AllenA07 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I didn't think they were still making HD capable sets anymore, I thought that they were all HD ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Funny thing about the tv's. There is two types. HD Ready and HD Capable.  HD ready means the tuner is built in. HD capable means a external tuner is needed.  You seem to be using "digital" and "HD" interchangeably.  Switching to digital is not the same thing as switching to HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Funny thing about the tv's. There is two types. HD Ready and HD Capable.  HD ready means the tuner is built in. HD capable means a external tuner is needed.  You seem to be using "digital" and "HD" interchangeably.  Switching to digital is not the same thing as switching to HD.  Well, the question I responded to, it was a hd question.  I didn't think they were still making HD capable sets anymore, I thought that they were all HD ready.  They might not be, but I have seen some HD capable flat screens on some store websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 ^ Lucky you. I have no other option but Time Warner, and I hate them.  -Josh  We used to have TWC, but now we have Comcast... I'd do almost anything to get them back, Comcast is awful, in many ways.  I agree, there isn't really enough information on this topic. I started researching it a while back and there wasn't alot of information on the switch other than the bare basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycamps Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I guess I'm lucky I have satellite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 From my understanding, 720p is somewhat smaller at origination than 1080i, but tv's will stretch 720p to make it fill up the screen. From my understanding. Â 720p is a 1280x720 progressive scan image (which is why it is used in sports) Â 1080i is a 1920x1080i interlaced image. Â 1080p is 1920x1080 progressive scan image...that none of the networks use and most likely won't be using for awhile (since they all just spent millions upgrading to either 1080i or 720p) Â They're all "widescreen" formats. Just different resolutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 This diagram might help  480i is what most TV stations and cable companies broadcast. It's what you get from your rabbit ears, cable box, satellite receiver etc. At the moment, it is broadcast with both analog and digital signals. The digital switch means that the picture will broadcast as a bunch of 1's and 0's instead of amplitude/waves. 720i/p and 1080i/p are considered "high definition"  A progressive scan image (720p, 1080p) is usually better than an interlaced image because it refreshes the entire image twice as fast. With an interlaced signal, you get one half the image 60 times a second, meaning that the image updates 30 times a second. With progressive scan, the entire image updates 60 times a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Just thought I would bump this because Congress passed a law delaying it four months and Obama is probalby going to sign it in. Quite a few stations are still going ahead with the sign off of the analog signals on the 17th of this month also. My station is talking about it. It would cost about 100k to keep the analog transmitter on that wasn't budgeted. The owners are already not matching what money we put into our 401k, limited overtime, and didn't give us a new building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Correct me if I'm wrong, but digital is superior to analog because even if the signal gets "fuzzy", the original data stays intact, i.e. a fuzzy 0 is still a zero and a fuzzy 1 is still a one, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Don't really follow, but if the signal is there, your good. If the signal is not strong enough, you get nothing. No more days of watching a snowy signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrakenKing Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 1080p LCD with Digital Cable already. I'm good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Here in Fort Lauderdale, all the stations have been digital for a while, and I've been watching the over-the-air digital broadcasts for about a year. Here's my input on the subject... Â ---If you've purchased your TV in the past couple of years, more than likely it has a "digital tuner" built in. (RTFM!) If your TV has one, you have nothing to worry about. Â ---If you have ANY kind of cable or satellite TV, you have nothing to worry about. They will still broadcast in analog unless you pay for their digital services. Â ---Digital Cable is NOT the same as DTV. But don't worry, nothing changes for you either if you have digital cable. Â ---You only have to worry if your TV is a couple of years old, and does NOT have a digital tuner, and you use it with an antenna. You need the converter box. Â I personally LOVE digital broadcasts. All the channels here are broadcasting multiple channels on their signals, so I have actually a lot of choices for just "over the air" TV. (I use an LCD HDTV with digital tuner, and a DTV antenna which only cost $25.) I tend to watch it more than my cable, since our local stations broadcast in Hi-def, and the cable company requires a special box to do that for an additional fee. I'm even picking up station in Palm Beach. It really is worth the transition. Â The drawback to digital TV is that you either get a channel, or you don't. If the signal is week, you can't pick it up at all. In a place prone to long-range power outages and disasters, that's kinda not a good thing when you're trying to see the news after a hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Try doing a search for digital cable channels. I got Discovery HD, local stations currently in HD. At work, we have ESPN 1 and 2 in HD and all the local hd stations and they don't pay an extra fee. Some channels are scrambled, but others are not. I also get the digital music channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Try doing a search for digital cable channels. I got Discovery HD, local stations currently in HD. At work, we have ESPN 1 and 2 in HD and all the local hd stations and they don't pay an extra fee. Some channels are scrambled, but others are not. I also get the digital music channels. Â You pay extra for Digital Cable. I don't. Our basic cable here has 70 channels without any massive boxes. I hate cable boxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 i pay 50 dollars and no boxes...but digital tv's have digital tuners built in that picks cable hd signals. Basically if you have an HDTV and cable, you should get something extra even though you don't pay for it. It is called QAM tuner or something.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_tuner  What kind of tv do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 ^Hmm, learn something new every day. Not so sure my TV can do this though. Have a Samsung LN-S series LCD TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Should be something in the setup menu. I am not that familer with that brand, I have a LG. Ether do a channel search or search for digital cable channels. I know on my grandparents Sony, the tv found 500 extra channels, but most were scrambled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Good thing I have Comcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBeastSucks Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 ^ Yeah, me too. Too bad Comcast basic cable keeps offering less and less of a selection, though. They've taken a lot of channels that used to be basic cable and now only offer them with digital cable. Oh well, I don't want much tv anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 As long as I have Comedy Central, History Channel, Travel Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, SciFi Channel, & Fox I'm satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 ^ Just about everyone of those aren't offered on basic cable. I do not have cable. I called up Comcast to see what they are offering with basic cable these days, and I was shocked when I found out there are only 7 or 8 channels. I guess that is really all that I have now, and I can suck up the $10 to get it, I guess, but I just remember there being so many more many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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