HD?

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#27
Bassmanbruno said:
So I'm guessing those don't come standard with the TVs these days?
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Absolutely. I bought my TV about 5 years ago, and it had one. They look like this:

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#28
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I've found that HD looks better with HDMI cables but that the low-def channels are actually worse. Because of that, I have my box connected to 2 inputs on the TV. HDMI and Component. I rarely watch lo-def programming but found the picture unacceptable otherwise.
 
#29
#29
volmanbill said:
I've found that HD looks better with HDMI cables but that the low-def channels are actually worse. Because of that, I have my box connected to 2 inputs on the TV. HDMI and Component. I rarely watch lo-def programming but found the picture unacceptable otherwise.
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Oh ok - so its just something to get a better picture and not something that is required.
 
#30
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DC Vol said:
I suppose my provider doesn't require a cable card for the TV to decode the signal. It took the TV 24 hours of being off to do it though...

For me, the basic cable maintains their broadcast range, but the HD channels are being multicast within a channel (i.e. ABCHD is 110-7 and NBCHD is 110-4).
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Yeah, that is grabbing digital channels with your QAM tuner. Not CableCARD. :good!:

Also useful, but I find it pretty difficult to find the channels I want.
 
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rwemyss said:
Yeah, that is grabbing digital channels with your QAM tuner. Not CableCARD. :good!:

Also useful, but I find it pretty difficult to find the channels I want.
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That's where the built-in TV Guide is brilliant.

I wasn't exactly sure what the TV was doing to grab them, but only that it was.
 
#32
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Bassmanbruno said:
Oh ok - so its just something to get a better picture and not something that is required.
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Correct. HD can be seen at just about the same clarity and quality over component (RGB) cables as HDMI. If you're going with a standard cable company, I doubt you'll really miss the difference.
 
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#33
Well that's annoying. Another weekend with out HD... was looking forward to watching the SEC championship in HD. They delivery people arrived today but brought a 42 inch.. someone messed up and sent our 52 inch somewhere else so it will be another few days probably.
 
#34
#34
Bassmanbruno said:
Well that's annoying. Another weekend with out HD... was looking forward to watching the SEC championship in HD. They delivery people arrived today but brought a 42 inch.. someone messed up and sent our 52 inch somewhere else so it will be another few days probably.
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You might just want to try plugging the cable from the wall jack directly into your TV and seeing what you get. Program your TV to do an auto-search feature, and when it's done see if you get any HD channels.


It's worth a shot. Just out of curiosity, what kind of TV did you get?
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Well that's annoying. Another weekend with out HD... was looking forward to watching the SEC championship in HD. They delivery people arrived today but brought a 42 inch.. someone messed up and sent our 52 inch somewhere else so it will be another few days probably.
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I'm telling you...grab a halfway decent antenna and you can pick up the local HD feed assuming your TV has an ATSC tuner (probably does).

Is the CBS feed in Knoxville a low number (VHF) or high (UHF). A set of rabbit ears can grab that signal and the good part is you either get the signal or you don't, there's no fuzz or snow. Over the air signals are really high quality.

It's worth 20 bucks for when your cable goes out too and you'll be amazed at how many local channels are actually being broadcast.
 
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DC Vol said:
You might just want to try plugging the cable from the wall jack directly into your TV and seeing what you get. Program your TV to do an auto-search feature, and when it's done see if you get any HD channels.


It's worth a shot. Just out of curiosity, what kind of TV did you get?
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That works too. Be patient with the channel searching because some of the channels end up in a weird order and with weird numbers like 123.4. It might jump from 72.1 to 87.4 then you'll have a string of numbers in the 80's. Your remote should have a button for putting "." or "-" in to hit the digital channels.
 
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DC Vol said:
You might just want to try plugging the cable from the wall jack directly into your TV and seeing what you get. Program your TV to do an auto-search feature, and when it's done see if you get any HD channels.


It's worth a shot. Just out of curiosity, what kind of TV did you get?
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Dell : SHARP Sharp Aquos 52" LC52D65U 1080p LCD HDTV : Video Conferencing : Home & Home Office

That one I believe. Hopefully they'll get it right and it will be here Monday if they don't deliver on saturdays.

volinbham said:
I'm telling you...grab a halfway decent antenna and you can pick up the local HD feed assuming your TV has an ATSC tuner (probably does).

Is the CBS feed in Knoxville a low number (VHF) or high (UHF). A set of rabbit ears can grab that signal and the good part is you either get the signal or you don't, there's no fuzz or snow. Over the air signals are really high quality.

It's worth 20 bucks for when your cable goes out too and you'll be amazed at how many local channels are actually being broadcast.
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I'll be sure to look into it when it gets here.
 
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#40
volinbham said:
That works too. Be patient with the channel searching because some of the channels end up in a weird order and with weird numbers like 123.4. It might jump from 72.1 to 87.4 then you'll have a string of numbers in the 80's. Your remote should have a button for putting "." or "-" in to hit the digital channels.
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Leeloo Dallas, multicast.
 
#43
#43
Bassmanbruno said:
Oh ok - so its just something to get a better picture and not something that is required.
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Right. It is easier though than using the 5 cables (audio/video) that you need for the component input. HDMI gets it all done better with 1. I personally think that either HDMI/component cables provide a noticeably better picture than just co-ax.
 
#50
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VOLnAla said:
I have comcast myself, and I was told that when I bought my HDTV that I would need the HDMI, mistake. comcast came to hook up my cable and the guy said I did not need the HDMI cable. The cables that comcast provide work just the same. I could be wrong, but it all works great for me.
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Correct. Component is adequate.
droski said:
anyone not using hdmi is completely nuts.
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What do you have against component or DVI? :p
In fact, my current cable box doesn't have HDMI out, so I bought a DVI to HDMI cable. The picture is the same as with component, but the cables are far easier to deal with.
 
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