HD Charter box, standard def TV

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Marshall Dudley wrote:
>
> How can I hook up my standard 84" Widescreen TV to a charter cable HD
> box? I just ordered the service, but don't have the equipment yet. By
> the description that the rep gave me it sounds like the box will not
> down convert, but instead outputs a standard digital over the air signal
> on channel 3. So I am assuming I need an over the air down conversion
> box, but have not been able to find such a device. I want to tune to
> the HD channels so I can get movies and programs in 16:9 mode instead of
> having bgrey bars on each side with burns my screen in, or stretching
> which makes only anorexic people look normal.
>
> Anyone doing this already?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marshall


You can down convert a HDTV Cable signal thru a Cable HDTV Box IF

is Cable Box has an S-Video Out port and an S-Video in port

on your analog TV...... & audio thru red/white cable pair.

Picture quality is like 480p DVD .....

Another way is HDTV OTA local channels using the Walmart

$199 ASTC Digital Tuner Box set to 480i out again

using an S-Video Cable plus the red/white audio plugs.


For OTA, You will need a ChannelMaster UHF 3021 4 bay bow tie,

a UHF yagi, or indoor Silver Sensor antenna.

And some dual shielded RG-6 antenna cable.


I'm sure you have been to: http://www.antennaweb.org and

Entered your 5 or 9 Digit ZIP Code to see what Stations/

Digital Towers are in your neighbor hood within 40 miles!!