maximum quality output of USB type A

[Daniel_425]

hello my friends, i have a very basic "yes or no" question, hopefully...
i download 1080 resolution dvds onto my portable hard drive which connects to my 1080 HD TV via USB type A, so NOT HDMI. My question is am in fact outputting the movies from my tv in 1080, or is it downscaled to 720????
As ive noticed that whether i play 1080 or 720 movies from my portable hard drive on my tv, the quality is exactly the same

Or do i need to use somethng else to plug and play my movies that involves a hdmi cable to get maximum quality

 

[rgd1101]

Depend what is the bitrate on the dvd? Which version of the usb 2.0? 3.0? 3.1 gen 1? 3.1 gen 2?

 

[Daniel_425]

720 dvds are around 700mb and 1080 is 1.4gb. 2.0 usb

 

[rgd1101]

https/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video#Data_rate not the size of the dvd. Where did you get the download from?