Standard Definition

I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

Thanks,
Dave

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I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

Thanks,
Dave



If the TV receiver has an RF tuner, you can attach a DTV receiver to it.

You should ask the cable company about compatibility of their HD box
with SD TV sets. Perhaps they can explain the difference between
the HD box and a DTV receiver.

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I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

HD requires a digital signal, but they are not the same thing. For an HD
image you must have both an HDTV and an HD signal. You don't have the first
and you won't have the second unless you order it from your cable provider,
which would be pointless since your TV can't display it.

On Apr 9, 8:18 pm, "dave gower" wrote:
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I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

HD requires a digital signal, but they are not the same thing. For an HD
image you must have both an HDTV and an HD signal. You don't have the first
and you won't have the second unless you order it from your cable provider,
which would be pointless since your TV can't display it.

That's what I thought.

Thanks,
Dave

wrote:
I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

It would probably work fine, but it would not give you an HD picture. Nearly
all HD tuners and/or digital TV tuners have the capability to output to a
standard 4:3 television. If you are using one of those tuners to receive a
widescreen HD signal, the unit will display it in wide screen on your 4:3 set,
leaving blank areas above and below the actual image. Needless to say, this
will not give you particularly good resolution, but it will work.

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:18:22 -0700, wrote:

I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

You can attach anything you want to it. I've got a 5 or more year old
Sanyo SDTV that I've got a MythTV box hooked to. Watch recorded HDTV
programs on it every night (I don't watch live TV, but could do that
too). I see the same picture that someone with a $2000 1080p HDTV set
sees, only at a lower resolution. And you can too. In case you haven't
figured it out yet, yes, you can hook up an DTV receiver to your TV and
watch the programs.

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On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:18:16 -0400, dave gower wrote:


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I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

HD requires a digital signal, but they are not the same thing. For an HD
image you must have both an HDTV and an HD signal. You don't have the first
and you won't have the second unless you order it from your cable provider,
which would be pointless since your TV can't display it.

So would you like to tell me how I've been watching HDTV programs on my
old SDTV for the last 18 months?

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"Wes Newell" wrote


So would you like to tell me how I've been watching HDTV programs on my
old SDTV for the last 18 months?

Oh come on Wes, the guy is talking about renting an HD box and wants to know
if he can play that through his TV. You really think he should pay that
extra money for the same image quality he can get now? You get your images
off the air for free, so your experience is NOT what he's asking about.

"dave gower" wrote in message
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I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

HD requires a digital signal, but they are not the same thing. For an HD
image you must have both an HDTV and an HD signal. You don't have the
first and you won't have the second unless you order it from your cable
provider, which would be pointless since your TV can't display it.
==================================
You can display ANY digital signal on an SD set, even HD.
All you need to do is downconvert the output from the receiver (STB)
to 480i and you will have a DVD quality picture.

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On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:18:16 -0400, dave gower wrote:


wrote in message
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I was reading through my manual for my TV that I bought about 7 or 8
months ago. It is a Standard Definition TV. In the manual, it said
that it had the capability to attach a DTV receiver to it. I was
wondering if this means that I can rent an HD box from my cable
provider and it would work. I'm just curious as to whether it would or
not.

HD requires a digital signal, but they are not the same thing. For an HD
image you must have both an HDTV and an HD signal. You don't have the
first
and you won't have the second unless you order it from your cable
provider,
which would be pointless since your TV can't display it.

So would you like to tell me how I've been watching HDTV programs on my
old SDTV for the last 18 months?

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I have been doing the same for over 3 years on my upstairs set.