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Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:
HD newbie question.. yes, I'm dumb... |
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Hi all;
I am in possesion of a 32 inch HP Pavillion TV (LC3200N). It does NOT
say it is "HD Ready", it says it is a HDTV.
However, I have analog cable, so, can I assume that I will never
recived HD programs as long as I have old-school cable? Would I need to
get digital cable to take advantage of HDTV programs?
What about one of those HD recievers? Woudl those help out any? I
figure that is a waste of money since I thought those were just for "HD
Ready" TVs...
Anyway, thanks in advance, sorry for the newbie questions. FWIW, my
DVDs on my progressive scan player look awesome (using component).
Jazz Mann
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whosbest54
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:
Re: HD newbie question.. yes, I'm dumb... |
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In article <1131852987.662908.311400@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
jbraly@gmail.com says...
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Hi all;
I am in possesion of a 32 inch HP Pavillion TV (LC3200N). It does NOT
say it is "HD Ready", it says it is a HDTV.
It still will display HD programming, but if it's a EDTV or SD analog TV |
then it won't be in full resolution; IOW it won't be HD but it will still
look good but not as good as a HDTV.
| Quote: | However, I have analog cable, so, can I assume that I will never
recived HD programs as long as I have old-school cable? Would I need to
get digital cable to take advantage of HDTV programs?
You'll need a HD cable box or a HD QAM capable tuner to get anything from |
cable in HD. Many cable systems scramble all their HD content so you'd
need their box to get it. A few systems may send out some of the local
OTA HD stations in the clear.
| Quote: | What about one of those HD recievers? Woudl those help out any? I
figure that is a waste of money since I thought those were just for "HD
Ready" TVs...
For OTA HD, you can get a HD tuner. Some are QAM capable and can receive |
nonscrambled digital and HD cable stations.
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