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My Samsung 1080p 3D tv isn't giving output in 1080p?

I have just bought a Samsung UN55C8000 tv. It is an led 3d tv with 1080p and 240hz. With the hdmi cables I have bought off amazon hooked up I am only getting 1080i and 60hz. Is it the cables, the tv or my 3G blu ray player and xbox 360? Is this something that can be changed in the tv settings? Link for the hdmi cables: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00383YPMA/ref=mp_s_a_2?qid=1296662576&sr=8-2

Public Comments

1. Cable or satellite will only give HD 720p or 1080i, blue ray will do 1080p via HDMI if recorded in 1080p and the 60Hz is the 120 volts in @ 60Hz. You can't "force" the TV to output 1080p. It will only display the resolution the program was recorded in.
2. All HD tvs display, at all times, in their native resolution and hz rate. So yours, no matter what signal it receives, will upscale it to 1080p at 240 hz. The info you see on the screen is just showing you the incoming signal, not what your tv is displaying. Cable will be either 720p or 1080i, at 60 hz, that's all they can send. Your blu ray can send 1080p and so can your Xbox. You need to go into the blu ray and the xbox set up menus and select 1080p and HDMI.
3. Both Minnie and Tex's answers are right on. 240 hz is the refresh rate of your display. It has nothing whatever to do with the frame rate of your program material nor the line voltage frequency from your power line. 1080p means only the number of pixels available in your display to form a picture plus the capability to present video frames at a progressive rate if your program source provides a progressive signal. Your TV reports the resolution (number of pixels) in your program material, not that of your screen which doesn't change. As the other answers explain quite well, the resolution of your program source can vary widely. And the frame mode will either be "p" or "i", again depending on your program source. Bottom line: your TV is working fine; exactly like it's supposed to.