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In Reply to: How can we make regular analog cable signal look it's best with HDTVs? NT posted by Scholl on November 3, 2004 at 04:52:34:

I've done a lot of research on HDTV and several places have said that analog cable will definitely look worse on an HDTV. Apparently the TV will clearly show everything that's in the signal, including all of the crap that we didn't really notice before. I have a 32" analog Panasonic Gaoo that got demoted to secondary duties by a Sony 34" Widescreen HDTV. Analog cable channels look not-so-great on the Panasonic and look like total poop on the Sony, but the digital channels look way better on the Sony. I think we just have to stick it out and wait a year or so for analog to get phased out. My local cable provider (Cogeco) has just removed the movie channels from the basic analog package. They're trying to get people to go digital as soon as possible. So to answer your question, as far as I know that's the best it will get.

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"...wait a year or so for analog to get phased out." ?? - Hepcat 17:02:37 11/30/04 (0)
You're dreaming. Analog will not be phased out in "a year or so".
Look at this board. Look at A/V magazines. All of us are having problems getting HDTV.....and we know what to do. Sort of.
Think of the millions upon millions of standard TV's in homes, hospitals, waiting rooms, nursing homes, etc etc. If these sets are "phased out", the roar to congressmen would be deafening. Not going to happen.
Besides, the broadcast TV station owners will eat their young before they turn over those analog frequencies to the feds like they promised. Wait and see.
Re: That's a good question. - Cut-Throat 06:01:21 11/30/04 (1)
How about OTA regular channels on a HD Box? - Same problem?
I've tried to get them to demo this in the store, and it really does look crappy, but they claim that it is because they have so many TVs hooked to the antenna?

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- Partically true. - Harmonia 11:15:14 11/30/04 (0)
  But the digital TVs do tend to show up all the faults of poor analog signals.
  I got my 34" Philips with PixelPlus mainly because it was better than the competing Sonys at displaying standard definition fare.
  Some HDTVs cope with SD better than others.

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