HDTV Questions and Answers Thread

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To all of you HD wiz's out there Heelfan, birdog, etc..


Tell me about set top boxes. I read somewhere that they make your dvd players look better than progressive scan on top of giving you high def signals for tv. Is this true?

What kind of set top box do you guys have or recommend?

[Heelfan71]

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KDRE said:
To all of you HD wiz's out there Heelfan, birdog, etc..


Tell me about set top boxes. I read somewhere that they make your dvd players look better than progressive scan on top of giving you high def signals for tv. Is this true?

What kind of set top box do you guys have or recommend?

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I have never heard about the DVD player thing, Your DVD player doesn't connect to you set top box, so I don't think that is true.

I have one from Direct TV, Samsung TS165. Do you have DTV?

[Heelfan71]

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KDRE said:
To all of you HD wiz's out there Heelfan, birdog, etc..


Tell me about set top boxes. I read somewhere that they make your dvd players look better than progressive scan on top of giving you high def signals for tv. Is this true?

What kind of set top box do you guys have or recommend?

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I have never heard about the DVD player thing, Your DVD player doesn't connect to you set top box, so I don't think that is true.

I have one from Direct TV, Samsung TS165. Do you have DTV?

[Heelfan71]

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KDRE said:
To all of you HD wiz's out there Heelfan, birdog, etc..


Tell me about set top boxes. I read somewhere that they make your dvd players look better than progressive scan on top of giving you high def signals for tv. Is this true?

What kind of set top box do you guys have or recommend?

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I have never heard about the DVD player thing, Your DVD player doesn't connect to you set top box, so I don't think that is true.

I have one from Direct TV, Samsung TS165. Do you have DTV?

[bdunn13]

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Even if this were true, the DVD would have to be recorded at a better resolution for your to see any difference. You can change a 480 signal to 1080 signal and it would still look the same.

[bdunn13]

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Even if this were true, the DVD would have to be recorded at a better resolution for your to see any difference. You can change a 480 signal to 1080 signal and it would still look the same.

[bdunn13]

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Even if this were true, the DVD would have to be recorded at a better resolution for your to see any difference. You can change a 480 signal to 1080 signal and it would still look the same.

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I have directv, but I was reading info on a samsung set top box, and it mentioned making the picture a bit better than a progressive scan dvd player. I wondered how this could be true, especially since I've never heard it before.

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I have directv, but I was reading info on a samsung set top box, and it mentioned making the picture a bit better than a progressive scan dvd player. I wondered how this could be true, especially since I've never heard it before.

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I have directv, but I was reading info on a samsung set top box, and it mentioned making the picture a bit better than a progressive scan dvd player. I wondered how this could be true, especially since I've never heard it before.

[Heelfan71]

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A tv show in HD looks better than a progressive scan DVD, maybe that is what it meant.

[Heelfan71]

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A tv show in HD looks better than a progressive scan DVD, maybe that is what it meant.

[Heelfan71]

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A tv show in HD looks better than a progressive scan DVD, maybe that is what it meant.

[TexasJedi]

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Your dvd player has nothing to do with a digital tv decoder, set top or built in.

Dvd resolution tops out at 480p. A progressive scan dvd player will look better with a digital tv. The dvd signal is de-interlaced in the player itself, before it is sent to the tv. As long as the dvd player has 3-2 pulldown (this compensates for the difference in the frame rate of film @ 24 frames per second and the frame rate of video @ 29.97 frames per second, sometimes 60) recognition, you'll get a smooth film like picture with no motion artifacts (which can be seen in the diagonal edges of images, jaggies if you will) and an increase in fine detail.

You may be referring to the newer dvd players that have DVI outputs, such as Samsung and Denon. If your tv has a compatible DVI input then the dvd player will upconvert the signal to 720p or 1080i. Now keep in mind the maximum resolution of dvd is 480p so the player can't add what is not there or make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but the idea is to have a completely digital signal from the player to the tv, thereby insuring little or no loss of detail. Ideally these players will work better with a plasma, lcd, dlp or other fixed pixel display. Some have reported seeing little or no difference, so judge for yourself. I suspect only a hardcore videophile would notice much of a difference, or perhaps if you have a very large display such as a front projection set up.

Whenever HD-DVD come out, it will blow away current dvd's, much the way an HD broadcast or D-VHS does. One of the few currently available HD-DVDs is the newest T2:Special Edition from Artisan, and it is a true high definition DVD. It actually uses Microsoft's Windows Media Player 9 and you can only play them on the PC, and a heck of a PC at that. Samsung has said they are coming out with a regular dvd player that will play WM9 dvd's. It should be announced at the CES show in January. Microsoft is trying to get a leg up on competing HD-DVD formats from other companies. Let's hope there is not another format war concerning HD-DVD.

About a set-top box, it's pretty simple. You will most likely need an antenna, connect it to the box and the box to the tv and viola you are living the HD dream, where JAG has never looked so good. It's supposed to work that simply anyway.

[TexasJedi]

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Your dvd player has nothing to do with a digital tv decoder, set top or built in.

Dvd resolution tops out at 480p. A progressive scan dvd player will look better with a digital tv. The dvd signal is de-interlaced in the player itself, before it is sent to the tv. As long as the dvd player has 3-2 pulldown (this compensates for the difference in the frame rate of film @ 24 frames per second and the frame rate of video @ 29.97 frames per second, sometimes 60) recognition, you'll get a smooth film like picture with no motion artifacts (which can be seen in the diagonal edges of images, jaggies if you will) and an increase in fine detail.

You may be referring to the newer dvd players that have DVI outputs, such as Samsung and Denon. If your tv has a compatible DVI input then the dvd player will upconvert the signal to 720p or 1080i. Now keep in mind the maximum resolution of dvd is 480p so the player can't add what is not there or make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but the idea is to have a completely digital signal from the player to the tv, thereby insuring little or no loss of detail. Ideally these players will work better with a plasma, lcd, dlp or other fixed pixel display. Some have reported seeing little or no difference, so judge for yourself. I suspect only a hardcore videophile would notice much of a difference, or perhaps if you have a very large display such as a front projection set up.

Whenever HD-DVD come out, it will blow away current dvd's, much the way an HD broadcast or D-VHS does. One of the few currently available HD-DVDs is the newest T2:Special Edition from Artisan, and it is a true high definition DVD. It actually uses Microsoft's Windows Media Player 9 and you can only play them on the PC, and a heck of a PC at that. Samsung has said they are coming out with a regular dvd player that will play WM9 dvd's. It should be announced at the CES show in January. Microsoft is trying to get a leg up on competing HD-DVD formats from other companies. Let's hope there is not another format war concerning HD-DVD.

About a set-top box, it's pretty simple. You will most likely need an antenna, connect it to the box and the box to the tv and viola you are living the HD dream, where JAG has never looked so good. It's supposed to work that simply anyway.