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Popular shows broadcast in HD only now?

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LS20

Banned
bg: HDTV w/ built-in QAM and ATSC tuners
source: cabletv programming directly to tv from distribution box via coaxial cable

television info display shows that everything im browsing is SD 480i.

however, with shows on NBC, i get the "HD" logo displayed on the bottom left of the screen gettin gpartially cropped. the inset and other boxes on the show get cropped, too.


now what i THOUGHT was that people who broadcast HD broadcast different sources: pan and scan/4:3/analog on regular integer channels and HD on sub-channels

so i should be watching either a real widescreen HD picture, or a cropped-at-the-studio made-for-4:3 picture, NOT a chopped-up picture. am i right? or is NBC annoying people to push them towards upgrading?



sorry for confusion
 
Year is 2006. You should be watching 1080p HD.

Yes, SNL is in HD. HD is 16x9.

Read your manual on zoom/picture modes, you are zooming a HD signal. Bad LS20.
 
im not zooming it - im using Full. Also, i scrolled between 4:3, just, full, and zoom. my tv is not cropping it on display.. the picture im receiving is definately chopped.

i dont mind 480i - the PQ i really like ... i just dont like how on this channel i cant get an edited-for-4:3 picture
 
Originally posted by: LS20
im not zooming it - im using Full. Also, i scrolled between 4:3, just, full, and zoom. my tv is not cropping it on display.. the picture im receiving is definately chopped.

i dont mind 480i - the PQ i really like ... i just dont like how on this channel i cant get an edited-for-4:3 picture
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Sometimes your provider (cable or sattelite) forgets to "flip the switch" between the HD and SD feeds. It happens.
 
Originally posted by: JS80
SNL should be cancelled
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agreed

Originally posted by: mwtgg
Wait, you have an HDTV and you're watching shows with an HD Broadcast in SD?
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hence my confusion. its not a major carrier - this area is contracted to TVMAX so i have no idea what theyre doing. i called and asked if they had hd signals i could get through a set-top box or cablecard and the lady was as confused as i was
 
Originally posted by: LS20
hence my confusion. its not a major carrier - this area is contracted to TVMAX so i have no idea what theyre doing. i called and asked if they had hd signals i could get through a set-top box or cablecard and the lady was as confused as i was
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Can you get any HD channels with that QAM tuner?
 
Originally posted by: mwtgg


Can you get any HD channels with that QAM tuner?
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the lady on the phone said "try it". i scan it weekly but cant pick up a single "real" channel. i pick up a few sub channels with comepletely blank/black picture but with music

tried the OTA deal... cant get ANY HD channel even with 2 amped indoor antennae :|

 
Originally posted by: LS20
Originally posted by: mwtgg


Can you get any HD channels with that QAM tuner?
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the lady on the phone said "try it". i scan it weekly but cant pick up a single "real" channel. i pick up a few sub channels with comepletely blank/black picture but with music

tried the OTA deal... cant get ANY HD channel even with 2 amped indoor antennae :|
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That's a shame. I get the whole spectrum with Comcast.
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: spidey07
Year is 2006. You should be watching 1080p HD.

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lol i donmt even own a HDTV
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90% of America doesn't either.
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another stat made up on the spot?

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In terms of market penetration, Wilson said HD televisions were present in only 17 percent of U.S. households last year, a number that will grow to 22 percent this year and will exceed 55 percent in 2008.
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Granted, I don't agree on the 1080p part, most people are going to have EDTV or 720p/1080i capable sets and not 1080p - of which 1080p isn't even being broadcast - just 720p and 1080i.

However the original point to this thread was largely based around aspect ration, of which the vast majority of all new TVs support the 16:9 widescreen aspect - if you don't have such a display you're missing out 😛 (yes, even EDTV is amazing compared to SD)
 
i like sdtv picture quality fine - cant justify paying $60+ to go over Satellite to start getting HD signals. my big peeve is this cropped picture thing.

can someone confirm whether NBC is broadcasting this intentionally poorly-cropped picture, or that my provider is taking the full 16:9, cropping poorly to 4:3, and sending that (instead of the made-for-4:3 picture)
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Vic
90% of America doesn't either.
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Vic, if you look at the stats 1 in 4 have one. It gets to 1 in 3 households depending on the demographic.
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Meh, my stats were a couple of years behind. I still haven't upgraded to HD yet. I might actually have to watch it then! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Vic
90% of America doesn't either.
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Vic, if you look at the stats 1 in 4 have one. It gets to 1 in 3 households depending on the demographic.
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And over 50% of all new TVs sold are HDTV. When I worked retail earlier this year I'd say that number is actually close to 60-70%.
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Meh, my stats were a couple of years behind. I still haven't upgraded to HD yet. I might actually have to watch it then! 🙂
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Yeay, well it's just exploding. It might even surpass DVD in terms of adoption.

So get to it. It's almost 2007.
 
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