HD channels on an SD digital TV?
 

What do I see if I have an SD digital TV and tune it to a channel
with HD programming? Nothing? A down-converted SD picture? Smoke?

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HD channels on an SD digital TV?
 

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:37:20 +0000, Bert Hyman wrote:

What do I see if I have an SD digital TV and tune it to a channel
with HD programming? Nothing? A down-converted SD picture? Smoke?

You see the picture in a lower resolution.

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"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:37:20 +0000, Bert Hyman wrote:

What do I see if I have an SD digital TV and tune it to a channel
with HD programming? Nothing? A down-converted SD picture? Smoke?

You see the picture in a lower resolution.

Really?

Steve

HD channels on an SD digital TV?
 

"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
...
What do I see if I have an SD digital TV and tune it to a channel
with HD programming? Nothing? A down-converted SD picture? Smoke?

Last fall when converting to HD I installed my satellite dish and receiver
first, then after getting that going I went out and bought my TV. So I did
have the opportunity to try exactly that on my old-style Trinitron. The HD
channels did display, but they were weird-looking and of course had black
bars top and bottom. Worse than the SD channels as I recall.

HD channels on an SD digital TV?
 

(Dave Gower) wrote in
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
...
What do I see if I have an SD digital TV and tune it to a channel
with HD programming? Nothing? A down-converted SD picture? Smoke?

Last fall when converting to HD I installed my satellite dish and
receiver first, then after getting that going I went out and bought
my TV. So I did have the opportunity to try exactly that on my
old-style Trinitron. The HD channels did display, but they were
weird-looking and of course had black bars top and bottom. Worse
than the SD channels as I recall.

You're talking about tuning an HD channel with the ATSC tuner in your
satellite box and watching the video on your old analog TV, aren't
you?

I think I have a handle on what most HD satellite receivers can do,
but I was wondering what sort of mode conversions a stand-alone SD
digital TV could do.

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HD channels on an SD digital TV?
 

"Bert Hyman" wrote in

I think I have a handle on what most HD satellite receivers can do,
but I was wondering what sort of mode conversions a stand-alone SD
digital TV could do.

everything becomes 480 - i or p depending on if the HD was i or p

HD channels on an SD digital TV?
 

"Richard C." wrote

It must have been something VERY wrong with the way you set it up.

Just a regular component or composite connection (forget which). Now of
course I didn't attempt any adjustments, because I was getting my new set
the next day.

HD channels on an SD digital TV?
 

In article ,
"Dave Gower" wrote:

"Richard C." wrote

It must have been something VERY wrong with the way you set it up.

Just a regular component or composite connection (forget which). Now of
course I didn't attempt any adjustments, because I was getting my new set
the next day.

Component or composite makes a big difference. A letterboxed picture
(black bars top and bottom) makes sense for a 16x9 picture displayed of
a 4x3 screen.

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"Tom Stiller" wrote

Component or composite makes a big difference. A letterboxed picture
(black bars top and bottom) makes sense for a 16x9 picture displayed of
a 4x3 screen.

Please remember I wasn't trying to produce a good viewing experience. I was
merely making sure that I was receiving HD channels in preparation for my
new set the next day. The connection was probably composite since as I
recall I used the front plugs on the TV which I think were composite. I've
given the TV away so can't check. Anyway the thing that I found interesting
was that the old set could make any sense of the signal at all, which it
could. Cheers.

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On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:49:55 -0400 Tom Stiller wrote:
| In article ,
| "Dave Gower" wrote:
|
| "Richard C." wrote
|
| It must have been something VERY wrong with the way you set it up.
|
| Just a regular component or composite connection (forget which). Now of
| course I didn't attempt any adjustments, because I was getting my new set
| the next day.
|
| Component or composite makes a big difference. A letterboxed picture
| (black bars top and bottom) makes sense for a 16x9 picture displayed of
| a 4x3 screen.

Still, there should be a choice. A better designed TV or STB would give
you an option to display the full 16:9 letterboxed, or zoom in to full
height (and lose the sides), or maybe also part way between.

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