Feb. digital conversion help?
Posted on Feb 01, 2009 under Digital news and reports |Will the switch to digital help the picture quality on a lcd hdtv since it will be digital and not analog?
Will the switch to digital help the picture quality on a lcd hdtv since it will be digital and not analog?
February 1st, 2009 at 6:47 am
Cable has always been digital.
February 1st, 2009 at 6:47 am
It will depend upon the source for your LCD HDTV.
It won't affect cable or satellite as a source, as they will be standard definition unless you are paying for HDTV cable or HDTV satellite.
For antenna-based reception, if your HDTV has a HDTV tuner built-in, then you need to do a search for HDTV broadcast stations and use a UHF antenna attached to the TV. This should pick up HDTV stations and improve your HDTV image.
If you don't have an HDTV tuner built-in to your TV, then you've got some choices:
1) Cable or satellite HDTV
2) an HDTV receiver (also called HDTV tuner or HDTV decoder)
3) a converter box to SDTV (lower resolution and no help to quality)
4) cable/satellite SDTV (lower resolution and no help to quality).