Are You Watching HD - Or Not?

[bfncbs1]

That still stands true for ESPN.....The service provider is only 1 piece of the puzzle. The content provider is the other factor.

And really nothing is 1080p except blue-ray and dish on demand offerings. I can't comment on the 1080p DISH stuff. I've never seen it.

Direct TV is suppose to offer 1080p on demand also.....actually they may be already. I just never use it.

 

[GWguy]

And really nothing is 1080p except blue-ray and dish on demand offerings. I can't comment on the 1080p DISH stuff. I've never seen it.

Direct TV is suppose to offer 1080p on demand also.....actually they may be already. I just never use it.

Actually, that has me puzzled as well..... I have Dish and started looking into the HD upgrade. All of the receivers are 1080i. However, they claim that the OnDemand movies are 1080p. How can the movies be 1080p if the hardware can only do 1080i ??

More research to do......

 

[clevalley]

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And really nothing is 1080p except blue-ray and dish on demand offerings. I can't comment on the 1080p DISH stuff. I've never seen it.



Direct TV is suppose to offer 1080p on demand also.....actually they may be already. I just never use it.

Actually, that has me puzzled as well..... I have Dish and started looking into the HD upgrade. All of the receivers are 1080i. However, they claim that the OnDemand movies are 1080p. How can the movies be 1080p if the hardware can only do 1080i ??



More research to do......

Maybe 1080i is on the satellite's downlink only and since On Demand is streamed from the Internet the can push 1080p to the HDD's within the DVR. :shrug: I am just hypothesizing...

 

[GWguy]

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Maybe 1080i is on the satellite's downlink only and since On Demand is streamed from the Internet the can push 1080p to the HDD's within the DVR. :shrug: I am just hypothesizing...

Hmmm... didn't think of the Inet connection..... maybe.... I assumed it all came on the downlink.

 

[bcp]

color stream will also give you 1080i.
Between the HDMI and the color stream conncetions from the HD box (verizon fios) there is no difference to be seen by my eye.

 

[willie]

I had no idea that HD was available on Comcast without a Comcast box or a $9.99 subscription until I got a 40" Bravia with HD. Is there anyplace local that I can buy a QAM Tuner for an older Zenith 42" plasma?

There is no doubt HD is a better picture but what I like is that it is true to life size instead of stretching a 4:3 picture.

 

[Penn]

I could not relocate the article from that C-Net site, but I did some more looking around and confirmed you can get full HD from componenent(RGB) cabling from the Wikipedia source provided earlier:

I found out something else too.........


Component versus composite
A possible source of confusion is that the word component differs from composite (an older, more widely-known video format) by just a few letters.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-3>[4]</SUP>
Component video connectors are not unique in that the same connectors are used for several different standards; hence, making a component video connection often does not lead to a satisfactory video signal being transferred. The settings on many DVD players and TVs may need to be set to indicate the type of input/output being used, and if set wrong, the image may not be properly displayed. Progressive scan, for example, is often not enabled by default, even when component video output is selected.
Modern game systems (such as the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii) use the same connector pins for both YPbPr and composite video, with a software or hardware switch to determine which signal is generated. Hence, a common complaint, especially with the PlayStation 2<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed]</SUP>, is that the component video signals are very green, with very dark reds and blues. This is simply because the system menu has not been changed from AV (composite) to RGB (component).

This might be where people are having problems getting full HD displays on their new flatscreen LCDs, Plasmas and all. You have to tell your new TV what sort of inputs you've hooked up to it! Apparently, it will not switch to the proper input by itself, it has to be told where to get the HD signal from.

You need to enter the Users Menu and tell that TV what kind, type or sort of cable connection, you plugged into it. As the article also points out, you may have to tell your Blu-Ray DVD player what kind of cabling you intend to use, when connecting it to your new HDTV, as well.

 

[forceofnature]

I had no idea that HD was available on Comcast without a Comcast box or a $9.99 subscription until I got a 40" Bravia with HD. Is there anyplace local that I can buy a QAM Tuner for an older Zenith 42" plasma?

There is no doubt HD is a better picture but what I like is that it is true to life size instead of stretching a 4:3 picture.

Actually I was able to tune in to some Comcast HD channels directly from the wall. I dont know if they fixed it yet but I was able to get HD without a box. Ch numbers were digital 130.2 132.8 that kind of channel. It was pretty cool but got tired of sufing through hundreds of useless digital channels that had nothing on them so I got the box back.

 

[willie]

Actually I was able to tune in to some Comcast HD channels directly from the wall. I dont know if they fixed it yet but I was able to get HD without a box. Ch numbers were digital 130.2 132.8 that kind of channel. It was pretty cool but got tired of sufing through hundreds of useless digital channels that had nothing on them so I got the box back.

I put all the HD channels into my Favorites. Local stations are labeled but you have to remember the channel number of ESPN HD, Golf HD, etc. Without the Comcast On Demand box you can also watch the On Demand movies your neighbors have bought. Shameful.

 

[czygvtwkr]

I put all the HD channels into my Favorites. Local stations are labeled but you have to remember the channel number of ESPN HD, Golf HD, etc. Without the Comcast On Demand box you can also watch the On Demand movies your neighbors have bought. Shameful.

Same with metrocast, I have neighbors that watch a lot of porn