I just hooked up my new 1080p AppleTV, which replaced my Apple TV2. However, when I go to settings and look at the video resolution menu, the highest resolution I see is 720p. My TV says it's receiving 720p, just like my old Apple TV2. Where do I set the new Apple TV to 1080p? I have a DVD player which outputs 1080p, and my TV shows 1080p for that device.
did it say 1080P on the box? Just got mine and hooked it up. Under settings it said 1080P I didnt have to set it. and the picture is sweet. Much better than my . not sure but in iTunes there is a setting for preffered 1080P mine was set that way prior to hooking mine up
If you bought a refurb unit, it's only 720P.
Apparently, the Apple TV3 must be plugged directly into the TV to get 1080p. Mine was plugged into a receiver and would not go above 720p. When I plugged it directly into my TV, 1080p appeared immediately. That's too bad because I have 4 HDMI sources plugged in through my receiver. I guess I will have to return my ATV3.
I was routing through an HDMI switcher and getting 720P. I routed directly to the TV and was still only getting 720P. My TV is an XBR1 and is limited to 1080i. Is that why Apple TV is dropping to 720P? If so that is riddiculous as everything else I have will change from 1080P to the 1080i that the TV limits. I'm very disappointed. This one will be going back as I already have a 720P.
mr1213:
Can you please provide the manufacturer and model of your receiver and your TV?
It is the first generation Sony XBR. I'm not routing through a receiver. Thanks!
I just tried doing that and for some reason 1080p still won't come up. I guess for some reason it won't detect 1080p on my TV.
Check the Audio/Video settings in ATV3 and check the iTunes Store settings in ATV3. Both should be for 1080p. But as you discovered, you should make sure your equipment also supports 1080p. AppleTV3 can't display 1080p when your equipment doesn't support it.
To the original poster, you discovered that your receiver only supports 720p through HDMI. Time to buy a new receiver if you want the receiver to handle the HDMI.
To koacub, if your old Sony XBR1 only supports 720p or 1080i, why did you buy an ATV3? You discovered that your HDMI switcher only supports 720p as well. This is not Apple's issue when you don't have the proper equipment. The ATV3 fully supports 720p, and under Audio/Video, you can set the video to automatically detect the maximum resolution supported for your TV. Apple never dropped 720p, it is still an available option for those that don't have a 1080p HDTV. Don't complain about the ATV3 when you don't have the AV gear to support it.
Peter Hillman - Take a nother look at my post. I didn't say my HDMI switch would not support 1080p. It does. I followed a recommendation in the post. Don't try to insinuate that I'm stupid either. I think it is stupid that Apple doesn't support all resolutions as does Roku, Sony, LG and most other players on the market. I'm saying to do that without advertising your specs is not right. Don't chastise me for buying ATV3 since NO ONE knew that it would not support all resolutions between 480p and 1080p. I'm no idiot. So check your attitude!
In my case, it wasn't the receiver but the switch that caused ATV3 to not go beyond 720p. As soon as I hooked up ATV3 to the receiver instead of through the switch, I got 1080p. The switch is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015YWKYY/ref=wms_ohs_product
Interestingly, the PS3 wouldn't work through this switch at all.
I think it has to do with the fact that Apple uses computer style graphics chips/processors or so I read when googling to figure out why I was getting Netflix errors on my older Apple TV about a HDCP compliant HDMI cable
It turns out that it was NOT the receiver causing the problem, but a splitter and HDMI-to-composite converter circuit. When I removed the HDMI connection from that circuit and routed from the Apple TV to the receiver, then from the receiver to my HDTV, the 1080p came through just fine.
I'm having the same problem. I bought the Apple TV 3. Plugged it in and am only able to display 720. I have it going through a HDMI switch that supports 1080 and my TV supports 1080. I tried plugging the apple tv directly into the TV but am only able to get 720.
I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong.
or mr1213, you could upgrade your receiver.
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