output as an option (you can't have 24Hz with 720p over HDMI).
Auto framerate detection and adjustment would be great, but this is a good start. If you have 24fps material, select 60Hz, as the conversion is better. I hope that when we get a 1080p ATV3 it will offer 24Hz output as an option (you can't have 24Hz with 720p over HDMI).
What do you mean by a "range of resolutions"? If it still tops out at 720p what other resolutions are there?
Do they support 480p? That didn't use to work, although it may depend upon your TV and setup (it's never appeared as an option for me)? I'd be happy with just 480p since my TV doesn't support 720p (only 480i/p and 1080i).
480p is now a selectable option, as well as 1024 x 768, 800 x 600, 640 x 480 -- could be handy for older screens maybe.
Well, 480p if really selectable under all conditions would be really great. However, I'm pretty sure that I've seen reports about 480p showing up on some earlier software releases but it was spotty, not all TVs/setups seemed to offer that option. In the past I think 480p support was almost a kind of "bug," some seemed to get it and others didn't.
Can anyone else confirm that 480p works for them? What I mean, does it now work when you know for certain that it wasn't previously an option on your ATV2.
No 1080p of course. But I do hope that this option is a precursor to an ATV3 that will let you choose a range of resolutions up to 1080p.
As far as I know, until now there's never been an option to select any resolutions from the ATV2 menu: it would always decide for itself what resolution to send, which sometimes would mean 480p but not reliably so.
Now it doesn't ask the TV what it wants or can do (unless you choose "Auto"), it gives you the whole list to choose from and will display options that your TV can't display (e.g. 480p at 50Hz -- I don't think that's even a valid timing, it should be 576p at 50Hz).
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As far as I know, until now there's never been an option to select any resolutions from the ATV2 menu: it would always decide for itself what resolution to send, which sometimes would mean 480p but not reliably so.
Now it doesn't ask the TV what it wants or can do (unless you choose "Auto"), it gives you the whole list to choose from and will display options that your TV can't display (e.g. 480p at 50Hz -- I don't think that's even a valid timing, it should be 576p at 50Hz).
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I wonder what it is set to as a default? If it selects 720p that will still prevent some TVs from working because there will be no way to select 480p or anything else (since if the Apple TV defaults to 720p you won't get any UI/video so that you can change the resolution). They should default to 480p since that is the lowest common denominator (at least for NTSC).
I'll have an opportunity to try this within the next 48 hours, since my Apple TV 2 is currently at a different location (not with my 480p/1080i HD-ready TV).
By the way, thanks for the update and screen shot.
I'll have an opportunity to try this within the next 48 hours, since my Apple TV 2 is currently at a different location (not with my 480p/1080i HD-ready TV).
By the way, thanks for the update and screen shot.
At last! Had to get rid of my atv2 because it kept outputting at the wrong Hz (60hz when I needed 50Hz due to watching Uk material).
Took them long enough, atv2 was useless to me without this option.
Took them long enough, atv2 was useless to me without this option.
I can confirm that with the newest software update that the Apple TV 2 does work with 480p, widescreen TVs. I have an old Sony HD-Ready HiScan projection TV that doesn't support 720p (480p and 1080i only) and as long as you can get into the Apple TV menu to select the 480p resolution then it will work without your TV having to run at 720p.
The only problem is that it appears that the Apple TV resolution defaults to "Auto" which may mean that it will try 720p first, or maybe even default to 720p. I had to hook the Apple TV to a 720p capable device first and then switch the unit to 480p. It seems to remember that setting even with a power down, so maybe it only has to be done once (I hope).
The only problem is that it appears that the Apple TV resolution defaults to "Auto" which may mean that it will try 720p first, or maybe even default to 720p. I had to hook the Apple TV to a 720p capable device first and then switch the unit to 480p. It seems to remember that setting even with a power down, so maybe it only has to be done once (I hope).
Ohh goody!!
Now if my HDMI to Component cable will just work my pre-HDMI tv may just have got an extension in life!!
Now if my HDMI to Component cable will just work my pre-HDMI tv may just have got an extension in life!!
I'm using an HDMI to component CONVERTER, not just a passive cable. I'm pretty sure that the output from the Apple TV 2 is digital only, so you'll need an active signal converter if your TV doesn't have an HDMI input. It also has to handle HDCP correctly or Apple's copy-protected video will not work (i.e. no iTunes movies or TV and the same is probably true for Netflix streaming).
Great - time to start ripping some TV show DVDs
Yes.
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