does your tv have to be high definition for it to work properly?
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Of course all TV signals are digital these days, so the TV must be digital or you must use a set top box to convert the digital signals. Your set should also have a menu that allows it to scan for channels using "auto-scan" or "auto-program".
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No it just has to have the ability to pick up digital channels. It picked up one channel without the booster and it didn't pick up any channels with the booster.
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Hi Kathleen,I watch over the air HD all the time and my soundbar works fine. I can't think of anything that would make it not work. Possibly a setting on your TV?
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It depends. Like most HD televisions standard definition looks fine. If it's a tv station make sure your cable box is a HD box otherwise it will be fuzzy. Other devices such as consoles look fine just not as defined
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What do you mean by upconvert? Do you mean DVDs and such? No TV will do that. You have to have a DVD player with upconvert capabilities or an HD/BlueRay player. It also isn't going to upconvert your signal. In fact your signal may look worse if you don't have HDTV--especially if the set is large. Keep in mind that at the TV store, these TVs are all playing HD cable or satellite or HD-DVD or Blue-Ray DVDs. It's helpful in that you can compare apples to apples, but if you have lessor signal or equipment at home it won't look as good.
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Yes, DVDs don't look that great on this television. This television is designed for high definition and DVDs don't have that kind of quality.
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Sorry the answer is no. Check your tv to see if it has optical (toslink) out.
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more than likely you don't have HD chanel. It will only do HD 1080i on HD channels otherwise it goes to lower res. Mine works fine but with cable you have to go to the HD channels.
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Be advised, unit has only a standard definition tuner. It can't record high definition tv. It will play dvds in high definition, and will upscale everything to high definition. But upscaled standard def isn't high definition.
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The picture on my set is nice and crisp. First off use only an HDMI cable. If you are using any other way to connect, you will not have the best picture. If you are using a cable box, make sure the resolution is set to 1920x1080I as many cable boxes default to a lower resolution setting. I had to adjust my setting even though it was a "high definition" box. Hope this helps.
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Don't know....should say in its specs....right now I'm having trouble making it work with hi-def ! I'm hoping its my HDMI cable....
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No, quality still comes through as 1080p. I use it for my Xbox and PS3 and it works great.
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If your TV has composite AV input (red, white and yellow RCA jacks, yes, but you won't get HD resolution when using that input as the source. That's because composite cables don't support HD resolution. About the best you can expect is 480p.
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Only if your TV has the appropriate RCA connections. The video will NOT be in 1080 because the old RCA style video connection does not support it.
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One thing to check is your input signal. I thouvght my picture was "soap opera-y" too and have been trying things here and there to see what might make it better. One test I did was to change the output of my cable box from 1080i to 720p, when I did this it got way worse. So you might want to check to see if you have a similar setting on your cable box and check what it is set to. If it's already 1080i, some of the other suggestions might help. I'm getting DirecTV on Sunday and am hoping their 1080p HD will make some difference for the good... I'll let you know.
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Jimmy, most modern HDTV's do not "like" the old 240P signal which those systems generate video on. My Sony Plasma just gets a black screen on some. By going through your receiver, that device is likely scaling to a different resolution (480i, 480p, 720p, etc.) which the tv then does like! I personally had to get a video upscaler instead of this device, and used that with SCART RGB to go to HDMI. I kept this device to use on my old CRT that accepts component input.
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hi can u tell me if u need to get HD channels to appreciate the picture quality on this TV or will regular cable suffice? what abt playing DVDs do i need a HD dvd player or a reg player should do as well?Thanks
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the Tv is not recieving a truue digital signal.... you must connect thru the HDMI or colorstream ports and ALSO have a true digital signal coming in to get a 1080p on start up.... most DVD's (not blue ray) can not generate true 1080... and some cable networks you need a 1080 converter..... dish satelite or digital over the air should draw a 1080 response.. hope that helps... PS: my Tv works great... and has since I bought it.. Joe