# Upscaling during transcoding **URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/upscaling-during-transcoding/707330 **Category:** Feature Suggestions **Created:** [April 5, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/upscaling-during-transcoding/707330 "2021-04-05T15:34:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H) #### Post date: [April 5, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/upscaling-during-transcoding/707330/2 "2021-04-05T16:14:26Z")
You know however that upscaling cannot magically create quality from nothing. Most of those use algorithms to smoothen the pixelation from upscaling. That being said… there’s an existing suggestion asking for an option to upscale the video to a different resolution [https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-server-to-upscale-video-resolution/199051](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-server-to-upscale-video-resolution/199051) # There’s also suggestions not to do that but deliver the video in its native resolution and let the tv handle the scaling (given it has dedicated chips / algorithms to do that. > [@Match Resolution to Video](https://forums.plex.tv/t/match-resolution-to-video/61566): > > I couldn't find anything on this, so figured it would be a good one for my first feature request.   I'd like the ability to have Plex adjust the screen resolution to match the video rather than upscaling it (in my case, it's always 1080p) first. Both my TV and surround receiver have the ability to upscale content and I think it would be a handy option, similar to the ability to match refresh rates. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/upscaling-during-transcoding/707330)._