1080p 50 Hz display settings not appearing

does your TV support 1080p?
the appletv only lists the formats that the TV supports (i think).

bear in mind that the appletv actually can't play 1080p content (it's 720p playback on the appletv).
even if you do get the 1080p setting, it's only upscaling (and your TV may be better at upscaling anyway).

it could be that the HDMI cable you are using is too low a spec. i believe you need a 1.3 or 1.4 HDMI cable for 1080p playback.

ah right, misread the issue.

is your TV 50Hz or 60Hz it won't be both.

Interceptor121 wrote:
The TV does both 50 and 60 Hz 1080p.

what TV is it ?

I'm able to confirm that the only option at 1080p is "1080p HD" on all my tv's, although the tv doesn't actually say what frequency it is using, the tv's themselves denote 60 Hz.

I don't really know why this is, but have always assumed the tv manufacturers have catered for mainstream devices only such as blu-ray players etc which I'm not aware are available with 50 Hz output.

It's more than likely that you aren't actually missing all that much and it isn't something that has concerned me all that much.

Interceptor121 wrote:
This is still a mystery
Anybody has 1080p at 50Hz

I though I used to have 1080p at 50Hz and 60Hz but it may have been 1080i at those rates.

I can currently select 1080p (60Hz) or 720p/1080i 50Hz options pn an older HD Panasonic.

Interceptor121 wrote:
This makes no sense as obviously all seems very US/NTSC orientated

I'd tend to agree, but I'm not so sure there is any likelihood of it changing. I can't see the tv manufacturers doing much about it if indeed it is a deficiency of the tv, but I suppose there is a chance that feedback may encourage  to remember that there are tv users out here that use them to watch HD home movies at 25 fps if it's a deficiency of the tv.

It's not possible to say that unless you know for sure your tv will accept 1080/50p