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From: amdx on 20 Jul 2010 17:49
Hey Guys,
I'm curious about viewing a standard analog 4:3 aspect ratio cable signal
on an HD TV.
If you visit a TV sales show room they always have an HD signal playing on
the TVs.
I have a standard cable tv signal to my house I have no plan to upgrade to
the upper tier.
However, I have one spot where I would like to put in a new tv.
So is anyone watching standard (old standard ?) tv on a newer HD tv?
And, what is the downside.
--
MikeK


From: TTman on 20 Jul 2010 17:56

"amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote in message
news:3e980$4c4618ff$18ec6dd7$1308(a)KNOLOGY.NET...
> Hey Guys,
> I'm curious about viewing a standard analog 4:3 aspect ratio cable signal
> on an HD TV.
> If you visit a TV sales show room they always have an HD signal playing on
> the TVs.
> I have a standard cable tv signal to my house I have no plan to upgrade to
> the upper tier.
> However, I have one spot where I would like to put in a new tv.
> So is anyone watching standard (old standard ?) tv on a newer HD tv?
> And, what is the downside.
> --
> MikeK
>
You have to feed the HD TV via scart ( normal definition) if you have a non
HD source! most cable feeds ( ntl?) will produce 16:9 format on a TV.


From: langwadt on 20 Jul 2010 18:26
On 20 Jul., 23:49, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote:
>  Hey Guys,
>  I'm curious about viewing a standard analog 4:3 aspect ratio cable signal
> on an HD TV.
>  If you visit a TV sales show room they always have an HD signal playing on
> the TVs.
> I have a standard cable tv signal to my house I have no plan to upgrade to
> the upper tier.
> However, I have one spot where I would like to put in a new tv.
> So is anyone watching standard (old standard ?) tv on a newer HD tv?
>  And, what is the downside.
> --
> MikeK

don't think theres any down side.
I do it all the time, many of the channels here are not in HD and many
is in 4:3
all newer tvs have numerous option on how to zoom, scale,
intelligently squeze
the picture, add black bars on the side etc. etc. so just pick a
format you like


-Lasse
From: Glenn Gundlach on 21 Jul 2010 00:33
On Jul 20, 2:49 pm, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote:
>  Hey Guys,
>  I'm curious about viewing a standard analog 4:3 aspect ratio cable
signal
> on an HD TV.
>  If you visit a TV sales show room they always have an HD signal
playing on
> the TVs.
> I have a standard cable tv signal to my house I have no plan to
upgrade to
> the upper tier.
> However, I have one spot where I would like to put in a new tv.
> So is anyone watching standard (old standard ?) tv on a newer HD
tv?
>  And, what is the downside.
> --
> MikeK

There is very possibly clear QAM HD on your existing cable which you
will find when you scan for channels. These will be your 'local' OTA
channels. Don't be surprised if you find 3 (yep 3) versions of your
local channels when you scan. Plain old analog, STD DEF digital and HD
digital. You're welcome to watch any one of them but the HD will
likely look better.

As for 'downsides', you paid for something you're not using but it's
your choice. Plasma sets will eventually burn the center vs the edges
- even the new 'don't burn' models. LCDs also burn but take much
longer. If you use a VCR with the new set, you may have color hue
shifts at the top of the picture as the newer TVs are less tolerant of
the crappy Time Base Correction in a typical VCR. A VCR with a digital
TBC will be fine. DVDs will be the best you've seen - as long as you
use HDMI or component vs analog composite.

G²
From: Kevin McMurtrie on 21 Jul 2010 02:16
In article <3e980$4c4618ff$18ec6dd7$1308(a)KNOLOGY.NET>,
"amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
> I'm curious about viewing a standard analog 4:3 aspect ratio cable signal
> on an HD TV.
> If you visit a TV sales show room they always have an HD signal playing on
> the TVs.
> I have a standard cable tv signal to my house I have no plan to upgrade to
> the upper tier.
> However, I have one spot where I would like to put in a new tv.
> So is anyone watching standard (old standard ?) tv on a newer HD tv?
> And, what is the downside.

You get black bars on the side or you can stretch the edges. Don't buy
a plasma TV because they have both short-term and long-term burn-in that
will be a problem with lots of 4:3 viewing.

You might be able to get cheap 16:9 content, but maybe not HD, through a
satellite mini-dish service. If you're near an urban area, $300 for
rooftop antenna hardware gives you 5+ years of HDTV.
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