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Posted by Jordan on 06/03/07 17:45
On Jun 1, 1:31 pm, Derek Janssen <eja...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> --SO--
> Question: If I see a letterboxed PBS documentary with that fancy "This
> show is filmed in Hi-Def" intro, or I see Jay Leno or Conan O'Brien on a
> big cavernous widescreen studio on NBC--both over normal
> basic-cable--*and* I have a tuner-ready set kicked in, may I assume I'd
> be watching those as nature intended?
Rule #1 - Don't assume anything. :^)
I have an HDTV and an HD DVR box. The DVR is connected to my Comcast
cable as well as an antenna. When I tell it to look for channels it
scans both the antenna and the cable.
It turns out that Comcast is feeding HD channels even over basic
cable. For example:
My local PBS channel is 10. The HD PBS channel is 10.1 and then
there's a special PBS "Create" channel on 10.2. They also just added
some kind of local government channel on 10.3.
If you're watching a show on channel 10 then it's NOT HD. Even if it
says "available in HD", all that means is that if you want to watch it
in HD you have to flip over to 10.1 to see it in HD.
The same goes for network programming. Again, locally for me NBC is on
channel 8. The HD feed is on 8.1. 8.2 is an all local weather channel
from that same station. Conan O'Brian in SD? - Channel 8. Conan
O'Brian in HD? - Channel 8.1. Letterman in SD? Channel 6. Letterman in
HD? Channel 6.1.
Most HD televisions have an "info" button to tell you what resolution
the channel you're watching is being fed in. If it says 480i or 480p
then you aren't in HD land.
- Jordan
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