Roku setup

[redtaylor2020]

Hello, I have a Roku Express and Im wondering if it will work on a Samsung DLP Projector TV that runs 720p and 1080i? The model number is HLS5686WX/XA. I know that some Older HD TV'S have issues displaying Rokus from what I have seen in chat rooms on the Internet.

[Strega2]

Roku doesn’t support 1080i.  It should work in 720p, though that make take a manual setting because sometimes 1080i (not p) TVs confuse Roku. 

[redtaylor2020]

So the best thing to do is just run it at 720p. Im sure it will still look like hd I hope. Never ran at 720p before.

[Strega2]

I don’t know the specs of that unit but when looking at the specs of many older 1080i/720p TVs, they often only really claimed about 720p worth of pixels.

[makaiguy]

For more definitive answers, please supply the Samsung model number so somebody can look up its specs.

[redtaylor2020]

It's in my original post. 

[Strega2]

What I searched up says:  “Texas Instruments SmoothPicture™ DLP chip (1280 x 720 pixels)”  So like many of TVs that era, it is a 720 display. (1080p AKA Full HD is 1980 x 1080 pixels.)