Samsung DIRECTV SIR-TS160 Owner's Manual page 13

Chapter 1: Technical overview
The table below details the results you get with each combination of input signal
format and TV display format.
If the program signal is in any of these formats:
With the Resolution
switch set to:
1080i
720p
480p/i
For example, if you have a standard resolution TV, you would set the Resolution
switch to 480p/i. Then programs received by the DIRECTV
Receiver at any resolution would be converted to a resolution of 480p or 480i for
display on your television.
This information can also be helpful when deciding how to connect your TV and
VCR to the DIRECTV HD Receiver. For example, if you have a High Definition TV
capable of displaying 1080i, and a standard VCR, you would want to use the
COMPONENT, RGB or DVI jacks (whichever your TV accepts) to connect the
DIRECTV HD Receiver to your TV. You would then use the VIDEO OUT jack to
connect your VCR. This will provide each device with the highest quality video signal
it is capable of using.
Note: If you connect your TV to one of the composite video out jacks (VIDEO
OUT, S-VIDEO OUT, or TV OUT), and you view a high-definition program
with the DIRECTV HD Receiver's RESOLUTION switch set to either 720p or
1080i, the picture will be slightly cropped at the top and bottom (the very
top and bottom edges of the image will not appear on the TV screen). To
avoid this problem, set the RESOLUTION switch to the 480p/i position if
your TV is connected to one of the composite video outputs.
Also, since the RGB, COMPONENT and DVI jacks do not output the 480i
video format, do not connect a standard definition TV capable of displaying
only 480i video to the RGB, COMPONENT or DVI jacks.
If you use the DVI jack, for the best access to high-definition programming,
connect the DVI/HDCP output to the corresponding DVI/HDCP input on
your High-Definition Television (HDTV) or HDTV Monitor that supports
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) technology.
1080i, 720p, 480p or 480i
The Component, RGB
and DVI jacks will output:
1080i
720p
480p
The Video Out, TV Out, and
S-Video jacks will output:
480i
480i
480i
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High-Definition
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