Originally posted by: CaesaR
Coax can carry 1080i (thats how you get HD cable anyways). You reciever maybe limited to providing HD only through component/HDMI/DVI.
Strange then how we can get 1080i (and 720p) channels over the air through our antenna with coax back home.Originally posted by: Howard
No. Coax is basically composite.
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The box itself may down-convert (which sounds like the case), but that's the result of an idiotic engineering decision on the part of whoever designed the box and not a limitation of coax itself.
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Getting an HD signal through an antenna with coax is not the same as running a coax line from the digital cable box to the TV. The cablebox would need an HDTV transmitter to pipe a digital HD signal to the TV, but I'm pretty sure they will only send an RF modulated type signal like what we used to use to connect our Nintendos in 1993.
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Strange then how we can get 1080i (and 720p) channels over the air through our antenna with coax back home.Originally posted by: Howard
No. Coax is basically composite.
There's absolutely no reason why coax cannot carry a 1080i (or even 1080p) digital signal.
The box itself may down-convert (which sounds like the case), but that's the result of an idiotic engineering decision on the part of whoever designed the box and not a limitation of coax itself.
ZV
Like I said, I don't know much about digital transmission. WIth analog video, though, you're basically restricted to 480 lines on one coax. Composite can do 1080, but that requires 3 cables.Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Strange then how we can get 1080i (and 720p) channels over the air through our antenna with coax back home.Originally posted by: Howard
No. Coax is basically composite.
There's absolutely no reason why coax cannot carry a 1080i (or even 1080p) digital signal.
The box itself may down-convert (which sounds like the case), but that's the result of an idiotic engineering decision on the part of whoever designed the box and not a limitation of coax itself.
ZV
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Do TV's even accept HD video signals over coax?
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Do TV's even accept HD video signals over coax?
What do you think component video is?
All analog video transmission is done using coax. Coax is a super high bandwidth - it laughs at the rates required for HD.
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Do TV's even accept HD video signals over coax?
What do you think component video is?
All analog video transmission is done using coax. Coax is a super high bandwidth - it laughs at the rates required for HD.
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Do TV's even accept HD video signals over coax?
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Do TV's even accept HD video signals over coax?
What do you think component video is?
All analog video transmission is done using coax. Coax is a super high bandwidth - it laughs at the rates required for HD.
Even if coax (as in the screw plug) supported 10 million jigabits of bandwidth, that wasn't my question. Do TV's support HD content over coax?
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Do TV's even accept HD video signals over coax?
What do you think component video is?
All analog video transmission is done using coax. Coax is a super high bandwidth - it laughs at the rates required for HD.
Even if coax (as in the screw plug) supported 10 million jigabits of bandwidth, that wasn't my question. Do TV's support HD content over coax?
EDIT: If so, is a special tuner required?
Originally posted by: Fritzo
I'm running short on jacks on the back of my TV. I just got Dish Network, and it's broadcasting in 1080i. If I use coax cable to go from my receiver to the TV instead of component cables, will I still get 1080i or will it down convert?