Johno02 wrote: HDMI cable is the little flat connector with the EXPENSIVE wire between the ends. For the rich purist, it is absolutely the best way to go. For the rest of us, considering the usually less than great signals we get in the RV, Coax works fine. Next best is 3-plug AV cable. We get really good HD using standard(new) batwing and pre-installed coax cable. If it ain't broke, dont try to fix it!! Still say the new flatscreen was well worth it. 130' lighter in the frontend, better handling, better mileage..
Also remember u can only receive free to air(antenna) HD TV if your your HD TV contains a HD tuner.If it does not then you wont receive the broadcast in HD.Just because your TV says HD does not mean it contains the required tuner
Ok, you are saying a HD tv may not be able to receive HD tv. then what does it receive?
A HD TV receive,s regular 480i digital programming unless you have a
HD receiver converter or if you have a HD with built in tuner then U can receive free broadcast HD TV.HOWEVER if the HD signal is scrambled from TW etc then u still need a TW receiver converter no matter if u have the tuner.IN other words all the Free over the air and or unencrypted Cable HD programming can only be viewed with a HD TV and only if you have a built in tuner.
(EG) I have a HD plasma TV but no built in tuner so I rent one from time warner for 10$ PM so I can watch all HD programming.IF I go boon docking and watch TV through my HD capable rooftop antenna I cant view in HD because I dont have a built in tuner
if you have a (ATSC/Clear QAM) option on your TV you can receive
NON scrambled HD channels through regular cable such as ABC
Johno02 wrote: HDMI cable is the little flat connector with the EXPENSIVE wire between the ends. For the rich purist, it is absolutely the best way to go. For the rest of us, considering the usually less than great signals we get in the RV, Coax works fine. Next best is 3-plug AV cable. We get really good HD using standard(new) batwing and pre-installed coax cable. If it ain't broke, dont try to fix it!! Still say the new flatscreen was well worth it. 130' lighter in the frontend, better handling, better mileage..
Also remember u can only receive free to air(antenna) HD TV if your your HD TV contains a HD tuner.If it does not then you wont receive the broadcast in HD.Just because your TV says HD does not mean it contains the required tuner
Ok, you are saying a HD tv may not be able to receive HD tv. then what does it receive?
An HD monitor is not an HD receiver.. two different things. "HD" monitors have been around for any years but did not have either an ATSC HD receiver, or any receiver at all.. in order to display 720 or 1080 HD streams, you needed to feed it either component, HDMI, or HD-SDI.. They did not have receivers in them. That has now changed..
Depends on how it it used....in this discussion, SD stands for "Standard Definition" TV and HD stands for "High Definition" TV.
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I get 5 1080p HD channels and 12 480p channels off air from my 24 year old Wineguard Bat-Wing antenna locally... Sooo the answer is yes upgrade to HD flat screen and you won't need satellite dish HD for network broadcasts..
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SoakedKarma wrote: I get 5 1080p HD channels and 12 480p channels off air from my 24 year old Wineguard Bat-Wing antenna locally... Sooo the answer is yes upgrade to HD flat screen and you won't need satellite dish HD for network broadcasts..
No Upgrade to HD TV with a tuner.NOT all HD Tv,s have this option
vcallaway wrote: Another thing to add. There is absolutely no difference between an $80 HDMI cable and an $8 HDMI cable.
Well.... almost... Depends on how it's being sold. The better long run cables use purpose built low-cap cable, and it'll probably say so (that's how you keep the data rates from collapsing on long runs). The others wouldn't know what the word meant.
I know that it shouldn't, but my batwing antenna into good coax gives excellent HD reception off the air. Using a Visio HD LED digital TV, 1080p, 120Hz refresh. Winegard Sensar IV. Rear analog TV has no HD, analog with converter. lousy picture, but I don't watch it much anyway. The HD on the main TV from Coax easily matches what we have at home from cable HD with all HDMI connections.
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