sdtv veiwing hdtv

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Does anyone know of a way to veiw on a sdtv box only the hdtv channels. I
know it sounds weird, but I can hear the audio on mine and know it knows its
there. It just doenst view them. Thought the suppliers may just be using
same software eccept not allowing access.

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Within these hallowed halls, Morgan Smith of <morgansmith@dodo.com.au>
added the following to the collective conscience:
> Does anyone know of a way to veiw on a sdtv box only the hdtv
> channels. I know it sounds weird, but I can hear the audio on mine
> and know it knows its there. It just doenst view them. Thought the
> suppliers may just be using same software eccept not allowing access.

If you have an SD box you won't be able to view any HD programming. Same
here in the US with SD DirecTV and Digital Cable boxes, NO HD FOR YOU!

I suggest you use it as a backup and immediately go buy an HD box. I did
and the resulting picture is incredible, better than DVD as that format
halves vertical chroma resolution (consumer digital) while HD downconverted
has full 480 line vertical chroma AFAIK.

BTW I got a Sylvania box for $96 from Sears (discounted model - floor model
w/20% off of $119) and enjoy HD from Baltimore & Philadelphia in Dover, DE.
Get the HD, you'll thank me for it. ;-)

Put a shrimp on the barbie
Put an HD box on the telle

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He probably meant receiving the HD signal using a digital cable box
and they watch it on a sdtv.

I once did an experiment. I hook up my comcast HD cable box to my
HDTV in two ways. One connects to the red-blue-green component Video
ports and the other via the coaxle through Channel 3 from the antenna
port. I flipped between the ports. Both viewable, though channel 3
was a blurry version of the HD program.

I remember two years ago when I first installed HD cable. The
technician insisted that I had to watch HDTV via channel 3. Duh!? I
doubt if that guy still works for Comcast.

So what Morgan wants is doable. But, why bother?


"dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<HFIYc.13522$Z%.6557@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>...
> Thats great, I love it.
> --Dan
>
> "Leonard Caillouet" <no@no.com> wrote in message
> news:cTDYc.17865$bT1.4070@fed1read07...
> > Does anyone know how to watch television on an FM radio? I know it sounds
> > weird, but I can hear channel 2, so I know it knows it is there...
> >